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Gereja Kristen Jawa | |
Main Classification: | Protestant |
Orientation: | Reformed |
Polity: | Presbyterian |
Headquarters: | Jl. Dr. Sumardi no. 8 & 10, Salatiga 50711 |
Area: | Banten, Central Java, East Java, Jakarta, West Java, Yogyakarta |
Founded Date: | 17–18 February 1931 |
Founded Place: | Kebumen, Central Java |
Branched From: | Nederlandsche Gereformeerde Zendingvereniging, Zending van de Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland & Jemaat Kerasulan Kyai Sadrach |
Separations: | Gereja Kristen Sumatra Bagian Selatan |
Congregations: | 32 presbyteries |
Members: | 220,000 |
Ministers: | 307 |
Churches: | 307 |
The Javanese Christian Church (Indonesian: Gereja Kristen Jawa, GKJ) or the Synod of the Christian Churches of Java (Indonesian: Sinode Gereja-gereja Kristen Jawa), founded on 17 February 1931, is a mutual bond of Javanese Christian Churches which amounts to 307 churches in 32 presbyteries, spreading in 6 provinces in the island of Java: Yogyakarta, Central Java, East Java, West Java, Jakarta, and Banten.[1] Its theological orientation is Reformed and has Presbyterian church government.
It is a member of World Communion of Reformed Churches.[2]