Viral "Red-Tag Girl" confirms her exit from MCGI effective October 24, 2025
- Rosa Rosal
- Nov 2
- 2 min read
Sis Rhona Mae Esmedia, known online as the viral “Redtag Girl” who once challenged Bro Eli Soriano about activist repression during a live Ang Dating Daan broadcast, has confirmed her exit from the Members Church of God International (MCGI).
A former student leader and youth activist, Esmedia now works as a Strategic Consultant in the insurance sector and is an active member of the International Political Science Society. In a livestreamed presentation titled “My MCGI Exit Story,” she explained the reasons behind her departure.
Esmedia said MCGI no longer reflects her values or "moral compass". She believes the group has become morally bankrupt after entangling itself in dirty and corrupt partisan politics. She noted how the organization once took a strong stance against bloc voting and criticized political corruption, only to later align itself with politicians and covertly support BH Partylist using church resources and unpaid member labor in campaign activities.
As a socially-conscious youth leader, she also spoke against what she described as MCGI’s judgmental tactics, harassment, and social stigma—behavior she compared to that of a current corrupt government system or the Pharisees of the old. According to her, only God has the right to judge.
“If MCGI is going against the reason why I joined, then there is no reason for me to stay any longer,” she said.
Her exit strengthens the long-standing observation that MCGI is losing influence over members who rely on critical thinking. If this trend continues, it may trigger what Post-MCGI Society is calling The Great Collapse—an economic downfall fueled by the exit of middle-class members and intellectuals.
Under this view, MCGI will not collapse as a fraternal institution but economically, due to heavy financial commitments inherited from Bro Eli Soriano’s aggressive expansion into unproductive properties, media network, captive businesses, school, and hospital—projects now too large and overleveraged to sustain without constant growing member donations.
