BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur Oct. 18 (PIA) – - The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in coordination with the local government unit of Bayog conducted a tree planting activity on Sunday (October 16) at Sitio Quibranza, Barangay Kahayagan, this municipality.

SCENIC, South Dakota - The area purchased by a powerful Philippine church was once a cowboy town that locals describe as “a piece of history.”

Today, the remnant of the Wild West belongs to the Iglesia Ni Cristo.

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, October 14 (PIA) -- By 2014, Bulacan will outshine the world’s major cities of Los Angeles, London, and Seoul as history is being written here - Bulacan will be the site of the world’s largest dome.

The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) church now owns the town of Scenic, South Dakota, after purchasing the 46-acre property for over $700,000.

According to reports from CNBC, 74-year old Twyla Merrill, a rancher, put the property up for sale two years ago for $3 million, after her health deteriorated due to cancer.

Cruz cited a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Iglesia Ni Cristo religious sect whose TV show had been given an X-rating by the censors’ board for attacking the teachings of the Catholic Church.

What could Iglesia executive minister Eduardo Manalo be thinking when he approved the purchase of a desolate Old West town in the United States?

The Rapid City Journal says documents show that a Filipino church called Iglesia Ni Cristo, or Church of Christ, paid $700,000 for the property.

The church's website shows congregations in dozens of countries and 42 states, with U.S. offices in a San Francisco suburb.

 Filipino church called Iglesia Ni Cristo, or Church of Christ, is the buyer of 59 parcels of land in Scenic, paying $700,000 for the properties, Pennington County records show.

Among the largest group of volunteers were the members of Iglesia Ni Cristo, which drew 140 people like 15-year-olds Jomari and Jeremiah.