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El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI most popularly known as El Shaddai (Hebrew for ''God Almighty'', which is one of the names of God) is the biggest Catholic Charismatic Renewal group in the Philippines. It is currently headed by Brother Mike Velarde, its Servant Leader and founder. Manila Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro Bacani of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines serves as its Spiritual Director. == History == Inspired by his recovery from a heart ailment in 1978, Mike Verlarde started a weekly Bible-quoting radio show on DWXI, a station he acquired in 1982 as part of a real estate deal. Listeners, he says, began reporting that his voice had cured their afflictions.〔"Pacman deep into Bible study." ''Filipino Reporter'' 23 Mar. 2012: 21. ''Newspaper Source Plus.'' Web. 15 Feb. 2013.〕 In 1984, Velarde called his show "El Shaddai," a biblical name for God that he found in an American religious pamphlet.〔 Velarde then held monthly prayer rallies outside the vicinity of the radio station. As the number of attendees kept growing, he made the rallies weekly until the crowd could no longer be accommodated by the area. The rallies were then moved to various locations such as a football stadium and then transferring several times to the Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park in Manila; the open grounds outside the Philippine International Convention Center and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City near Manila Bay; and finally in Amvel Business Park, Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque (a site owned by the family) in order to accommodate the movement's followers. El Shaddai Movement has grown rapidly in the last decade and, as of 2005, had a reported 8 million members worldwide.〔(Philippines: International Religious Freedom Report ). U.S. Department of State (2005).〕 In 2001, Velarde and Jesus is Lord Church leader Eddie Villanueva engaged in a legal battle over control of the Christian television station Quality Television (Channel 11).〔http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/98/0227/feat1.html〕 Villanueva has the franchise and the authority to operate the facility, but Velarde, using political connections, was able to import transmission equipment, the value of which he claims to have converted into equity in the station. Congress intervened and awarded Villanueva the right the acquire the frequency, with him paying Velarde for the stock and assets held by Delta Broadcasting System (DBS). On August 20, 2009, El Shaddai inaugurated a ₱1 billion (approx. US$21 million at the time) House of Prayer on a ten hectare site in Amvel Business Park. The cost does not include the land, which will be paid for over 20 years. The building is 10,000 square meters and seats 16,000 with standing room for another 25,000, with space on the site for an overflow of the crowd.〔("El Shaddai P1-B church opens today" ). CBCP News.〕 The building was inaugurated by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the fourteenth President of the Philippines, on Velarde's 70th birthday.〔("Velarde opens El Shaddai church" ). The Philippine Daily Inquirer.〕 As it is a Roman Catholic movement, its diocesan bishop is Rev Jessie Mercado of the Diocese of Parañaque, while its Spiritual Director is the Bishop ''Emeritus'' of Novaliches Teodoro Bacani. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「El Shaddai (movement)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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