The Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above Every Name

A Philippine church founded in Davao City in 1985 by Apollo C. Quiboloy, whom it calls the Appointed Son of God; it keeps Jesus as the Begotten Son and holds that the Father's revelations come to its founder.

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, What We Believe (the church's statement of belief, English)

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "23 Years of Sonship: The Kingdom Nation Marks a Defining Milestone," 13 Sep 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "Celebrating 21 Years of Unprecedented Blessings: The Birth of the Kingdom Nation," 12 Apr 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "The Salvation Plan of the Father Through the Son," 11 Jun 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "June 18, 2018: Why Is the Son the New Owner of the World?"

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "June 17, 2018: The Appointed Son's Name Is the Almighty Father's New Name"

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "Thousands Baptized in Simultaneous KOJC Mass Baptismal Rites Worldwide," 20 Jun 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "Kingdom Leaders Equipped Through Leadership Trainings, Accountability Meetings," 10 Jun 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "Pastor ACQ's message at the Grand opening of the Kingdome, last September 1, 2026," 3 Sep 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "IKLC 2026: A Historic Gathering as the Kingdome Opens on KOJC's 41st Anniversary," 27 Aug 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "The Kingdome Opens: Inside the World's Largest Indoor Cathedral," 20 Aug 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "The Kingdome: Story Behind the World's Largest Indoor Cathedral," 30 Aug 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "The Revelation about the Gold Coins" (dated 29 Jun 2026)

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "41st Anniversary of the Feast of the Passover: Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy's Prophecies Fulfilled," 9 Sep 2026

kingdomofjesuschrist.net, "41 Years of the Kingdom Nation: Blessings Amid Persecution"

kingdomofjesuschrist.org, Kingdom Doctrines, "Holy One" (the church's earlier site, as archived by the Wayback Machine on 7 Jan 2009)

kingdomofjesuschrist.org, Kingdom Doctrines, "Completion of the Father's Salvation Works in the Son": "The Blade" (the church's earlier site, as archived on 10 Dec 2008)

apolloquiboloy.com (the founder's site), Frequently Asked Questions, "Pastor, when we repent ... can we also be saved even though we are not baptized in the Kingdom yet?", 15 Jul 2019 (as archived on 15 Oct 2019)

Beng Alba-Jones, "Arrested Filipino Pastor Apollo Quiboloy Claims He's the Messiah," Christianity Today, 17 Sep 2024

Elle Hardy, "Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above All Names, Inc.," Asterisk, Oct 2025

Wikipedia, "Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)" (used last, only for a membership count by the Philippine National Police)

U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, "Federal grand jury issues new indictment against leaders of Philippines-based church that alleges sex trafficking scheme," 18 Nov 2021 (read through the copy on irs.gov)

GMA News, "Quiboloy, others plead not guilty to human trafficking raps," 13 Sep 2024

DZRH, "Pasig RTC junks Quiboloy's, others' petitions for bail," 21 Jul 2025

PhilSTAR Life, "Apollo Quiboloy's bail request in trafficking cases denied by court," 22 Jul 2025

VERA Files, "Fact check: Quiboloy's extradition does not clear him of U.S. trafficking charges," 22 Sep 2026

Daily Tribune, "DOJ nears filing of Quiboloy extradition petition," 1 Oct 2026

The Manila Times, "Quiboloy co-accused named as FBI most wanted by Anti-Trafficking Bureau," 27 Oct 2026

The church began in 1985 and, in its own account, took shape in three steps: the founder's calling and a long training in the mountains, the public Declaration of Sonship in 2003, and the "Birth of the Kingdom Nation" in 2005. Since then it has grown by broadcast and by large gatherings, and in 2026 it opened a very large cathedral. The founder's legal troubles are the other part of the record. They are kept apart, in the fold at the end, with their sources.

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ begins in Agdao

The church says it was founded on 1 September 1985, with "the first 15 members" who followed Pastor Quiboloy into a small worship center in the slums of Agdao, Davao City. Christianity Today reports that he had been a pastor in the United Pentecostal Church of the Philippines and left after that denomination began investigating him for unorthodox teaching; that is the magazine's account, not the church's. The church marks 1 September each year and, in 2026, called its 41st anniversary "the feast of the passover."

A declaration about broadcasting

The church says that on 31 January 1999 Pastor Quiboloy declared that the Kingdom of Jesus Christ would be established in every town and barangay and that the gospel of the Kingdom would reach people through radio and television. It says this grew into Sonshine Media Network International. In his message at the Kingdome's opening he named two early television programs, "Hour of Truth" and "Powerline."

