Bro. Eduardo Villanueva Manalo, (born October 31, 1955) is the third and current Executive Minister

Minister of religion

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 of the Iglesia ni Cristo

Iglesia ni Cristo

Iglesia ni Cristo also known as INC, is the largest entirely indigenous Christian religious organization that originated from the Philippines and the largest independent church in Asia. Due to a number of similarities, some Protestant writers describe the INC's doctrines as restorationist in...

 (INC), following the death of his father, former Executive Minister Eraño G. Manalo

Eraño G. Manalo

Eraño de Guzman Manalo , also known as Ka Erdy, was the second Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo, serving from 1963 until 2009. He took over the administration of the church after the death of his father, Felix Manalo, in 1963. He was instrumental in the propagation and expansion of the...

.

Also known as "Ka Ed" or "Ka Ediboy", the grandson of Felix Manalo

Felix Manalo

Felix Ysagun Manalo , also known as Ka Félix, was the first Executive Minister of the Philippines'-based religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo, and incorporated it with the Philippine Government on July 27, 1914. He is the father of Eraño G...

, he was born to Eraño G. Manalo and Cristina Villanueva and is an active amateur radio enthusiast. Manalo ran a local radio frequency bulletin board service

Bulletin board system

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 at a time when Internet

Internet

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 access in the Philippines

Philippines

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 was practically non-existent, and due to that, is credited as one of the pioneers in Internet usage in the Philippines.

He contributed to the founding of an organization within the INC called The Association of Christians in Information Technology (AsCII), an organization consisting of INC members in the Information technology

Information technology

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 field who perform computer-related assistance to the church.

He graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman

University of the Philippines, Diliman

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 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.

He is married to Lynn V.