Monday, September 20, 2010

Indonesian Church Holds Service with Blockade; Christians Cross Police Barrier to Enter Church

The Persecution website reports that members of an Indonesian church held Sunday service yesterday (September 19, 2010) inside their boarded-up building, despite police efforts to stop them.

About 100 members of the Batak Christian Protestant Church in Jakarta -- the capital of Indonesia -- gathered to worship while hundreds of police and security guards stood outside.

Church members argued that they have the right to freedom of worship, like other citizens in Indonesia -- the world's most populous Muslim country.

"We just want to carry out our obligations as Christians, but authorities are treating us like terrorists," said Advent Tambunan, a church member. He added, "There is no justice for us (Christians) in this country."

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