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The church history began from three separately independent churches in Singkawang, Pontianak, and Pemangkat. All of them are in West Borneo , at that time part of Dutch East Indies . The Singkawang Congregation was founded in the early 20th century, in the year 1906, by American evangelical missionary Charles M. Worthington.
In 1935 Rev. Siloey et al. Pioneered services to Kupang NTT, 1930 Pdt. De Boer followed by Rev. E. Pattyradjawane and A.F Wessel to East Kalimantan. In 1940 Rev. JMP Coal cut down the West Kalimantan (Pontianak) field, Rev. Yonathan Itar is a pioneer of the Pentecostal Gospel in Irian Jaya, and others that cannot be mentioned one by one.
West Kalimantan province has 1.8 million Christians of its 5.4 million population. This population is 2/3 Catholic. Coastal regions of West Kalimantan have a Muslim majority, as well as a significant Chinese Buddhist population, of up to 30% (in Singkawang city). Away from the coasts, there is overall a Christian majority, but in some areas ...
West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles, California; Bethel Church (Redding, California) Crossroads Community Cathedral, East Hartford, Connecticut; Word of Life Christian Church, Chadwicks, New York; World Harvest Church Columbus, Ohio; Charismatic Episcopal Church, Malverne, New York
The Christ the King Cathedral [1] (Indonesian: Katedral Kristus Raja) also called Sintang Cathedral [2] is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop located in the city of Sintang in the regency of the same name in the province of West Kalimantan to the west of the island of Borneo in the Asian country of Indonesia. [3]
The Protestant Church of West Kalimantan (Gereja Protestan Kalimantan Barat) is located in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The church was founded in 1963 and grew slowly until outreach to the Dayak community in the 1990s. The church had 6,600 members and 20 congregations in 2004, and has women officers. The Protestant Church in Kalimantan Barat has ...
The West Kalimantan I Electoral District consists of the 7 regencies and 2 cities listed above as "Western group", and elects 8 members to the People's Representative Council. The West Kalimantan II Electoral District consists of the 5 regencies listed above as "Eastern group", and elects 4 members to the People's Representative Council. [21]
Wars and headhunting attacks have caused many other tribes to be displaced, including the Kayan people, who make up of 1.4% of the West Kutai Regency population. [5] Significant expansion to the east Borneo also occurred during the historical times, the conversion of the Kayan people to Islam forming the ethnogenesis of the Bulungan people .