Eddie Villanueva Biography
Eddie Villanueva is a Filipino evangelist and founding president of Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW), one of the world’s largest Christ-centered, Bible-based, full-gospel churches.
Previously, Villanueva was a communist-atheist, progressive protester and a member of parliament on the road. He was arrested twice for fighting on the side of the oppressed for their rights against squatter unions under martial law.
Villanueva is also the founder of the Philippine Movement for Jesus (PJM), which includes over 40 bishops from various Christian churches across the country. In the 2004 and 2010 Philippine elections, Villanueva was a presidential candidate and a senator candidate in the 2013 Philippine midterm elections, both as the standard bearer of the Bangon Pilipinas Party.
Villanueva is a radio and TV evangelist owned by ZOE Broadcasting Network, a commercial television and radio broadcaster owned by VHF Channel 11 and UHF Channel 33 (Light TV). He is also the owner and founder of Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. (JILCF) in Bocaue, Bulacan, a Christian school where his wife, Adoracion Villanueva, is the school president.
Eddie Villanueva’s Age
How old is Eddie Villanueva? Eddie It is 75 years in 2021. He was born in October 6, 1946 in Bocaue, Philippines, and celebrates her birthday on October 6th of each year and her zodiac sign is Lb.
Eddie Villanueva family | parents | Brothers
He is the son of Joaquin Villanueva and Maria Cruz. His father, Villanueva, was a former Olympic sprinter who spent four consecutive years in the 1920s representing the Philippines at the Far East Games.
Eddie Villanueva’s Wife
He was married to Adoracion Jose Villanueva who died on March 10, 2020. The couple has four children.
Eddie Villanueva Children
Eduardo ‘Jon-Jon’ Villanueva, Jr., his eldest son, is the former Bulgarian mayor of Bocaue, who lost his candidacy in 2004 but won the elections in May 2007. Jonjon has been charged with murder for allegedly ordering the Firing of a Philippine Armed Forces soldier during the May 2007 elections.
His other brother, Senator Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, became the youngest member of the Chamber of Deputies when, on February 6, 2002, he assumed the position of delegate on the CIBAC party list. From 2016 to 2020, his daughter Joni Villanueva-Tugna, who died on May 28, 2020, was a Christian singer, TV presenter and former mayor of Bocaue. His other daughter, Edelisha Jovi, is an educator.
Education Eddie Villanueva
Villanueva graduated from the Philippine College of Commerce (PCC) in 1969 with a degree in commerce, majoring in economics, and later renamed the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. In the 1970s, he was immersed in student and labor movements, integrating progressive sectors of society in opposition to the Marcos dictatorship. Villanueva also studied law at the University of the Philippines, but was also involved in so much activism that he never had time to take up the law.
Eddie Villanueva Net Worth
Villanueva have an estimate net worth of $500,000. He made a good fortune in his profession as an evangelist and church member. Your estimate of net worth is still under study. His partner, Joel Villanueva, was the fifth richest deputy on the party’s list, according to the Philippine Star, with a net worth of P 18.4 million.
Eddie Villanueva Church (Church of Jesus Is Lord Worldwide)
Villanueva founded Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide, formerly called Jesus Is Lord Fellowship, on October 5, 1978, “which started with just 15 participants from its Bible studies.” In 2007, in 18 cities in Metro Manila, 80 provinces in the Philippines and 60 countries around the world, JIL said it had “over five million members today. Most Filipino overseas workers and their families are overseas members.”
Eddie Villanueva’s Leadership
During Martial Law, he fought local land grabbers in Bulacan and was arrested twice for his political views and participation in various mass acts. Until 1972, he served as a full-time lecturer in the CCP’s Department of Economics and Finance. He worked as an export manager for Maran Export Industries in 1973 and was a general manager for Agape Trading Co. from 1976 to 1977. In 1978, he returned to the newly re-appointed PCC as a part-time teacher.
Eddie Villanueva Awards
In 1979, Villanueva ordained Victory in Christ Church in California and an international ministry as a minister of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. In April 1996, he was also given the episcopacy position for the Sectarian Body of Christ in the Philippines. Two months later, in June 1996, Villanueva received the Gintong Ama (Golden Father) Award by the Golden Mother and Father Foundation for the Socio-Civic/Religious Field.
Villanueva won the ZOE TV 11 EDSA People Power Freedom Award in February 2001 for equal coverage of the People Power II campaign. He founded and owns ZOE Broadcasting Network Inc. and operates the Philippine TV channel 11. It’s Bro. He is brother. Eddie, Diyos in Bayan, the PJM Forum (the Philippines Movement for Jesus) and Jesus the Healer are hosting three ZOE services.