The Declaration of Sonship

The church says that on 13 September 2003, "being the sole recipient of the Almighty Father's revelations," Pastor Quiboloy "publicly declared himself to be the Appointed Son of God." It says he had first spent about six years in two mountains, Kitbog and Tamayong, in what he calls the University of the Spirit. Its answer to the question whether this replaces Jesus is no: "The Appointed Son does not replace Him but is His audible voice on earth."

The Birth of the Kingdom Nation

The church dates "the Birth of the Kingdom Nation" to 13 April 2005: "It was then that the Almighty Father raised His own Son to be the Revealer of His Secrets, the manifestation of His coming, and His Audible Voice." It says that on that day the Father "entrusted the Son with His Kingship," and that the beginning of the Kingdom Age signals the end of the Church Age.

Work on the Kingdome begins

The church says the Kingdome project began in 2012, after years in which a cathedral and an open field were too small for its Sunday worship and major gatherings. It says the building had to meet aviation height limits because of the nearby Davao airport, and that it was designed for 75,000 people under one roof.

The Appointed Son's name is the Father's New Name

The church says that after a revelation on 17 June 2018 Pastor Quiboloy taught, in a Sounds of Worship preaching, that his name is now the Father's New Name. It reports that he warned his detractors against speaking evil of it, because doing so would make them guilty of the unpardonable sin. See the distinctive below.

The Glorification Era is declared

The church says that on 9 December 2023 the Appointed Son declared the beginning of the Glorification Era, and that the Kingdom Nation now awaits "the absolute glorification of the Appointed Son of God."

The Kingdome opens on the 41st anniversary

The Kingdome officially opened on 1 September 2026, the church's 41st anniversary. The church says more than 80,000 people attended, beyond the building's 75,000 seats, and its pastor called it a "Cathedral of Victory." The opening came during the church's two-week International Kingdom Leaders' Convention in Davao City.

Apollo C. Quiboloy

Founder and pastor, called by the church "Pastor Apollo," "the Appointed Son of God" and "Pastor ACQ." The journalist Elle Hardy reports that he was born in Davao in 1950 to a Oneness Pentecostal family and became a preacher, and that in 1985 he left to found the church with 15 followers after disputes with church elders. The church's own account of his calling is of a voice, "Gamiton Ta ka" ("I will use you"), and of six years in the mountains of Kitbog and Tamayong before the Declaration of Sonship. He has been in custody since 8 September 2024; see the fold below.

The Board of Administrators

In his message at the Kingdome's opening, Pastor Quiboloy thanks "the Board of Administrators, the ministers, coordinators, the department heads, Full-time Miracle Workers and members of the Kingdom." The church's pages read do not say who sits on the Board or how it is chosen, and they do not describe what it decides.

Ministers and coordinators

The church names these as the leaders of its Kingdom Light Congregations. In April and May 2026 it held training workshops and accountability meetings for "ministers and coordinators from the provincial, municipal, and preaching center levels," where they developed "four-week SMART Baptism Action Plans" and judged their field results against targets.

The church's own telling. The church tells its history as a "Storyline of Salvation" in three ages. Its pages say the Father dealt with the Jewish nation for 2,070 years, then opened the door to the Gentiles in a Church Age of 1,935 years, and then called Pastor Quiboloy, "an ordinary human being, a man from the fallen Adamic race," as the Appointed Son. On 13 April 2005, it says, the Father "declared through His Appointed Son that His salvation work in man was finally completed in the Son."

Two dates, kept apart. The church gives 13 September 2003 for the Declaration of Sonship and 13 April 2005 for the birth of the Kingdom Nation, and it calls the second "the manifestation of His coming." A magazine writer, Elle Hardy, wrote that on 13 April 2005 he became "the official coming of the Son of God." No church page read uses that phrase, so it is not given here as the church's wording.

Legal matters, as of 28 October 2026. The following is the record's own wording and no more. Each item is an allegation or a step in a case. None is a finding of guilt. The founder pleaded not guilty in the Philippine case, and the church describes the criticism it faces as persecution.

