{"id":193,"date":"2014-10-17T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=193"},"modified":"2015-05-28T18:53:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T18:53:17","slug":"193","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/193\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Distress in Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Batam, Indonesia \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Local police, accompanied by an army unit, expelled church members from two houses on the GKKI church campus today (GKKI \u2013 Gereja Kristen Kudus Indonesia \u2013 the IPHC in Indonesia). The expulsion was not peaceful and church members<a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-house-expulsion-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-195\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-house-expulsion-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Batam house expulsion 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-house-expulsion-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-house-expulsion-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-house-expulsion-3.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0were handled very roughly by the authorities. Several people were injured and were treated in the local hospital.\u00a0 None of the injuries were life threatening.<\/p>\n<p>This confrontation was the result of a battle over legal ownership of the buildings. The local court ruled against the GKKI, thus the eviction of the church members living and working in the properties. The affected members are currently being housed in the church sanctuary until more permanent housing can be secured. There are other buildings on the church\u2019s campus that were not affected by this action.\u00a0 This campus is home to the GKKI\u2019s Batam conference headquarters, local church, mission school &amp; school of ministry and dormitory for the students and local pastors.<a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Batam House expulsion 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-2.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GKKI leadership in Batam will continue to petition in the court system to reclaim these properties that they believe were taken from them unjustly.\u00a0 Please pray for the leaders involved in this and for the finances to continue on in this battle.<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for those involved in this entire fiasco. \u00a0Many have been traumatized by the series of events that have taken place.\u00a0 Please pray for a quick relocation for those now living in the church sanctuary.\u00a0 The Word of God tells us that we \u201cstruggle not against flesh and blood but <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-Oct-15-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Batam House expulsion Oct 15\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-Oct-15-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Batam-House-expulsion-Oct-15.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>against spiritual forces of evil in high places.\u201d Please pray that God would restore 100 fold that which was taken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Written by Tim Salley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batam, Indonesia \u2013 Local police, accompanied by an army unit, expelled church members from two houses on the GKKI church campus today (GKKI \u2013 Gereja Kristen Kudus Indonesia \u2013 the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"category-world-missions","8":"entry"},"title_es":"","content_es":"","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sb62Ar-193","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}