The Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa (Gereja Masehi Injii di Minahasa) is a
Protestant,
Calvinist and
Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
church in
Indonesia. It was founded in
North Sulawesi on 30 September 1934.
Christianity was introduced to Minahasa by Johann Friedrich Riedel and Johann Gottlieb Schwarz. They were educated in the
Netherlands and were sent by the
Netherlands Missionary Society. By the 1880s the Christian population grew to 80,000. In 1876 it became part of the colonial state church the
Protestant Church in Indonesia. The first
synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...
was in 1934, at which it adopted its current name. Sister church relations were established with the
Reformed Church in the Netherlands
{{Infobox Christian denomination
, name = Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Dutch ''Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland'')
, image =
, caption =
, main_classification = Protestant
, orientation = Calvinist
, polity = Presbyterianism
, ...
,
Lutheran World Federation,
Presbyterian Church in Korea
Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) was a Protestant denomination based in South Korea; it is currently separated into many branches.
History
The first Korean Presbyterian church was founded by Seo Sang-ryun in Hwanghae province in 1884. Short ...
,
Reformed Church in America
The Reformed Church in America (RCA) is a Mainline Protestant, mainline Reformed tradition, Reformed Protestant Christian denomination, denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 152,317 members. From its beginning in 1628 unti ...
, and
Uniting Church in Australia.
Membership of the church is 850,000 in 839 parishes.
The Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa is a member of
World Communion of Reformed Churches.
References
External links
*
1934 establishments in the Dutch East Indies
Calvinist denominations established in the 20th century
Evangelical denominations in Asia
Lutheran denominations established in the 20th century
Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
Reformed denominations in Indonesia
{{Indonesia-stub