“Without Christians Generates Pressure and Persecution . . . Violence, Destruction”
INDONESIA
Geography: 17,500 islands – 6,000 inhabited.
An area, if combined, would be three times larger than state of Texas.
Location: Indonesia is part of the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia. It stretches from Malaysia to the East Papua New Guinea. Over 3,500 miles from Sumatra to Irian Jaya.
Population: 250 million souls.
The world’s fourth most populous nation.
Language: Bahasa Indonesia is national language with at least 737 other living languages.
Religion: Now 90% Muslim. The creeping Islamization of Indonesia is eroding religious freedom. The Islamic vision of an Indonesia without Christians generates pressure and persecution, often producing violence, destruction and atrocities.
Languages with Scripture –
29 Bible.
64 New Testament.
125 Portions.
At least 519 languages with nothing.
Major Cities:
Jakarta 10,000 million.
Surabaya 3,000 million.
Bandung 2,8 million.
Medan 2,3 million.
