The Pasundan Christian Church ( id, Gereja Kristen Pasundan - GKP) was officially established in

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on . It has 51 congregations and 33,000 members. It is a member of the

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(WCRC). Whilst

was predominantly a Muslim country, the early Christian church in Indonesia was founded by

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missionaries, in the

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part of

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in . The missionaries took a very antithetic attitude toward Islam and the Sundanese culture. The progress was very slow. Meanwhile, a Dutch layman collected some converts using less orthodox methods, with the forms of the Javanese magical learning. In 1885, these two streams united, and in 1934, when it had 4,000 members, a presbyterian synod was formed. In 1942, several hardships occurred, and lasted to the fifties because of the Islamic revolts. The church survived, and consolidated. It now runs several schools and hospitals.

Ecumenical institution memberships

The Pasundan Christian Church is a member of a number of ecumenical institutions, including the

Communion of Churches in Indonesia The Communion of Churches in Indonesia ( id, Persekutuan Gereja-gereja di Indonesia) is a national ecumenical body in Indonesia. It was founded in 1950. It is a member of the World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a w ...

(''Persekutuan Gereja-gereja di Indonesia'' PGI), specifically: the Communion of Churches in Indonesia West Java Region (PGIW-JABAR), the Communion of Churches in Indonesia DKI Jakarta Region (PGIW-DKI Jakarta), the Communion of Churches in Indonesia Banten Region (PGIW-Banten), along with the

Christian Conference of Asia The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation representing 15 National Councils and over 100 denominations (churches) in New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, ...

(CCA, ''Konferensi Kristen Asia''), the

World Alliance of Reformed Churches The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) was a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin. Its headquarters was in Geneva, Switzerland. They are now merged ...

(WARC, ''Aliansi Gereja-Gereja Reformasi Dunia''), and the

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(WCC, ''Dewan Gereja-Gereja Sedunia'', since 1960).

Partner churches

The Pasundan Christian Church has collaborated with

Basel Mission The Basel Mission was a Christian missionary society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to , the successor organization of ''Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione'' (KEM), found ...

from Switzerland, the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (''Gereja Protestan di Belanda'', , abbreviated PKN), and the Indonesia Christian Church (''Gereja Kristen Indonesia'', GKI) of the West Java Regional Synod. It has also pioneered the establishment of the Indonesian Christian Teacher Education College, itself the forerunner of the Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU, ''Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana''),

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. Until now, it has sent its delegates to the Satya Wacana Christian Higher Education Foundation, which is the foundation that manages SWCU. The Pasundan Christian Church has an ecumenical cooperation relationship with one of the presbyteral churches in South Korea, namely, the

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(PROK).

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External links

Gereja Kristen Pasundan Immanuel Karawang
{{Portal bar, Christianity, Indonesia Reformed denominations in Indonesia Organizations based in West Java History of West Java

Ecumenical institution memberships

Partner churches

See also

References

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