Reaching Indonesia for Christ
Indonesia is a Nation of Islands. It is composed of 16,000 islands in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. Three thousand of these Islands are inhabited by a people who speak 700 different languages. The language barrier alone makes Indonesia a very difficult area of Evangelism.
To fulfill the great commission of Jesus we must evangelize Indonesia. Currently its population of 222,000,000 people are 30% Christian and 67% Muslim. Many of the Muslims are hard liners supporting the development of an Islam state in Indonesia and an Islamic World rule.
Recent disasters in Indonesia, including the Tsunami at the Northern tip of Sumatra and the earthquake in Bantul, just south of Jogakarta, have opened the nation to acceptance of at least aid from Christians and Christian nations, and perhaps an opportunity for the preaching of the Gospel of Christ.
In the late 1970’s there were 38 missionaries from the Independent, Restoration, Christian Churches living and working in Indonesia. Today that number has dwindled to 9. Yet the need remains. Today there are more than 200,000,000 people on the inhabited islands of Indonesia who are without Jesus. Many of these people are hard core believers in Islam who contribute to Jihad and terrorism throughout the world. The majority, however, are not. Many are moderate Muslims who really don’t understand Islam and are prime candidates to receive the Gospel of Jesus. In addition there are many in Indonesia who are Hindu, Buddhist. Most Indonesians who are not Christian are animists in addition to what religious affiliation they claim.
[source : www.indonesianchristianmission.org]
