The Moluccan Evangelical Church (Dutch: Molukse Evangelische Kerk; Indonesian: Geredja Indjili Maluku, abbreviated GIM) is a Reformed church in the

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Moluccan Moluccans are the Austronesian-speaking and Papuan-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the Maluku Islands (also called the Moluccas), Indonesia. The region was historically known as the Spice Islands, and today consists of two Indonesian prov ...

s arrived in the Netherlands in 1951 as a consequence of decolonization, and today they number 40,000. The Reformed Moluccans are descended from the

Protestant Church of Maluku The Protestant Church of Maluku is a Reformed church in Indonesia. It is known locally as: Gereja Protestan Maluku or simply GPM. It was formed on September 6, 1935 when it was separated from the Protestant Church in Indonesia. The Protestant C ...

. The GIM is the largest of at least eighteen Moluccan Reformed churches in the Netherlands. It had approximately 11,215 members as of 2004.Reformed Online online database entry
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* Moluccan Dutch Reformed denominations in the Netherlands {{Calvinism-stub