Jesus Miracle Crusade

The Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry (JMCIM) is a Christian church in the Philippines. They currently claim 2,000,000 members in the Philippines and other countries. With more than 48 assemblies outside the Philippines, the bulk of their membership is within the country.[1] It has members in the Philippines, the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Singapore, Japan, China, South Korea, and several parts of Asia.[2] the JMCIM is the largest Oneness Pentecostal organization in the Philippines holding several services weekly at the Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City, with Sunday attendance in the tens of thousands at that location alone. Their 40th anniversary in 2015 saw 300,000 people gather at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay.[1]

Doctrine

Summary

Like most Oneness Pentecostals, the JMCIM strongly emphasizes a soteriology (doctrine of salvation) found in Acts 2:38, involving repentance, baptism for the remission of sins, and receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit evidenced by speaking in tongues. In addition, they affirm that God manifested threefold as God the Father (in creation), the Son of God (in redemption), and the Holy Ghost (in regeneration or emanation), which are also the titles and functions of the one God. They maintain that Jesus Christ possesses a combined Godly and human nature, or dual nature. They also place a heavy emphasis on prayer, fasting, and healing, and promote strict standards of lifestyle and dress that portray modesty and self-control, which emphasizes complete separation from the world and worldly conduct. the King James Bible is the JMCIM’s official reference.

History

the JMCIM was founded on February 14, 1975, by Evangelist and Pastor Wilde E. Almeda[2] and his wife, Lina C. Almeda, in Novaliches, Quezon City.[1] Although Almeda was greatly influenced by American missionary John L. Willhoite, he only briefly held credentials with an American-run missionary organization, the very small Apostolic Ministers Fellowship (AMF).

In 1983, the church was registered to the Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines) as the "Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry" or "JMCIM".

References
  1. King, Johnny (2016). Spirit and Schism: A History of Oneness Pentecostalism in the Philippines. University of Birmingham, UK: PhD Thesis. pp. 204–211.
  2. Severino, Rodolfo C.; Salazar, Lorraine Carlos (2007). Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century?. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 110. ISBN 9789812304995. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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