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Hindu temple worship
INDONESIA
Population: 238 million (58% on Java)
Population of the capital
- Jakarta
12 million
Area
741.000 square miles (8 x UK)
(17 000 islands)
Economic growth: 7% p.a.
The National Monument
Religions
5 religions were recognised in the Constitution
of 1945 when Indonesia became independent:
Islam (Sunnis) 87%
Hinduism 3% (on Bali)
Buddhism 2%
Christianity 9% (Protestant and Catholic)
Confucianism
Smoggy downtown Jakarta
National Monument
Christian Cathedral
Central Mosque
Stephen Tong
Stephen Tong was born in China in 1940 and became a
Christian in 1975. He has been called ‘the Billy Graham of
southeast Asia’.
He founded the Reformed Evangelical Church of
Indonesia (GRII) in 1989 to establish Reformed
congregations committed to evangelism.
In 2004, GRII had congregations in five Indonesian cities.
Reformed Evangelical churches (GRII)
Jakarta, Java and Bali
Singapore, Kuala Lumpur,
Hong Kong, Taiwan and Manila,
Melbourne, Sydney, USA
In 2008, the Reformed Millennium Center of Indonesia in Jakarta was
finished.
It includes
• the Messiah Cathedral (a 4800-seat auditorium)
• a theological seminary, STT Reformed Injili Internasional,
• a Christian school
• an Asian art museum
• a symphony hall
It took 16 years to persuade the Indonesian government to issue a
permit to build the church.
It is one of the largest Chinese Christian evangelical church facilities in
the world, with 600 000 square feet (56 000 m2) of space.
Students, Reformed Evangelical seminary, Jakarta
Bali : Pagan worship everywhere
Gospel rallies
Prayer
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For peace and religious
freedom in Indonesia
That the government might be
able to resist Islamic
extremism
For Christians involved in
government and public life
For real biblical foundations to
be laid in new evangelical
communities
For the work of the Reformed
evangelical church and the
Messiah cathedral in Jakarta
For the evangelistic rallies
organised in Indonesia
For the work of evangelical
publishing and translation