Editing Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi (section)

==History==
[[File:Jose rizal 01.jpg|100px|thumb|The group believes in the divinity of Jose Rizal]]
The Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi, often considered as the original [[Rizalista religious movements|Rizalist group]], was established on December 25, 1936.  Rev. Fr. Luis Fabrigar and Jose Valincunoza was the sect's first Supreme Bishop and president respectively.<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|author=Manila Bulletin&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Mon, Jun 18, 2012 |url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/worshipping-jose-rizal-god-113159549.html |title=Worshipping Jose Rizal As God|work=Yahoo News Philippines |publisher=Manila Bulletin|date=2012-06-18 |accessdate=2025-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216193211/http://ph.news.yahoo.com/worshipping-jose-rizal-god-113159549.html|archive-date=2013-12-16}}</ref>

The sect's headquarters is located in [[Calamba, Laguna|Calamba]], [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] and has established 100 chapters throughout the Philippines. In the 1980s, the number of Rizalista converts was about 100,000 the highest amount in sect's history<ref name="yahoo1"/> but within the same period, the group experienced a [[Schism (religion)|schism]] with four new groups seceding from the Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi. The group's leaders preached that the [[Doomsday prediction|end of the world]] would occur in the year 2000.<ref name="uca">{{cite news |title=Cult Ceases Worship Of National Hero Jose Rizal |url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2005/01/24/cult-ceases-worship-of-national-hero-jose-rizal&post_id=25323 |accessdate=17 July 2018 |work=UCA News |date=24 January 2005}}</ref>

As of 2012, the sect's membership was reduced by at least 90 percent. The sect is led by Bonifacio Relleta as of the same year.<ref name="yahoo1"/>