Ang Iglesia ni Cristo

Ang Iglesia ni Cristo (transl. The Church of Christ) is the first religious television program produced by the international Christian religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo (through the Christian Era Broadcasting Service International) and its currently broadcast by INC TV (DZCE-TV) and Net 25. The program premiered on February 13, 1983 on MBS (now known as PTV) and RPN,^[2] along with City 2 Television (reverted to BBC-2) from the same year until September 6, 1986. One of its first panelists of the program was Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo which he's now a current executive minister of the church. It later aired on ABS-CBN and IBC from 1990 to 2003.^[2] When Net 25 was launched, most of its INC programs (including "Iglesia ni Cristo") began to air on the said network.^[2]

Ang Iglesia ni Cristo
Genre	Religious
Directed by	Evangeline Miranda Wilner Arguelles
Starring	Bro. Artemio Francisco, Jr. Bro. Jomar Dueñas Bro. Leonardo Pidlaoan, Jr. Bro. Jose Gil Manalansan Bro. Arnel A. Tumanan Bro. Alfred Alexis Lorido Bro. Levi M. Castro Bro. Israel Solano Bro. Rommell Topacio Bro. Dareen De Guzman Bro. Dindo Evangelista Bro. Anjelo Estacio[1]
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Tagalog
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Executive producers	Bro. Dindo Evangelista Bro. Darren De Guzman
Producer	Angelica Villaroman
Production locations	INC TV Studios, Quezon City, Philippines
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Christian Era Broadcasting Service International
Original release
Network	MBS/PTV (1983–1986) RPN (1983–1990) City 2 Television/BBC-2 (1983–1986) ABS-CBN (1990-2003) IBC (1990–2003) Net 25 (2000–present) GEM TV/INC TV (2005–2012; 2012–present)
Release	February 13, 1983 (1983-02-13) – present
Related
The Message, Ang Tamang Daan, Pasugo: Ang tinig ng Iglesia ni Cristo

Ang Iglesia ni Cristo was also aired when Iglesia ni Cristo (through its religious broadcast arm, Christian Era Broadcasting Service) established its own TV network, GEM TV in 2005 and it later replaced by INC TV in October 2012.^[2][3]

In 1992, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) gave an X rating to the church's television program of the same name, Ang Iglesia ni Cristo, for "criticizing different religions, based on their own interpretation of the Bible." The MTRCB also recommended for the program to "delve on explaining their own faith and beliefs and avoid attacks on other faith." Banking on the principle of freedom of religion, the INC appealed the case to the Court of Appeals in 1995, which affirmed the MTRCB's actions, and to the Supreme Court in 1996, which reversed the appellate court's decision.^[4] The principle applied in this particular case was also cited in a 2005 case between the MTRCB and Filipino media company ABS-CBN.^[5]