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Indonesia also has the second-largest Christian population in the Muslim world, after Nigeria, followed by Egypt. Indonesia's 29.4 million Christians constituted 10.47% of the country's population in 2023, with 7.41% Protestant (20.8 million) and 3.06% Catholic (8.6 million). Some provinces in Indonesia are majority Christian.
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Evangelical Christian Church of the Land of Papua (Indonesian: Gereja Kristen Injili Tanah Papua, abbreviated as GKITP) is a Protestant denomination in Indonesia, particularly in western Papua region. The denomination is the single largest church in Irian where about 30% of the population belong to it. [1]
Occurring during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, [10] it is a commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, [11] the annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam [12] and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next.
With a membership of 4,133,000, [3] the church synod is the largest among the Protestant churches in Indonesia it is one of the largest Protestant churches in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, making it the third largest religious organization in Indonesia after Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah. [4] Its present leader is Ephorus Victor Tinambunan. [5]
By 1958 they changed the name of the synod to Persatuan Gereja-Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (Union of Muria Christian Churches of Indonesia). The GKMI sprang up in Chinese Indonesian communities in the towns surrounding Mount Muria , an ancient volcano along the north coast of in Central Java .
For this purpose, Raad Pasamuwan Kristen (RPK) was founded in 1943 in East Java. This led to a rift, because both RPK and GKJW had followers. Many Javanese Christian figures were arrested at the end of World War II , including Rev. Driyo Mestoko, Rev. Tasdik, DR. B.M. Schuurman, and Yeruboham Mattheus.
Eid is known in Indonesia as Hari Raya Idul Fitri, or more popularly as Lebaran, and is a national holiday. [79] People return to their home town or city (an exodus known as mudik ) to celebrate with their families and to ask forgiveness from parents, in-laws, and other elders. [ 80 ]