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This fellowship was founded on 25 May 1950; 74 years ago (), in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, under the name Council of Churches in Indonesia (Dewan Gereja-Gereja di Indonesia – DGI) as a manifestation of the desire of Protestants in Indonesia to reunite the Protestant Church as the fragmented Body of Christ. Therefore, PGI stated ...
The East Java Christian Church (Greja Kristen Jawi Wetan (GKJW) in the Javanese language) is a congregation of Christian and Reformed churches based on Indonesian Javanese ethnicity, located in Java, Indonesia.
Another Portuguese-language church, the Portuguese Buitenkerk, was built outside the city walls in 1695, now Gereja Sion, the oldest surviving church building in Indonesia. On 18 May 1696, a former VOC officer Cornelis Chastelein bought the land with an area of 12.44 km2, 6.2% the area of today's Depok.
In 1992, the Gereja Kristen Protestan Pakpak-Dairi, of the Pakpak-Dairi people was split from the HKBP. [ citation needed ] While the traditional Batak church grew through rejecting only 'negative' adat, there is a more recent anti-adat movement among Pentecostalists that perceives non-Christian elements of Batak culture, such as ulos as satanic.
Gereja Ayam or Chicken Church is a common nickname for a uniquely shaped house of worship in the Magelang area in Central Java, Indonesia because the shape of the building resembles a hen to most people who see it, although the builder intended it to look like a dove.
They sometimes also used the Chinese name Tiong Hwa Kie Tok Kau Hwe (Chinese Christian Church). They organized themselves into a synod called Khu Hwee Muria in 1948. By 1958 they changed the name of the synod to Persatuan Gereja-Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (Union of Muria Christian Churches of Indonesia).
Pentecostal Church in Indonesia (Gereja Pantekosta di Indonesia, GPdI) is a Pentecostal denomination of Indonesia. It was founded in 1921 and claims a seven-digit-membership. [1] It used to bear the name Vereeniging De Pinkstergemeente in Nederlandsch Oost Indie. [2] It is one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in Indonesia. [3]
The Methodist Church in Indonesia or GMI (Indonesian: Gereja Methodist Indonesia) is a body within the Methodist tradition in Indonesia. GMI is jointly presided by two bishops, each representing the component annual conferences within the church.