• The United States. On 18 November 2021 the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced a superseding indictment, returned by a federal grand jury on 10 November 2021 and unsealed on 18 November 2021. Its first sentence reads: "A superseding indictment unsealed today charges the founder of a Philippines-based church and two top administrators of orchestrating a sex trafficking operation that coerced girls and young women to have sex with the church's leader under threats of "eternal damnation."" The release says the indictment names nine defendants in 42 counts, expands a 2020 indictment of three Los Angeles administrators by adding six defendants including Pastor Quiboloy, and charges him in the conspiracy count and in at least three of five counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion. It adds that the indictment also outlines a labor-trafficking and fraud scheme in the United States. It states: "An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." The release was read through its copy on the IRS site, not on the Justice Department's own page, which could not be opened.
• The U.S. case today. A VERA Files fact check of 22 September 2026 says: "U.S. charges against KOJC founder Apollo Quiboloy have not been dismissed." No conviction on the U.S. charges has been reported.
• Extradition. The same fact check says the formal U.S. request reached the Philippine Department of Justice on 7 August 2026. On 1 October 2026 the Justice Secretary said, "We’re almost ready to file that petition," and the Daily Tribune reported that the department was in the final stage of its review. No report found as of 28 October 2026 says that a petition has been filed in a Philippine court.
• The Philippines. DZRH reports that he was arrested on 8 September 2024 after a manhunt of more than two weeks. On 13 September 2024 he pleaded not guilty to qualified human trafficking charges in a Pasig City court, and his lawyer said: "Wala siyang kasalanan eh, 'yun lang" ("because he is innocent, that's all," as GMA translated it). On 20 July 2025 the Pasig Regional Trial Court, Branch 159, denied bail, finding that "the evidence of guilt against all the accused is strong" for purposes of bail, and adding: "The Court is merely tasked with resolving the Petitions for Bail filed by all the accused, and not with rendering a judgment on the merits of the case." The Manila Times reported on 27 October 2026 that he "remains imprisoned in Pasig City Jail." That case is pending trial.
• The church's answer. The church writes: "The Appointed Son has said that bashing, criticism, and persecution from people are part and parcel of his territory as the Appointed Son of God."

The Father's revelations come to the Appointed Son, whose words carry the Father's power; Scripture is cited beside them.

The church cites Scripture throughout and builds its teaching on texts such as Matthew 7:21-23, John 1:12 and Revelation 21:7. Its pages also place authority in a person. They say that Pastor Quiboloy is "the sole recipient of the Almighty Father's revelations," that his word is now "backed by the Father's absolute power," and that "the Book of Fulfillment, which is the Third Testament, is directed to him." The pages read do not give the contents of that book. The church reports revelations to its founder in dreams and by an angel, and calls him the Father's "audible voice."

On September 13, 2003, being the sole recipient of the Almighty Father’s revelations and the fulfillment of His plan of saving man from the serpent seed, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy publicly declared himself to be the Appointed Son of God.

the Son no longer waits for a revelation to speak—his words are now backed by the Father’s absolute power. As King, he executes the laws of the Father with words that bear the power to save, to destroy, and to bless.

Furthermore, since the Appointed Son is now the new owner of the world, the Book of Fulfillment, which is the Third Testament, is directed to him.

The Bible beside him. The church's statement of belief prints Matthew 7:21-23 in full and says: "The Father Almighty will only recognize those who have obeyed His Will." In the same place it says of its founder that "he is the Almighty Father’s audible voice in these last days — His Appointed Son."

Revelations received. The church reports a revelation to its founder in 1986 of a plane bearing his name, an angel's message to him on 17 June 2018, and a vision of gold coins, each given on its own site as the Father's word to the Kingdom.

Salvation comes through genuine repentance, the surrender of one's own will; baptism by immersion follows as the burial of the old life.

The church teaches that Adam's disobedience planted "the serpent seed," the spirit of disobedience, in mankind, and that salvation is the surrender of that spirit to the Father's will. It calls this True Repentance and says a person cannot be called a son or daughter of the Father without it. Baptism, it says, is immersion in water and follows repentance. The church cites Romans 6:3-4 and John 3:5 for it. A June 2026 report describes thousands baptized together in the Philippines and on other continents. The church also teaches that the work of salvation was completed in its founder on 13 April 2005, and that the Kingdom Nation is the only true place of salvation. Its present statement of belief does not say that baptism is for the forgiveness of sins. An earlier doctrine page on its site taught baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, not in the three titles, and quoted Acts 2:37-38 for it, "for the remission of sins." In 2019 the founder's site answered that no one has rid himself of the serpent seed who is not yet baptized in the Kingdom, citing John 3:5.

Salvation can only be attained through genuine repentance, which is the surrendering of the serpent seed or the spirit of disobedience to the will of the Almighty Father, camouflaging as our human will.

Baptism is derived from the Latin Greek word, Baptizo, which means to immerse in water. Baptism follows after repentance which is the death of the old life of sin.

Salvation is no longer found in religions that live outside the Will of the Father, making the Kingdom Nation as the only true spiritual oasis in a darkened world.

How can you have eradicated the serpent seed if you are not baptized in the Kingdom yet? Because when you have eradicated the serpent seed by repentance, you will enter into the Kingdom.

