Promoting Church’s Participation

Source: PGI.or.id IL News 022/2019 Waingapu, Eastern Sumba, West Timor. November 11, 2019. During the 17th General Assembly of Council of Churches in Indonesia at Waingapu, Eastern Sumba, Leimena Institute was involved further in proposing 2019-2024 social politic...

Women, the Weaver of Democracy

Source: pgi.or.id IL News 021/2019 Waingapu, Sumba Timur, NTT. November 4th, 2019 at 07.30 am, was the fourth day of Women General Assembly meeting. Participants were still numbered at the venue. However, mama-mama (married women in Sumba) who prepared breakfast were...

Church and 2019 Pre-Election Battle of Ideology

IL News 005/2019 Church and State Strategic Forum (FSGN) Monday, January 28th, 2019, Working Council Assembly of Indonesia Council of Churches, Cisarua, Bogor.   Church should play active role in building Indonesia nationhood. Along the line, Indonesia Council of...

Tearing Off the Walls that Separate the Church and the State

IL News 004/2017 In partnership with National Council of Churches in Indonesia (PGI), Leimena Institute organised the Church and State Strategic Forum (FSGN) on 24-26 January 2017, before the general conference of the Working Committee of PGI. This forum aims 1) to...

Understanding the Relation of Church and Politics

IL News 010/2016 The 3rd Strategic Forum of Church and Politics Jakarta, April 7-9, 2016   Since early days, churches and Christians in Indonesia have established itself as part of the community to build the nation. In order to encourage churches to develop its...