Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Félix Manalo y Ysagun wanda ya kafa Iglesia ni Cristo (wanda aka fi sani da "Félix Manalo") an haife shi ne a Barrio Calzada, Tipas, Taguig, lardin Manila (wanda aka canja shi zuwa lardin Rizal a 1901 kuma yanzu yana cikin Metro Manila), Philippines, a ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1886. Iyayensa Katolika masu ibada, Mariano Ysagun da Bonifacia Manalo, sun tashe shi a cikin karkara. Tare da rayuwarsu bisa haɗin aikin gona, kamun shrimp da yin mat, sun kasance mutane masu tawali'u waɗanda ke rayuwa a gefen talauci. A lokacin ƙuruciya da mutuwar mahaifinsa, sake auren mahaifiyarsa da Juyin Juya Halin Philippine, da kuma ƙuruciya da yaƙi da Filipino-American War
, Manalo ya sami 'yan shekaru ne kawai na karatun makaranta.