The Lord's command is to baptize in the Name of Jesus Christ; not His titles.

Baptism, in the church's report. "Repentance signifies the death of one’s own will, while water immersion symbolizes the burial of the old life of sin and the beginning of a new life in complete obedience to the Father’s Will." The same report says the newly baptized included former critics who "sincerely listened to the message of repentance and salvation of the Appointed Son of God."

Completed in the Son. "On April 13, 2005, the Father declared through His Appointed Son that His salvation work in man was finally completed in the Son." The church adds that "the Appointed Son now leads humanity toward total freedom from the Serpent seed" as "the authorized doorkeeper and dwelling place of the Almighty Father."

Growth in stages. The church's statement of belief says the life of Jesus Christ "is revealed from faith to faith," and that the fruit of its spiritual revolution is souls "who have reached the third level of spiritual growth, which is the Son Placement."

An early doctrine page counts the change of the Supper from a memorial into a sacrifice as a corruption; no page read says how the church keeps it.

The church's present site, its statement of belief, its news and sermon pages, and the press and scholarly accounts read for this chart do not describe the Lord's Supper: not how often it is kept, what is used, or who may take it. One earlier doctrine page on its site, telling how the church fared after Constantine, counts among the corruptions of that time that "The Lord’s Supper became a sacrifice in place of memorial." The church also calls its 1 September anniversary "the feast of the passover," but it describes that as the founding of the church and does not describe a meal of bread and cup. This chart states nothing about the Supper beyond this.

The Lord’s Supper became a sacrifice in place of memorial.

To all who are joining us today, a blessed and happy 41st anniversary of the establishment of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the feast of the passover.

What was searched. The church's present site (its pages and posts, its statement of belief and its news items) was searched in October 2026, with the press and scholarly accounts, for "supper," "communion," "Lord's table," "bread," "cup," "sacrament" and "breaking of bread." So were the archived pages of its earlier site and of the founder's site that could be opened, among them his 2020 message for "the 35th Anniversary of the Feast of the Passover," which speaks of blessings, offerings and tribute but of no bread or cup. The only hits were the sentence above on the Supper's corruption, the anniversary's name, and a use of "communion" for man's fellowship with the Father. A Philippine Senate report and the church's broadcast sermons could not be reached. If any of these describes the Supper, it should be added.

A founder with a Board of Administrators, ministers and coordinators at provincial, municipal and preaching-center levels over local Kingdom Light Congregations.

Pastor Quiboloy is the founder and the Appointed Son, and the church's pages place him at its head. Under him the church names a Board of Administrators, ministers, coordinators, department heads and "Full-time Miracle Workers." Its local churches are Kingdom Light Congregations, and its ministers and coordinators serve at the provincial, municipal and preaching-center levels and are trained and held to field targets together. The pages read do not describe elders, a congregation choosing its own leaders, or how the Board is appointed.

I would also like to thank all of the leaders, the Board of Administrators, the ministers, coordinators, the department heads, Full-time Miracle Workers and members of the Kingdom

ministers and coordinators from the provincial, municipal, and preaching center levels

As the authorized doorkeeper and dwelling place of the Almighty Father, the Appointed Son now leads humanity toward total freedom from the Serpent seed, restoring man to the Father’s original purpose.

The Tribute to the King. At the yearly International Kingdom Leaders' Convention, the church says, leaders and members from many countries "will give their highest form of tribute and offering to the Father Almighty through His Anointed and Appointed Son," and he proclaims "blessings for the whole Kingdom Nation."

Sunday worship at the cathedral and the Kingdome with sung praise that must carry the Word of God, and a yearly Tribute to the King.

The church describes its worship as gatherings for praise, preaching and thanksgiving. Its pages say every song of praise and worship must carry the Word of God, name Psalm 40:3 for its new songs, and speak of original "ACQ-Kingdom Music." They speak of worshipping "in spirit and in truth." The Appointed Son's preaching is part of the gatherings, in the series called Sounds of Worship and in "Anointed Songs of Worship with the Appointed Son." The church also keeps anniversaries, a yearly leaders' convention with a Tribute to the King, and mass baptisms. The pages read do not say whether instruments are used, how members pray, or to whom prayer is addressed.

Anytime a worship song supersedes the Word of God, that worship becomes an idol. And when worship becomes an idol, it is reduced to mere entertainment.

sons and daughters from around the world will give their highest form of tribute and offering to the Father Almighty through His Anointed and Appointed Son, the King of the New Creation and the New Owner of the Earth, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.

