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The Church of Christ in Indonesia, Gereja Kristus, is a Reformed denomination in
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. Its mission began in the 19th century as a work among
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immigrants. In conjunction with
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immigrants, small congregations began to develop in cities throughout
Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...
. In 1905, the
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also started working in Java. The denomination was officially formed in 1939 and included 17 congregations and approximately 18,000 members, predominantly from West and East Java in addition to Southern Sumatra and Jakarta.www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=1359&lg=eng
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