Indonesian Bethel Church or Bethel Full Gospel Church of God () abbreviated as GBI, is a group of

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churches in Indonesia. It is a member of

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. The headquarters of the organisation is in

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. The name translates as ''Indonesia Bethel Church''.Народы и религии мира: Энциклопедия/ N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology; editor in chief: Valeriy Aleksandrovich Tishkov — М.: Большая Рос. энцикл., 1998. — 928 pages. — It is also known as ''Bethel Full Gospel Church of God''.

History

American missionaries brought

doctrines to Indonesia in 1921. The Union of Pentecostal Churches was founded in 1924, later renamed to ''Pentecostal Church of Indonesia''. In 1946, a group split from Pentecostal Church of Indonesia, founding ''Bethel Full Gospel Church''. On 5 February 1967 ''Bethel Full Gospel Church'' signed a contract of unification with Church of God. However, on 6 October 1970, due to disagreements among the leaders of the church, the church was again re-registered under the name ''Bethel Church of Indonesia''.Michael Wilkinson, ''Global Pentecostal Movements: Migration, Mission, and Public Religion'', Brill, Leiden, 2012, p. 101 Ministry of Religious Affairs officially registered the church under writ No. 41 of 9 December 1972. In 1998, the church numbered 725 thousand believers in 1320 churches. By 2010, the number of believers increased to 2,5 million.Church of God World Mission - Indonesia
/ref> Half of the members are

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living in Indonesia. In 2003, the Church inaugurates a 10,000-seat temple in

Terence Chong, ''Pentecostal Megachurches in Southeast Asia: Negotiating Class, Consumption and the Nation'', ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapour, 2018, p. 27. In 2012, it would have 5,000 churches and 3 million members and 100,000 abroad.

Creed

Gereja Bethel Indonesia is part of

Pentecostalism Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a movement within the broader Evangelical wing of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through Baptism with the Holy Spirit#Cl ...

. The Confession of Faith contains statements of inspiration of the

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, Trinity of God and Two Natures of Christ.

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and communion are ordinances. Particular emphasis is laid on

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and the practice of

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as a demonstration of the Resurrection Power of Christ. Theological training of future ministers is conducted by ''Bethel Seminary'', based in

, ''Kharisma'' school of theology and a number of other institutions.

References

External links

Website of Pendiri Gereja Bethel Indonesia
{{Christianity in Indonesia Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century Evangelical denominations in Asia Protestantism in Indonesia

History

Creed

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