A place of worship. The Kingdome is "intended primarily as a place of worship and a gathering place for official Kingdom activities," and the cathedral and an open field held the Sunday worship before it. The church's invitation to the opening calls it "a thanksgiving and worship presentation."

The Father's Spirit dwells in the Appointed Son as his living temple, and the prophetic ministry is entrusted to him.

The church teaches that God, the Almighty Father, "who is Spirit," dwells in a physical body, and that in this age that body is the Appointed Son, "the living temple—the dwelling place of the Father’s Spirit." It says he has been entrusted with "the prophetic ministry," so that "what the Son proclaims will ultimately come to pass." Its pages use "Full-time Miracle Workers" as a title and do not say whether the miraculous gifts of the New Testament continue. The church reports a message to its founder that those who speak against his name speak against the Father's Spirit. Its statement of belief names God as "the Almighty Father, our Lord Jesus Christ."

Sonship is not simply a title. It refers to the relationship between God, the Almighty Father who is Spirit, and the physical body in which His Spirit dwells and through which His will is manifested.

Entrusted by the Almighty Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the prophetic ministry, Pastor Apollo has declared that what the Son proclaims will ultimately come to pass.

We believe in one true God, the Almighty Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Creator of all.

The message about the Spirit. In a Sounds of Worship preaching after the revelation of 17 June 2018, the church says, Pastor Quiboloy told of an angel who said that anyone who speaks against him is now doing it to "the Spirit of the Father," and so is "in danger of committing a sin for which there is no forgiveness." It is described more fully under the distinctives.

The Father and the Son. The church distinguishes the Created Son (Adam), the Begotten Son (Jesus Christ) and the Appointed Son (Pastor Quiboloy). An earlier doctrine page on its site teaches one God who is not three persons, and says that "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not God's names, but are titles of God's three great manifestations." Of the Spirit it says: "Therefore, the Holy Spirit is the Father - they are one."

The Church Age has ended and the Kingdom Age and the Day of the Lord have begun; the world is judged by the life and message of the Appointed Son.

The church teaches that the Church Age is over and the Kingdom Age is here. It says "the Day of the Lord is here" and that the world will be judged by the life and message of the Appointed Son. It names the present period the Glorification Era and says the Kingdom Nation awaits the glorification of the Appointed Son. Christianity Today quotes the founder's earlier site that those who listen, believe and repent "will enter in the Kingdom of God on Earth today, and after judgment, unto eternity." The pages read do not describe the return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, or the new heaven and new earth.

The beginning of the Kingdom Age signals the end of the Church Age. The days of man are over. Just as judgment awaited Sodom and Gomorrah, and also in the time of Noah, the Day of the Lord is here, as foretold in Acts 17:30-31. The world will be judged by the life and message of the Son.

The Father has also given him the authority to judge and to cast out the wicked and give rewards to the righteous.

Earlier teaching, as reported. Elle Hardy writes that a former member, Arlene Stone, was drawn to a prophecy that Jesus would return on New Year's Eve 1999. That is a former member's account, not a church text, and the church's current pages give no date.

The Appointed Son of God

The church distinguishes the Created Son, the Begotten Son and the Appointed Son, and names its founder as the third.

The church teaches that Adam, the Created Son, lost his sonship; that Jesus Christ, the Begotten Son, retrieved it by perfect obedience; and that the sonship and kingship were then given to a descendant of Adam who overcame the serpent seed, the Appointed Son. It says the Appointed Son does not replace Jesus but is the Father's audible voice, the living temple, "the King of the New Creation" and "the New Owner of the Earth." On 13 September 2003 the founder publicly declared himself to be this Appointed Son.

Adam is the Created Son who lost his sonship through disobedience. Jesus Christ is the Begotten Son who came to retrieve the Sonship through perfect obedience. Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy is the Appointed Son who accepted the mission of inheriting the retrieved Sonship and completing the Father’s salvation plan through absolute obedience to His Will.

The Appointed Son does not replace Him but is His audible voice on earth.

Through his complete obedience to the Will of the Almighty Father, Pastor Apollo became the Appointed Son of God, the rightful heir, who inherited the Sonship and Kingship retrieved by the Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

The church is right to keep Jesus as the Begotten Son and to say that its founder does not replace Him. But the New Testament knows no further son appointed after Him to inherit what He won. God "hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things" (Hebrews 1:2), and the faith was "once for all delivered unto the saints" (Jude 1:3). A second inheritor, who receives the sonship and kingship the Son retrieved and then speaks for the Father, adds an office to a revelation the apostles said was complete. Peter said, "in none other is there salvation" (Acts 4:12), and he names no one after Christ who completes it.

Credit. The church teaches that Jesus overcame temptation, died on the cross in obedience and rose, and says in plain words that its founder does not replace Him. That is more than some groups with a living leader say.

