Indonesian Bethel Church or Bethel Full Gospel Church of God ( id, Gereja Bethel Indonesia) abbreviated as GBI is a group of

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

churches in Indonesia. It is a member of

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) The Church of God, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States, is a Holiness Pentecostal Christian denomination. The Church of God's publishing house is Pathway Press. History Origins (1886–1902) R. G. Spurling (1857–1935), ...

. The headquarters of the organisation is in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

. The name translates as ''Indonesia Bethel Church''.Народы и религии мира: Энциклопедия/

N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology The Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography or N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (russian: Институт этнологии и антропологии им. Н.Н. Миклухо-Маклая; abbreviated as ИЭА ...

; editor in chief:

Valeriy Aleksandrovich Tishkov The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...

— М.: Большая Рос. энцикл., 1998. — 928 pages. — It is also known as ''Bethel Full Gospel Church of God''.

History

American missionaries brought

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

doctrines to Indonesia in 1921. The Union of Pentecostal Churches was founded in 1924, later renamed to ''Pentecostal Church of Indonesia''. In 1946, a group split from Pentecostal Church of Indonesia, founding ''Bethel Full Gospel Church''. On 5 February 1967 ''Bethel Full Gospel Church'' signed a contract of unification with Church of God. However, on 6 October 1970, due to disagreements among the leaders of the church, the church was again re-registered under the name ''Bethel Church of Indonesia''.Michael Wilkinson, ''Global Pentecostal Movements: Migration, Mission, and Public Religion'', Brill, Leiden, 2012, p. 101 Ministry of Religious Affairs officially registered the church under writ No. 41 of 9 December 1972. In 1998, the church numbered 725 thousand believers in 1320 churches. By 2010, the number of believers increased to 2,5 million.Church of God World Mission - Indonesia
/ref> Half of the members are

Chinese people The Chinese people or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation. Chinese people are known as Zhongguoren () or as Huaren () by speakers of s ...

living in Indonesia. In 2003, the Church inaugurates a 10,000-seat temple in

Terence Chong, ''Pentecostal Megachurches in Southeast Asia: Negotiating Class, Consumption and the Nation'', ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapour, 2018, p. 27. In 2012, it would have 5,000 churches and 3 million members and 100,000 abroad.

Creed

Gereja Bethel Indonesia is part of

Pentecostalism Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

. The Confession of Faith contains statements of inspiration of the

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, Trinity of God and

Two Natures of Christ In Christian theology, dyophysitism (Greek: δυοφυσιτισμός, from δυο (''dyo''), meaning "two" and φύσις (''physis''), meaning "nature") is the Christological position that two natures, divine and human, exist in the person of ...

Baptism Baptism (from grc-x-koine, βάπτισμα, váptisma) is a form of ritual purification—a characteristic of many religions throughout time and geography. In Christianity, it is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, almost inv ...

and communion are ordinances. Particular emphasis is laid on

baptism with the Holy Spirit In Christian theology, baptism with the Holy Spirit, also called baptism in the Holy Spirit or baptism in the Holy Ghost, has been interpreted by different Christian denominations and traditions in a variety of ways due to differences in the doc ...

and the practice of

divine healing Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...

as a demonstration of the Resurrection Power of Christ. Theological training of future ministers is conducted by ''Bethel Seminary'', based in

, ''Kharisma'' school of theology and a number of other institutions.

References

External links

Website of Pendiri Gereja Bethel Indonesia

Website of Gereja Bethel Indonesia

Website of the Church in Jakarta

Kharisma School of Theology
{{Pentecostal World Fellowship Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century Evangelical denominations in Asia Protestantism in Indonesia

History

Creed

See also

References

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