"A Protestant author, Dr. Arthur Leonard Tuggy, attributes the Iglesia ni Cristo's fantastic growth to, among other factors, Dedicate laymen eager to spread their message and an effective deployment of ministers. "And behind all this," he notes, "was the continuing charismatic leadership of its founder-head, Felix Manalo, now firmly anchored to a doctrinal base as Gods messenger for the Philippines..."
- Isabelo T. Crisotomo in the May-June 1986 issue of the Pasugo