The Father's New Name

The Appointed Son's name is said to be the Father's New Name, and speaking against it a sin without forgiveness.

The church reports that after a revelation on 17 June 2018, Pastor Quiboloy said: "That is not my name anymore; that is His Name." It says an angel told him that those who speak negatively of him are doing it to "the Spirit of the Father," and that they are "in danger of committing a sin for which there is no forgiveness." The church presents this as a warning to those who judge his ministry, and says that those who speak of the "goodness, kindness, love, and compassion" associated with his name will be blessed.

Never, never use the New Name of the Father in vain. Never use my name in a negative way. That is not my name anymore; that is His Name.

No, it is not you anymore. You have borne that shame for 33 years. If they continue to do that, they are no longer doing it to you; they are doing it to the Spirit of the Father. Therefore, they are in danger of committing a sin for which there is no forgiveness.

Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema. As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema.

The Lord's warning is about "the blasphemy against the Spirit" (Matthew 12:31), and the church applies it to words spoken about a man's name. Scripture gives that sin no such reading, and it gives no man the right to say who has committed it. The New Testament knows one name "under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved" (Acts 4:12), and it never makes criticism of a teacher an unforgivable sin. A teaching delivered by an angel that goes beyond what the apostles delivered falls under Paul's warning: "though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema" (Galatians 1:8). The verdict weighs only what the church says the angel said.

In the church's words. Pastor Quiboloy asked the angel, "Aren’t my persecutors forgiven because it is only a sin against the Son?" and the angel replied that the matter was no longer about him. The church describes the warning as aimed at those who "condemn and judge his ministry without understanding."

The Third Testament

A "Book of Fulfillment," called the Third Testament, is said to be directed to the Appointed Son.

The church teaches that, because the Appointed Son is the new owner of the world, "the Book of Fulfillment, which is the Third Testament, is directed to him." On the same page it says the Father has given him authority "to judge and to cast out the wicked and give rewards to the righteous." The pages read do not give the book's contents. Its name, the Third Testament, sets it after the Old and New Testaments; the page says no more of it.

I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.

Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

The Bible closes with a warning against adding to its words (Revelation 22:18-19), and Paul told the Corinthians to "learn not to go beyond the things which are written" (1 Corinthians 4:6). Scripture is "inspired of God" and makes "the man of God" complete (2 Timothy 3:16-17), so it needs no third testament. This chart can weigh only what the church says of the book, that it exists and is directed to the Appointed Son, because no page read gives its text. A testament received through a living man and set beside the first two would put a new rule of faith over the faith "once for all delivered."

What is not known. The founder's earlier site names a section called "Manna of Revelations," which could not be reached in a form that could be read. If the book's text becomes available, the verdict should be checked against it.

The Jewish, Church and Kingdom Ages

History is told in three ages, Jewish, Church and Kingdom, and the Church Age is said to have ended in 2005.

The church teaches that the Father first dealt with the Jewish nation, then opened the door to the Gentiles in a Church Age that began with Catholicism and branched into "different religions and denominations," and that neither produced a Son. It says the Church Age has ended and the Kingdom Age, in which the Kingdom Nation is the true place of salvation, has begun with the Appointed Son.

The door was then opened to the Gentiles, beginning the Church Age, which spanned 1,935 years, beginning with Catholicism, branching into different religions and denominations. However, just like those in the Jewish Age, they could not produce a “Son.” They were religious, but did not become spiritual.

The beginning of the Kingdom Age signals the end of the Church Age. The days of man are over.

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

The Lord said, "I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18), and promised to be with His disciples "always, even unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20). The church He built is "the pillar and ground of the truth" (1 Timothy 3:15), and the New Testament names no point at which it ends and another nation takes its place. A church that, in this account, never produced what it was for is not the church Christ said He would build and the gates of Hades would not overcome. On this point the claim runs against His promise.

Credit. The church's concern that religion without obedience is empty is the Lord's own: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 7:21). Its pages quote that passage in full.

Tithes and the Storehouse

Tithes and offerings are said to come second only to working out one's salvation, and to be given to the Kingdom Nation as the storehouse.

The church teaches that faithfully giving tithes and offerings is "the second priority that all kingdom citizens must fulfill, next to working out one’s own salvation," and that the storehouse of Malachi 3:10 is the Kingdom Nation, "where the Father abides through His Appointed Son." It says that "Disobedience to this spiritual principle of abundance is detrimental to salvation." It presents a vision of gold coins, which it dates seven years before its 2026 post, as the Father's message on this.

