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Christian Evangelical Church in Timor
Christian Evangelical Church in Timor is the second largest Protestant church in Indonesia with 2 million members and 2,161 congregations and almost 1,100 ministers. The Christian Evangelical Church belongs to the Reformed family of Protestantism.〔http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-evangelical-church-in-timor.html〕 Despite its name, the church spreads across the Eastern Indonesian provinces. The church ministers in culturally diverse and poor areas.
== History ==
The first Dutch minister arrived in 1621. However, there was no continuous ministry until 1821. The Netherland Missionary Society was active between 1821 to 1863. It developed slowly. The denomination spread to Roti and Sawu. The Dutch Church the Indische Kerk took over administration after 1863.
The church grew steadily in the 1920s as Dutch missionaries helped to develop the church. In the 1930s the church grow rapidly and expanded into the interior regions of Timor and Alor. It become autonomous in 1947 and had 223,000 members and 320 congregations.〔http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-evangelical-church-in-timor.html〕 The church's expansion in this region stemmed from the issue of training of pastors being solved.〔(www.pcimissionoverseas.org/partners/item/14/evangelical-christian-church-in-timor-gmit/ )〕
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