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, website=https://sinodegmit.or.id Christian Evangelical Church in Timor is the second largest

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church in

with 2 million members and 2,161 congregations and almost 1,100 ministers. The Christian Evangelical Church in Timor belongs to the

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family of

. Despite its name, the church spreads across the Eastern Indonesian provinces. The church ministers in culturally diverse and poor areas.

History

Gereja Masehi Injili di Timor di Labuan Bajo

The first

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minister arrived in 1621. However, there was no continuous ministry until 1821. The Netherland Missionary Society was active between 1821 and 1863. It developed slowly. The denomination spread to

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and

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. The Dutch Church the Indische Kerk took over administration after 1863. The church grew steadily in the 1920s as Dutch missionaries helped to develop the church. In the 1930s the church grow rapidly and expanded into the interior regions of

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and Alor. It became autonomous in 1947 and had 223,000 members and 320 congregations. The church's expansion in this region stemmed from the issue of training of pastors being solved.

Theology

This church can be describe as a

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and adheres to Reformed Confessions. It adheres to the: *

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Interchurch relations

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References

{{Authority control Evangelical denominations in Asia Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Reformed denominations in Indonesia