Central TempleThe Central Temple is the Iglesia ni Cristo's main house of worship. It can comfortably seat 7000 worshipers at a time. The Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Temple was designed by Arch. Carlos Antonio Santos-Viola. He is best known for designing and building churches. His first exposure to the Iglesia ni Cristo was executed under Juan Nakpil's company through the Bishop's Palace in San Juan, Manila. Brother Erano G. Manalo gave the subsequent project directly to Santos-Viola. Each structure was created on functionality that was built with integrity, adorned with 20th Century geometric forms garnished with Gothic revival and Baroque lines.

The Central Temple was dedicated to God by Executive Minister Brother Erano G. Manalo on July 29,1984. The Central Temple is the crown jewel of the Iglesia Ni Cristo architecture. It is first and foremost the house of the Lorda holy place built for the honor and glory of God.

11-pics-central templeThe Central Temple is characterized by simple elegant lines and towering spires pointing toward the heavens and seemingly reaching for the heavens. The Central Temple unique design is inspired by Neo-Gothic architecture, this mega structure continues to leave one awestruck by its imposing brilliance and un-ignorable majesty. The temple has five huge and ten small towering vertical spires with a sense of great height. It features huge size cantilever over the main entrance and detailed curving and asymmetrical windows above. The temple is built with one huge arch vault and two smaller arc vault which can be transformed into two separate worship areas by a moving partition. The Central Temple today remains as beautiful and magnificent as ever, well-preserved through the years.