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Apostolic Generation Church (or Gereja Generasi Apostolik) is a non-denominational church located in Jakarta, Indonesia As of March 2007, it has more than 1,800 weekly attendees during its English and Indonesian language services.
The Indonesian Christian Church (Huria Kristen Indonesia, HKI) is a Lutheran denomination in Indonesia, member of the Lutheran World Federation [1] and the World Council of Churches. [ 2 ] The HKI was established in 1927, asserting its autonomy and self-government from the Rhenish Missionary Society , from Germany .
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta (Latin: Giakartana) is a metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java, in Indonesia. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, in the national capital Jakarta.
Catholics in each regency of Indonesia. The Catholic Church in Indonesia (Indonesian: Gereja Katolik di Indonesia) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. Catholicism is one of the six approved religions in Indonesia, the others being Islam, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
The church is headquartered in the town of Tentena, at the northern end of Lake Poso. [1] [2] In 2006 the church had 188 000 members and 376 congregations served by 625 pastors. [1] On 29 October 2005 three girls who attended the Church's school were found beheaded near Poso. The girls were killed by six unidentified assailants while on their ...
In the years following Indonesian independence the perception of Christianity among the Karo as an emblem of colonialism faded, with the church itself adopting more elements of traditional Karo culture such as music (previously the brass band was promoted), and by 1965 the Karo church had grown to some 35,000 members, with 60,000 baptised in ...
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.
GKI is doing theology in the context of a church living in the midst of Muslim community. GKI deliberately discontinued its ethnic bond, i.e., (Indonesian Chinese) to be a multi-ethnic national church in 1958. The church affirms the Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, the Heidelberg Catechism and GKI Confession 2014. [1]