Indonesian Bethel Church or Bethel Full Gospel Church of God ( id, Gereja Bethel Indonesia) abbreviated as GBI is a group of
Christian
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Pentecostal
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Jakarta
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Pentecostal
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestantism, Protestant Charismatic Christianity, Charismatic Christian movementChurch 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
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living in Indonesia.
In 2003, the Church inaugurates a 10,000-seat temple in
Jakarta
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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
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.
The Confession of Faith contains statements of inspiration of the
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Baptism
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divine healing
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as a demonstration of the Resurrection Power of Christ.
Theological training of future ministers is conducted by ''Bethel Seminary'', based in
Jakarta
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, ''Kharisma'' school of theology and a number of other institutions.