Church Building Severely Damaged by Islamic Militants

Pasundan Christian Church

Approximately 250 members of the Muslim "Anti-Apostasy Movement Alliance" (AAMA) forced their way into a Pasundan Christian Church in the South Bandung area of West Java on November 18, according to a report from the Dutch office of Open Doors. The militants held an Islamic prayer service in the building and then began destroying the furnishings and interior of the building with knives and sticks. The church has over 300 members and has been operating for more than fifty years. This is not the first time that AAMA activists have attacked this church.

Pray for the members of this church as they rebuild following the attack. Pray that they will be a testimony of peace and forgiveness to those who perpetrated this violence.

For more information on the persecution of Christians in Indonesia, go to the Indonesia Country Report.

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Indonesia Profile

Location
Asia

Population
245,613,043 (July 2011 est.)

Ethnicity (%)
Javanese (40.6), Sundanese (15), Madurese (3.3), Minangkabau (2.7), Betawi (2.4), Bugis (2.4), Banten (2), Other (31.6)

Religion (%)
Islam (80.3), Christianity (15.9), Ethnic Religions (2.1), Hinduism (1.3), Buddhism (0.4)

Leader
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Government type
Republic

Legal system
Based loosely on Roman-Dutch law; Shariah-inspired laws are being passed in more and more communities and even in entire provinces.

Statistics provided by CIA World Factbook, Joshua Project and Operation World.


Persecution News - Indonesia

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(January 12, 2012)

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(October 20, 2011)

Church bombed in Central Java
(October 06, 2011)

Mission training school attacked
(June 23, 2011)

Angry Muslim crowd attacks churches
(February 10, 2011)

Police, Islamists put up obstacles to worship
(January 13, 2011)

House churches forcibly closed
(December 16, 2010)