THE Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ on Sunday bagged the Guinness World Record for the largest number of participants to form a sentence during its charity walk event at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. About 23,235 participants were clad in various colors to form the sentence: “Proud to be a member of Iglesia Ni Cristo”. The INC’s feat was achieved during its Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty also happening simultaneously in 43 other countries across 18 time zones. With the event, the group said that it would attempt to hold four other official Guinness titles: the largest picture mosaic formed by people, most nationalities in a charity walk, the largest charity walk in a single venue, and even break its own record for largest charity walk across multiple venues which it previously held in 2014. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized the INC’s first Worldwide Walk in 2014 as the largest charity walk across multiple venues held in 24 hours, with the participation of 519,221 individuals in 129 sites in 16 countries.

Source: Manila Times May 06, 2018 04:18 UTC