Indonesia: 2 house churches burned to ground

August 04, 2011

Two Christian house churches have been burned to the ground in Riau, a province on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. Since 1967, an estimated 1,200 churches have been burned down or closed in the world’s fourth most populous nation.

3% of the nation’s 228.5 million people are Catholics, according to Vatican statistics. 6% are Protestant, and 86% are Muslim.

 

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Further information:

• Two Churches Torched in Indonesia (Jakarta Globe)
• Report documents persecution of Christians in Indonesia (CWN, 1/14)