Ang Dating Daan
Genre	Religious broadcasting
Starring	Eliseo Soriano various contributors
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Producer(s)	Members Church of God International
Location(s)	Apalit, Pampanga
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel	IBC-13
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	1980 (on Radio)- present 1983 (on Television) – present
External links
Official website

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Background

The program started in 1980 on radio then in 1983 on television as a 30-minute block timer on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation with a shoe-string budget. The program currently airs live via satellite through the facilities of UHF Channel UN Television 37 and various radio stations such as RMN, DZRH and 100 Radyo Natin. While mainly broadcasting in Filipino, some English language elements were added for foreign viewers, including “Truth in Focus”, “Biblically Speaking”, “How Authentic the Bible is”, and “Bible Guide”. It also features the use of multi-lingual and multi-dialectic translations of the Bible, the first and only service of its kind in the Philippines. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. ... History In 1987, an unknown radio station started broadcasting at the frequency of 107. ... Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. ... DZRH (666 kHz Metro Manila) is a radio station in Metro Manila owned and operated by the Manila Broadcasting Company. ...

Ang Dating Daan denies several doctrines such as the Trinity [1] and salvation by grace alone. The program frequently criticizes various denominations for their doctrines, practices and what it says are false teachings, including the Catholic Church, Pentecostal Denominations, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventist Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Iglesia ni Cristo, (Church of Christ founded by Felix Manalo), a Philippine-based religion. In retaliation, Iglesia ni Cristo created a counter program, Ang Tamang Daan answering Soriano's allegations on the show. This article is about the Christian Trinity. ... The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist[3]) Church is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the Sabbath. ... For other uses, see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (disambiguation). ... The Iglesia ni Cristo (also known as INC or Iglesya ni Kristo, literally Tagalog for Church of Christ, pronounced ) is a nontrinitarian Christian restorationist religious organization that originated in the Philippines[4] The INC was incorporated in the Philippines by Felix Y. Manalo on July 27, 1914;[5] The church... Felix Manalo on the cover of Pasugo Félix Ysagun Manalo (born Félix Manalo Ysagun May 10, 1886 - April 12, 1963) was the first Executive Minister of the religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo, and incorporated it with the Philippine Government on July 27, 1914. ... Ang Tamang Daan (Tagalog for The Right Path) is a program produced by the Philippine-based religious organization, Iglesia ni Cristo, and aired over their television station, Net 25, GEM TV 49 and simulcast on radio DZEC and its affiliate stations nationwide. ...

In June 2005, Soriano filed a complaint with the Philippine Commission on Human Rights against MTRCB's (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board) decision to ban the program and its hosts from appearing on TV due to complaints filed by the Iglesia ni Cristo, a move seen by Soriano's members as an attempt to muzzle the group's freedom of religion and freedom of speech. The Commission on Human Rights ruled that MTRCB overstepped its authority by banning Soriano's TV programs in 2005. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Charities

On July 22, 2007, the Ang Dating Daan Group unveiled its Free Bus Ride (Libreng Sakay) Project for public commuters in the long stretch of EDSA, the historic avenue where two popular people power revolts eventuated. The brainchild of Vice-Presiding Minister Daniel Razon, the public service commitment is also an aid to the missionary labors of the Church, and commuters are given free coffee, Bible and magazines, the TOP or The Old Path and The Blog. The Blog is a mini-magazine version of the blog articles of Bro. Eli Soriano posted at esoriano.wordpress.com.

The Old Path magazine's logo.

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Controversies and Legal Problems

• Eliseo Soriano was placed on the Philippines Bureau of Immigration watch list on November 11, 2005 on charges of rape ^[3] filed by Daniel Veridiano, a former Communications and IT department head of Ang Dating Daan who later joined Iglesia ni Cristo. Macabebe Regional Trial Court Judge Manuel Siyangco issued the warrant of arrest. The charge was dismissed but was later refiled in a higher court by the country’s Department of Justice Secretary, Raul Gonzales, who is not in anyway involved with the case.^[4] Soriano has denied the rape allegation, saying Veridiano was retaliating after he was expelled from Ang Dating Daan in August 2005 after complaints of misappropriation of church funds and that Veridiano sexually molested 14 staff members. On May 3, 2006, in a 5-page resolution, Pampanga acting provincial prosecutor Jaime Umpa recommended the filing of rape case against Ang Dating Daan leader Eliseo Soriano and allowed him to post a P400,000 bail bond (P200,000 for each count).^[5]

• In 2007, Soriano was forced to flee the Philippines due to threats on his life.^[6]

• In February 2008, Apalit Municipal officials led by Mayor Oscar Tetangco Jr led the closure of at least four buildings inside the MCGI compound in Barangay Sampaloc, Apalit, Pampanga. The buildings include a chapel, museum and two residential houses, which were constructed without building permits, municipal officials said. The resolution stated that the Municipality of Apalit received numerous reports from insiders, former members and workers of MCGI, that a portion of the property was being utilized for burial purposes without any approved documents from the local government. The church claimed that there were only 2 graves and that they were the bodies of Mr. Soriano's parents. The Apalit municipal treasurer also stated that MCGI failed to pay its real property taxes for the years 2006 until 2007.^[7] This followed a series of lawsuits directed at the church from former members, as well as the church's television programs being taken off the air in 2005. The church has also had conflict with Islamics, and at one point a grenade was thrown into the MGCI compound, after incendiary comments made by Soriano, against Muslims, were broadcast on Philippine television.

• On April 27, 2008, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemned the murder of Iglesia ni Cristo former minister and UNTV program "X-Man" TV host for the Ang Dating Daan, Marcos Balais Mataro, 40, in San Simon, Pampanga. Mataro is the 2nd local mediaman to be killed in 2008 and the 56th since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became president in 2001.^[8]

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Program Segments

• Ang Dating Daan Bible Expostion
• Ang Dating Daan Bible Expostion Worldwide
• Bible Guide
• Debate
• Grand Pulong
• Itanong Mo Kay Soriano, Biblia Ang Sasagot
• Kontradiksiyon ba? (En Are they contradictory?)
• Thanksgiving Day
• Truth In Focus

See also

• Religion in the Philippines

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References

External links

• Ang Dating Daan News Archives
• UNTV Channel 37

Official links

• Ang Dating Daan Official Site
• About "Ang Dating Daan" (The Old Path)
• Good News Online - The Old Path
• TruthCaster
• ADD Community Portal
• Eli Soriano Blog

Commentary (critical)

• The Bereans: Ang Dating Daan Cult profile
• Ang Dating Daan: An Old Path Incarnate Again, Part I by Ben Douglass, Vice President of Apologetics at CAI