Persekutuan Baptis Indonesia

(Indonesian Baptist Alliance)

BADAN PENGURUS NASIONAL PBI
(IBA National Board)
Jl. Mangga Dua Dalam No. 12A, Jakarta Pusat 10730, Indonesia
Telp/Fax. +62 21 6019 554, E-mail: persek.baptisindonesia@gmail.com

REPORT
INDONESIAN BAPTIST ALLIANCE (IBA) 5th CONGRESS
SORONG, WEST PAPUA Prov, Indonesia -- 21-25 SEPTEMBER
2011
Indonesian Baptist Alliance is made up of 7 Baptist groups :
1. Union of Indonesian Baptist Churches (UIBC)
2. Indonesian Baptist Convention (IBC)
3. Indonesian Independent Baptist Churches
4. Jakarta Christian Baptist Churches (Chinese Baptist Churches)
5. Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches
6. Fellowship of Baptist Churches in Papua
7. Anugerah Baptist Churches
Indonesian Baptist Alliance (IBA) is made up of more than 1300 churches and
located all over Indonesia, from west to the east, from Aceh to Papua.
Indonesian Baptist Alliance (IBA) is a national stream, registered and
officially accepted by the government of the Republic of Indonesia.
The Indonesian government accepted IBA is as equal as other Christian
groups (such as Indonesian Council of Churches-for Protestant/Presbyterian
Churches) and Catholic.
Theme of IBA Vth Congress and National Fellowship - 2011:
United to Bless Our Nation (John 15:16b)
(Chosen and determined to be one to work and to bless the future of our
nation)
Acivities:
- Indonesian Baptist Alliance/IBA 5th Congress
- Revival Meetings
- Workshops divided into groups for: Pastors, Youth, Men/Professionals,
Women, Children)
- Public Seminars
- World Day of Prayer (early WDOP -- especially for women)
- Cultural festival
- Etc.

Speakers:
- Bonny Resu (APBF General Secretary)
- Patsy Davis (Executive Director of BWA Womens Dept, USA)
- Julie Belding (President of Baptist Women of the South West Pacific)
- David and Denise Glenn (Founder of FatherWise and MotherWise
International, USA)
- 4 people from Face the Nation team (Open Baptist Church, Botswana,
Africa especially on HIV-Aids Prevention Program)
- 7 National speakers
RESULT OF THE CONGRESS:
1. New officers 2011-2014:
- President
: Rev. Perinus Kogoya (Fellowship of Baptist Churches
in Papua)
- Director
: Rev. Guntur Subagyo (UIBC)
- Secretary
: Rev. Johni Mardisantosa (UIBC)
- Treasurer
: Rev. JM Raso (Indonesian Independent Baptist
Churches)
Next Venue 2014 : Pontianak, West Borneo --- then moved to Banten
Prov.
2. Revival meetings:
- Opening : 2,200 people
- Daily revival : 1,600 people
- Closing : 1,900 people, some decisions was made to received
Christ as personal
Savior and 1 is from Muslim background.
3. Workshops:
- Women : 500 women for World Day of Prayer, and 400 for daily
workshops. They plan to have a bigger program on World Day of
Prayer next year.
On MotherWise sessions: many women renewed their commitment
on their families and 25 women especially asked to be prayed so
they can have a child.
- Pastors : 90 people. They learned about Christiandom in Indonesia,
how to manage conflicts and lead Christian families program.
- Men/Professionals : 65 people. They learned about Christian family,
globalization. A faithful member of one of our Baptist church there
(now he is a Minister of Environment Dept in our government).
Please pray for him.
- Youth : 270 people. -- On HIV-Aids Prevention Session: 120 young
people received Christ as personal Savior, and 112 young people
made decision and signed for abstinence before marriage. There
will be a direct follow up program for this led by a one of our
medical doctor from one of our Baptist Hospital. She will work
together with the Baptist Convention in Sorong and local
government.
- Children : 208. -- They learned how to become little evangelists.

4. After the Congress some leaders visited the beautiful Raja Ampat.
PROFILE OF PAPUA
Population:
- Native
: 2.5 million (500 tribes and dialects)
- Immigrant
: 1.5 milliom
- Christians and Catholic : 60%
- Islam
: 40%
-

Baptist is the 2nd largest Christian group in Papua island. Some of the
government officers are Baptists. They have good strategy to become
the light and salt for their own people.

Geographic:
Papua is the second biggest island in the world.
Landmass of Papua is approx. 420,000 km2 or 20% of landmass of Indonesia.
Papua is 3.5 x broader than the island of Java.
Natural state: mountain range, highlands and lowlands (beaches).
Papua has more than 500 tribes and dialects who live on the beaches up to
the isolated mountains. The field is very difficult to go through, added by the
limitation of facilities and infra structure, that made a half of the island as a
very isolated and neglected region.
On the other hand, Papua is fertile and a very rich area for its natural
resources, such as mineral, gold, uranium, etc, as the Israel Promise Land
that filled with milk and honey, Canaan.
On the other hand, million people live in the backwardness, disease, civil war
and chained by the power of darkness.
Various development efforts were done, but many failed because of many
factors, for example:
- No accurate data about a designated region where 86 neglected people
groups/tribes has not been reached by churches nor government
- Churches and Christian Institutions do not have networking nor
integrated ministry
- No communication nor transportation facilities which suitable to reach
the neglected and unreached people groups.
The island of Raja Ampat is the best marine tourism in the world, with a
dramatic richness of flora and fauna, especially the ocean biota, the most
beautiful diving area in the world, and a 2 hours travel by boat from Sorong.
A very beautiful place!
Social-Politic:
The political power which take turns in Papua brought positive and negative
effect,
but the negative is more dominant. Because the system of the cultural value
from outside is forced to dominate the local people until they have cultural
shock.

In the unready condition like this, especially low human resources, made
them confused how to adapt and compete, then they became aggressive and
apathetic. They do not have self esteem.
More over intimidation from outside which has certain reasons/public benefit,
such as tradition land was taken over for transmigration location without a
fair repayment.
Social-Economic:
Even though the land of Papua is named as an island filled with overflow
richness of natural resources, but the people is living under the poverty line.
But the main poverty is the mentality poverty, such as:
- Mentally put tradition higher than the Gospel
- HIV Aids is affected this region and is on the highest level in Indonesia
- Big problems on alcohol, drugs, prostitution, polygamy, domestic
violence, no good education and poverty
- Moslem take over the economic
Please pray for the people of Papua.