The revelation means that those who are dishonest and unfaithful in giving their tithes and offerings will be cut off from the Kingdom of God. Disobedience to this spiritual principle of abundance is detrimental to salvation.

The storehouse is the Father’s Kingdom Nation, where the Father abides through His Appointed Son.

Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, that no man should glory.

Paul's rule for giving is "Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper" (1 Corinthians 16:2), and "Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity" (2 Corinthians 9:7). The New Testament nowhere commands the church to give a fixed tithe, and nowhere says that a failure to give cuts a person off from the Kingdom. Salvation is "by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8). To make standing before God depend on money given to one organization turns what Paul called a cheerful gift into a condition of salvation. Generous giving is good, and the church's wish to give is to its credit.

The test is the same for every body: what the New Testament shows the first-century church doing and teaching, set beside what the church holds today. The Kingdom of Jesus Christ is not a body on this site's lineage chart, because its founder is held to be the sole recipient of the Father's revelations and a Third Testament is said to be directed to him. So each placement here rests on the rubric's rungs, and the reason is given with it. Where the church's pages are silent, as on how often the Supper is kept, nothing is charged for the silence and nothing is credited. The church stands nearest the New Testament in its immersion of those who repent and in its plain call to obey the Father's will. It stands furthest where it names a living man as the Father's voice and heir.

The church cites Scripture on every page, but it does not rest its teaching there. Pastor Quiboloy is "the sole recipient of the Almighty Father's revelations," his word is "backed by the Father's absolute power," and a Third Testament is said to be directed to him. God "hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son" (Hebrews 1:2), and the faith was "once for all delivered unto the saints" (Jude 1:3). Paul put an angel from heaven under the same curse as any other who preaches another gospel (Galatians 1:8). On the rubric, a rule of faith that includes a living man's revelations (A1), teaching beyond what is written (A2) and doctrine bound on members that the apostles did not deliver (G1) each take the last rung, as for the Iglesia ni Cristo, La Luz del Mundo and the World Mission Society.

Credit. The church prints Scripture in full, calls its members to obey it, and asks them to put the Father's will above their own. The Lord said the same in Matthew 7:21. It also says plainly that its founder does not replace Jesus. Held to Scripture alone, those teachings would stand near the line.

Counted here only. Authority is where the revelations, the Third Testament and the bound teachings are weighed. The founder's place in salvation, worship, the Spirit and the judgment is weighed under those questions, and is not counted again here.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

The church baptizes those who have repented, by immersion, and cites Romans 6:3-4 for it: "We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death." That is the apostles' pattern, and the founder's site holds that no one enters the Kingdom unbaptized. On the rubric the subject (C1) and the mode (C2) stand on the line. The purpose (C3) sits one step off: an earlier doctrine page quotes Acts 2:38 for "the remission of sins," but the present statement of belief says salvation comes "only" through repentance and gives baptism's purpose as the burial of the old life, so the point at which sins are forgiven is left unclear. The placement moves one step off that mean, for a reason: the church holds that the work of salvation was "completed in the Son" on 13 April 2005, that its founder is the "authorized doorkeeper," and that salvation is not found outside the Kingdom Nation, where Peter said "in none other is there salvation" (Acts 4:12). As for the Iglesia ni Cristo, that claim is counted here only.

Repentance as the whole. Scripture calls for repentance and for baptism "into the name of the Lord Jesus." The church makes repentance, defined as the surrender of the serpent seed, the sum of salvation. Paul adds that "by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8). The pages read speak of Christ's death on the cross, but they put the weight on the surrender of one's will, and on the founder's completed obedience, more than on grace received through faith in Christ.

Credit. The church baptizes those who repent, in water, after teaching, and treats baptism as a break with the old life. That is far nearer the New Testament than infant baptism or sprinkling.

For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me. In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.

And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

The apostolic church met "upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread" (Acts 20:7), and Paul passed on the Lord's words, "this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me" (1 Corinthians 11:25). On what the Supper is, the one church text found stands with Paul: an earlier doctrine page counts it a corruption that "The Lord’s Supper became a sacrifice in place of memorial." On when it is kept and who takes it, no church text this chart could read says anything, so those two criteria have no reading and are left out, neither charged nor credited. The mark rests on that single reading of what the Supper is. It is not a finding that the church keeps the Supper on the first day of the week, or that it keeps it at all.

What would settle it. A statement of belief, a sermon or a program that says whether and how often the church takes the Supper, what it uses and who takes it. If such a text shows a yearly or rare Supper, or none, the mark moves out with it. Until then the church's use of "the feast of the passover" as the name of its anniversary is not read as a Supper, because the pages describe an anniversary and not a meal of bread and cup.

