by Elijah Challenge | Jan 15, 2012 | Asia, Indonesia, Reports, Southeast Asia
July 6-9 Bethel Church of Indonesia in Medan, North Sumatra is a growing 30,000-member church in Indonesia’s third largest city. (It is a branch of Bethel Church of Indonesia Jakarta, the much larger mother church.) Medan is not far from Aceh, the area of...
by Elijah Challenge | Jan 15, 2012 | Asia, Indonesia, Reports, Southeast Asia
March 5-7, 2006Manado is a “Christian” city of about 400,000 filled with churches on every street. Compared to other cities in Musl__m Indonesia, it’s a beautiful city—ringed in by the sea on one side and mountains on the other. Manado,...
by Elijah Challenge | Jan 15, 2012 | Asia, Indonesia, Reports, Southeast Asia
July 4-5, 2006 City of Palembang, South Sumatra The Senior Pastor of this thriving church, Bethel Church of Indonesia Musi Palem Indah (GBI Musi Palem Indah), is Sapta Tandi. He was serving in the church since its inception less than ten years ago, and...
by Elijah Challenge | Jan 15, 2012 | Asia, Indonesia, Reports, Southeast Asia
IndonesiaBangka is an island off the coast of South Sumatra. If you look at the above map of Indonesia, you will see a long island on the left edge of the map in white pointing northwest and southeast. That is Sumatra. Just to the right of the southern half of...
by Elijah Challenge | Jan 15, 2012 | Asia, Indonesia, Reports, Southeast Asia
Not long ago three Christian women in Cirebon were arrested for “christianizing” Musl__m children. This took place after a Musl__m child was brought by a Christian friend to a Sunday School Children’s Retreat where these three sisters were...
by Elijah Challenge | Jan 12, 2012 | Asia, Indonesia, Reports, Southeast Asia
We and the team held Training Seminars and Crusades for major churches and organizations in Jakarta, Surabaya, Bali, Bogor, Bandung, and Jogjakarta. The Crusades were held in low-profile and inexpensive venues like church auditoriums September – October 2004 In...