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Originally published in God Reports The Holy Spirit prompted a Christian airline pilot to speed the departure of his Batik Air flight from Palu carrying 140 passengers, narrowly averting a potential disaster with the loss of many lives. The epicentre of a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Friday September 28 […]
Originally published in The Christian Post An Indonesian court sentenced a Protestant pastor to four years in prison and slapped him with a hefty fine on Monday simply because he shared his faith with a taxi driver. The Jakarta Post reports that a district court in Tangerang, Java, issued the […]
Compiled from reports (see below) Indonesia’s highest profile Christian politician is tonight in a prison cell, sentenced to two years for blasphemy, and the country’s reputation for pluralism and religious tolerance is in peril. The district court where the verdict was announced was surrounded by radical Islamist mobs calling for […]
Kashfi and Jalaudin, two Christian brothers, were sentenced to three years in prison on August 2, 2013, after being convicted of “evangelizing Muslims,” Voice of the Martyrs reports. On March 20, 2013, their home was attacked by an angry mob of about 200 Muslims. Police stopped the attack on their […]
Originally published in Charisma News Many openly accepted Christ on the final night of the Leading the Way to Revival in Indonesia gatherings at Istora Stadium in Jakarta, despite a death threat on a pastor instrumental in inviting people to the three-day event. Michael Youssef changed his sermon on the […]
Cheers went up as a backhoe tore down the barely finished walls of the Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. The pile of rubble that remained was only the latest setback to Christians trying to retain a toehold in the world’s most populous Muslim country. The church, in […]
Originally published in Barnabasaid The authorities have ordered 20 churches in an Indonesian district to tear down their buildings; this follows the closure of 16 smaller Christian places of worship in the same district last month. Razali Abdul Rahman, the acting regent of Aceh Singkil in the semi-autonomous province of […]
By Vishal Arora — Compass Direct News No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church in Indonesia last week and threatened to kill its pastor. Police looked on as the mob attacked the Philadelphia […]
Originally published in Charisma News Thousands of the world’s Christian leaders are in Indonesia seeking God’s guidance on how to transform the nations with Christ’s message of love. It’s a historic prayer gathering in many ways, not the least of which is Indonesia’s decision to host the event. The huge […]
[notice]Port Elizabeth family man and businessman, Shaun Krummeck, 30, wrote this account for Gateway News of his recent mission experience in Indonesia, a part of the world where he and his wife, Christine feel that God is calling them to serve. The couple, who have a 20-months-old son, Seth, have […]