Central Sulawesi Christian Church
The Central Sulawesi Christian Church (
According to the 2004 statistics the GKST (Central Sulawesi Christian Church) now has over 342 congregations and 160,000 members spread throughout the province of Central Sulawesi as well as the northern part of South Sulawesi province. The church is headquartered in the town of Tentena, at the northern end of Lake Poso.[1][2]
In 2006 the church had 188 000 members and 376 congregations served by 625 pastors.[1]
On 29 October 2005 three girls who attended the Church's school were found beheaded near Poso. The girls were killed by six unidentified assailants while on their way to class. The victims were identified as Yarni Sambue (15), Theresia Morangke (16), and Alfita Poliwo (17). Police obtained the descriptions of events and the attackers from a survivor, Noviana Malewa (15), who suffered wounds to her face and is in intensive care. The murdered girls are all cousins of Noviana Malewa, who has not been told of their deaths. The girls' bodies were found at the scene of the attack — near a cocoa plantation — and their heads were found at separate locations; one near a church.
Reverend Renaldy Damanik heads the
References
- ^ a b c "Christian Church of Central Sulawesi — World Council of Churches". oikoumene.org. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ a b Christoph Fasse. "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". reformiert-online.net. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ "Member churches | Bringing together 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide". Archived from the original on 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2014-06-06.