Indonesia is home to rainforests, terraced rice paddies, vast coral reefs, large urban areas, and a ring of active volcanoes that make up its more than 18,000 islands – about 6,000 of which are inhabited.
More than 720 languages are spoken by its various indigenous tribes. The country is a former Dutch colony and ranks fourth-largest in population (right behind the US), and is the largest Muslim-dominated nation in the world; evangelical Christians make up less than 6% of the population.
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News from Indonesia
January 25, 2022
Indonesia (MNN) — A magnet for natural disasters. That’s one way to describe Indonesia, says Vincent Michael of FMI. It all comes down to geography… Read the […]
June 2, 2021
Indonesia is the world’s fourth most-populated nation on the planet. Home to more than 250 million people, it ranks right behind the US in terms of […]
June 2, 2021
Nearly two dozen Christians gathered for worship and Bible study. Some walked a few miles to get to the meeting site; others found their way on […]
June 2, 2021
Discrimination and persecution against Christians wears many faces, and it has significant impact on the strategies and implementation of our overseas partners’ ministries.
June 2, 2021
All she wants to do is sing of her Savior… Kasarna is a 75-year-old widow who now attends Pastor Doddy’s church on the island of Java, […]
June 2, 2021
Living on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 20-year-old Makuta was a Muslim but had a Christian friend, Abang. “He was always posting Bible verses and would […]
