Indonesia One Team: 16 members
Evangelism: 48 Shared - 13 Accepted
Ministry: English Camp, Korea Culture Night, Campus Ministry, Camp with Christian Students, Evangelism and Discipleship in University Campuses
Indonesia is made up of over 17,000 small islands, which spread out over an area larger than the United States. Indonesia includes the largest Muslim population in the world (around 85 percent), and a large Christian minority (10 percent). This includes the world's largest assemblage of Presbyterian and Reformed Christians. Since the downfall of President Suharto, the country has struggled with political instability and economic crisis. Radical Muslim groups who advocate the imposition of Islamic law have surfaced in the past few years.
An estimated 3,500 people died in Indonesia in 2000 in separatist, ethnic, and religious violence. By June 2001, the number of refugees, or internally displaced persons (IDPs), had grown to near one million. Our English camp in Indonesia was a spiritual battle ground everyday. It climaxed when some Islam students left the camp expressing opposition towards the gospel message, but through such battle, Jesus and our team came out as a victor for many came to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. |