Gereja Jemaat Protestan di Indonesia is a
Reformed church in the
Province of Papua 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 ...
. It was created on 25 June 1984 by the
Reformed Congregations
The Reformed Congregations (in Dutch: Gereformeerde Gemeenten, abbreviated GerGem) is a conservative Reformed church with 152 congregations in the Netherlands, 1 in Randburg, South Africa and 1 congregation in Carterton, New Zealand. The ...
in the Netherlands. It began pioneer mission work in the Yali territory. Historically this was known as Irian Jaya and was part of the Dutch East Indies. In Papua there are 250 different languages.
The Mission started in 1962, the first baptism was performed in December 1969. On that day 96 adults and 51 children were baptised.
Ten new mission location opened in
Nipsan,
Langda,
Bomela and in other towns, in southern lowlands in Dela Sera,
Samboka, and
Sumtamon. In 1974 the Nipsan station was destroyed by indigenous warriors, 14 were killed, later it was reopened. A second classis were opened in the unai-spoken eastern part of the mountains. The church affirms the
Three Forms of Unity
The Three Forms of Unity is a collective name for the Belgic Confession, the Canons of Dort, and the Heidelberg Catechism, which reflect the doctrinal concerns of continental Calvinism and are accepted as official statements of doctrine by many Ca ...
.
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The first Synod was held on 25 June 1984. In 2012 the denomination had 68 congregations and 16 outreach points, with 11,000 members but attendance is significantly higher. The federation has 24 ministers. The church office located in
Wamena
Wamena is a town and the capital of the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in Indonesian Papua's highlands, in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 at the ...
, Indonesia.
The federation is working with
Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia a denomination with 8,000 members. This church was a fruit of the missionaries of the
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)
The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (vrijgemaakt)) are an orthodox Calvinist federation of churches. This church body arose in 1944 out of the so-called Liberation (') from the Reformed ...
.
References
External links
Reformed Mission
Reformed denominations in Indonesia