[BenarNews] Members of a Christian congregation in Indonesia’s Bogor city got their own church this month after a 15-year dispute with local authorities and Moslem residents.
| The Christian minority in Indonesia represents about 11% of the population |
The Indonesian Christian Church of Yasmin, known as GKI Yasmin, inaugurated the new church building in Bogor, a city about 37 miles south of Jakarta, at an event attended by two cabinet ministers on April 9, which was Easter Sunday for Christians.
Church front man Arif Zuwana said most of the congregation welcomed the new church, but some declined to attend because the building was moved from its original site under pressure from neighbors and despite a 2010 Supreme Court ruling allowing construction to continue there. |