Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above All Names, Inc.

Apollo Quiboloy — according to his followers — is the appointed son of God. He’s also at the center of a criminal empire, an explosive rift in the government of the Philippines, and a shift in the makeup of global Christianity.

Excerpt: "His defiance echoed a familiar script in the modern Charismatic Christian playbook: a populist, right-wing persecution complex, where powerful religious leaders take on Jesus’ oppression as their own.

Casting themselves as victims of a hostile, secular elite across continents, pastors with private jets and media empires insist they are modern-day martyrs. From American social media evangelists railing against “woke” institutions to African prophets accusing governments of conspiring with demons, this narrative turns legitimate scrutiny into spiritual warfare.

In this worldview, to be investigated is to be crucified; to be arrested is to be sanctified. Quiboloy’s rhetoric — framing FBI warrants and Senate inquiries as attacks on God himself — slots him neatly into a global theology of persecution as proof of virtue."