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ.

The apostles "appointed for them elders in every church" (Acts 14:23), and Titus was to "appoint elders in every city" (Titus 1:5), a company of them over each congregation and none over the whole body. The church names no elders. It names a Board of Administrators, ministers and coordinators at provincial and municipal levels, and a founder over them all, and it trains and measures its ministers against targets set above the local congregation. On the rubric, the missing eldership under one head over all (B1) and a hierarchy that ends in one office (B2) take the last rung, and an order of ministers holding powers the members do not (B3) a high one. The mean is already the last rung, so the founder's binding of his own doctrine, weighed under authority, cannot move it further. Peter bids elders tend the flock, "neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you" (1 Peter 5:3).

Credit. The church calls its local churches congregations and trains its leaders in Bible study. The New Testament also has teachers and evangelists (Ephesians 4:11). It nowhere places them over many congregations as one structure, and gives no man the sole receipt of the Father's word.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Much of the church's worship is as it should be: sung praise, preaching and thanksgiving, with a rule that songs must carry the Word of God and a wish to worship "in spirit and in truth," which is the Lord's own idea of worship (John 4:24). Paul tells the church to teach and admonish "one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God" (Colossians 3:16). The pages do not say whether instruments are used, so music is not scored. The church adds a yearly Tribute to the King, in which members give "their highest form of tribute and offering to the Father Almighty through His Anointed and Appointed Son," where "there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5). On the rubric, the acts added to the assembly (E2) take a high rung. Prayer (E3) takes a middle rung, not a high one, because the pages do not say how prayer is addressed and only the offering is said to go "through" the Appointed Son.

Credit. The church's concern that a song must not displace the Word is the apostle's concern. Its leaders say they want worship "in spirit and in truth," as the Lord said.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard; God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

In the New Testament the Spirit dwells in every believer: "your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you" (1 Corinthians 6:19). The church says the Father's Spirit dwells in one body, the Appointed Son, as "the living temple." It also says the prophetic ministry is entrusted to him and that what he proclaims will come to pass, and it reports revelations by an angel and in dreams. The apostles' signs confirmed the word "spoken through the Lord" and "confirmed unto us by them that heard" (Hebrews 2:3), and Paul said that "whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away" (1 Corinthians 13:8). The church's pages do not say whether tongues and healing continue, so nothing is charged on that. The placement is authored: setting a living man as the Father's dwelling place and prophet puts the church on the far edge, and John writes, "prove the spirits, whether they are of God" (1 John 4:1).

The unforgivable sin. The Lord said that "the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven" (Matthew 12:31). The church applies it to speaking against its founder's name. That claim is weighed in the distinctives and is not counted again here.

Credit. The church calls its members to obedience to the Father, which is a fruit of the Spirit's work.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

The apostles teach that Jesus will come again as He went, that the dead will be raised, and that judgment is given to Him: God "hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead" (Acts 17:31). The church cites that passage, Acts 17:30-31, and then says the world "will be judged by the life and message of the Son," meaning the Appointed Son. It teaches that the Church Age ended in 2005 and that the Kingdom Age and the Day of the Lord are present. The pages do not describe the return of Christ or the resurrection, so nothing is charged for that silence. The placement rests on judgment given to a living man and on a present Kingdom Age that the New Testament does not teach.

Credit. The church teaches that there is a judgment, that obedience to the Father is the test, and that the faithful will have eternal life. Those are the apostles' own themes (John 5:29).

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ and the New Testament agree on more than its critics allow. The church prints the Bible in full and urges its members to obey it. It teaches that Jesus is the Begotten Son who overcame the devil's temptations and died in obedience on the cross, and it says its founder does not replace Him. It baptizes those who repent, by immersion, and treats baptism as the burial of the old life. It calls for repentance as a promise to put the Father's will before one's own: "not my will, but thine, be done" (Luke 22:42). It reports works for children, schools, relief and the environment, which are good works. And it is right that the Lord Himself said, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 7:21).

The test falls hardest on the one claim that holds the rest together. The church names a living man as the sole recipient of the Father's revelations, as the Father's audible voice, as heir of the Sonship and the Kingship, as the doorkeeper of salvation and as the judge. The Scriptures say that God has spoken in His Son and that the faith was delivered once. They give no later son an inheritance to complete, and no testament beyond the two. The members who repent, are baptized and try to obey the Father are doing what the apostles asked. The way back is a plain one: the church's own first call is to do the Father's will, and the Father's will is written in the book already given.

This chart weighs teaching against Scripture. The legal matters the founder faces are recorded in the history, apart from the doctrine, and they have no part in the verdicts here.

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