The Church formed from the merger of six
Filipino evangelical groups of
Presbyterian and
Methodist backgrounds, who met in
Manila through the invitation of
Don Toribio Teodoro, a
layman and industrialist who was a member of the
Iglesia Evangélica de los Cristianos Filipinos (Evangelical Church of the Filipino Christians). A church union was declared on 3 January 1932 at the former
Manila Grand Opera House. In May 2012, Unida Church celebrated its 80th founding anniversary at the
Cuneta Astrodome. The denomination has since grown to 25,000 members in some 94 congregations and 79 mission churches,and 11 International Missions with churches concentrated in
Metro Manila,
Southern Tagalog,
Bulacan, and the
Bicolandia; several congregations in the Northern Philippines,
Visayas and
Mindanao; and
overseas congregations in
Canada,
Qatar, and
Japan. The church is a member of the
World Communion of Reformed Churches. The Temple and Main Office, known as the Unida Christian Center, is located in
Silang, Cavite, Philippines. ==See also==