Javanese Christian Church
Gereja Kristen Jawa | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Reformed |
Polity | Presbyterian |
Region | Banten, Central Java, East Java, Jakarta, West Java, Yogyakarta |
Origin |
17–18 February 1931 Kebumen City, Central Java |
Separations | Gereja Kristen Sumatra Bagian Selatan |
Congregations | 32 presbyteries |
Members | 220,000 |
Ministers | 307 |
Official website | http://www.gkj.or.id/ |
The Synod of the Javanese Christian Church (Indonesian: Sinode Gereja-gereja Kristen Jawa, GKJ), founded on 17 February 1931, is a mutual bond of Javanese Christian Churches which amounts to 307 churches in 32 presbyteries, spreading in 6 provinces in the island of Java: Yogyakarta, Central Java, East Java, West Java, Jakarta, and Banten.[1] Its theological orientation is Reformed and has Presbyterian church government.
It is a member of World Communion of Reformed Churches[2]
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