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Gereja Toraja
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Toraja Church
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Jalan Ahmad Yani 45
Rantepao, Tana Toraja 91831
Sulawesi Selatan
Indonesia (Asien)
Telefon: +62 423 21460, 21539, 21612, 21742
Fax: +62 423 25143
E-Mail: bpsgerejatoraja@telcom.net.
AdressNr.: 1355 / 4242

Informationen im Internet:

URL: http://www.bpsgerejatoraja.org.
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The Toraja country in the southern part of the central highlands of Sulawesi warded off Islamicization during the 17th through 19th centuries, but with the establishment of Dutch authority in 1906 the region was opened to foreign influences. In 1912-1913 the established Protestant Church started a mission, which resulted in a first group baptism on March 16, 1913. In the same year a Dutch mission body, the conservative Calvinist Gereformeerde Zendingsbond, took over. Until 1942 the GZB made a sustained and well-organized effort to bring Christianity to Tana Toraja and to make preparations for the founding of an independent church starting with the congr. Church councils on the local and classis level were constituted, and in 1941, when there were about 15,000 baptized Christians, the first congregation was declared independent and called its own minister. World War II interrupted the process of building a church starting from these congr. In March 1947 a synod was convened and the Toraja Church was constituted, which included all congr. In the 1950s the church suffered heavily because of an Islam-inspired rebellion against the central government. At the same time tens of thousands entered the church because they were faced with the choice: Islam or Christianity. In the ’60s peace returned, and the church entered on a phase of consolidation. It established itself as the church of the (Sa’dan) Toraja people, including about 70% of those who consider themselves Torajans, 10% belonging to the RCath Church, and 10% still adhering to the ancestral religion. It has also founded congr among emigrants to the cities outside Toraja land, in Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and Java. The church has retained the moderate stance toward local culture taken by the mission, and it devotes much energy to thinking and living the relation between that culture and the Christian faith. In the church order of 1947, the Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, and Canons of Dordt were introduced as the confessions of the church, but in 1981 the Synod accepted a new confession of faith drafted by Toraja theologians. In 1984 women were admitted to church office (deacons, elders, ministers). The Gereja Toraja still maintains a cordial relationship with the founding mission, but it has also entered into relation with other churches and missions abroad. The Gereja Toraja has two hospitals, an orphanage, a number of schools, and a training center for women motivators in the villages. It publishes a magazine,Berita Gereja Toraja.The church considers March 25, 1947, as its birth date.
 

Note: We did not manage to contact this church. Therefore, we cannot exclude that its address has changed or that the church does not exist any more.
Whoever has information about this church may contact us. We will be happy to update our information.
 


Statistik der Kirche

Mitglieder
total: 30000
Gemeinden
(herkömmlich): 709
Hauskreise
(Gemeinden im Werden): 250
Ordinierte
total: 239
 
Frauenordination üblich
Älteste
total: 0
Diakone/innen
total: 0
  diakonische Einrichtungen vorhanden
Missionare/innen
total: 0
 
keine Angaben zur missionarischen Arbeit im Ausland vorhanden
Taufe
keine Angaben zur Taufe vorhanden
Taufpaten
Keine Informationen über Taufpaten
Abendmahl
pro Jahr: 0
Publikationen
keine Angabe über die Herausgabe eigener Zeitschriften
Theol. Ausbildungsstätten

 
Anzahl: 2

Allgemeinbld. Schulen
sonstige Schulen in Trägerschaft
Gründungsjahr
1947
Organisationstruktur
Presbyterian
Herkunftstyp
  • presbyteranisch
Amtssprachen
  • Indonesian
  • Torajan
Bekenntnisgrundlage
  • Apostolischen Glaubensbekenntnis
  • Athanasisches Glaubensbekenntnis
  • Heidelberger Katechismus (1563)
  • Nizänisches Glaubensbekenntnis (381)
Partnerschaften
Mitgliedschaften

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