INDONESIA

Indonesia is known for its special form of moderate and diverse Islam, yet Islamic extremism has more influence than is commonly perceived

Indonesia

World Watch List Rank	World Watch List Score
38	59/100
Leader	Population
President Joko Widodo	263.5 million \| 31.9 million Christians
Main Religion	Government
Islam	Republic
WWL Rank in 2017	Persecution Level
46	High Persecution

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Radical Islamic groups pose a significant danger to Christians and other religious minorities. Mass protests against Governor Ahok of Jakarta, a Chinese Christian, for alleged blasphemy brought over 200,000 people to the streets in 2016. Although expatriate and traditional Christian communities face little persecution, believers from a Muslim background (BMBs) come under pressure from family and friends. Non-traditional Protestant communities who evangelise face opposition from radical Islamic groups.

HOW WE HELP

Open Doors works alongside local churches and mission agencies to support persecuted believers in Indonesia through:

Equipping and training believers with biblical responses to persecution and basic knowledge of Islam
Facilitating gatherings to foster unity among churches and mission agencies
Providing Bibles and other Christian literature, particularly for Muslim-background believers
Providing assistance through socio-economic development projects
Providing advocacy and immediate relief to victims of persecution.

Meet Pastor Budiantoro from Indonesia

18th May 2018

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Rev. Yonathan Budiantoro, Pastor of the Surabaya Pentecostal Church (GPPS) knows this very well.

For wisdom for the government in dealing with the growing extremist threat
For BMBs who are heavily pressured to renounce their faith. Pray that they will have access to Bibles and Christian fellowship
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world. Pray that many Indonesian Muslims would come to know Christ.