Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia

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Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (GKMI) (literally Muria Christian Church in Indonesia or Muria Mennonite Christian Church in Indonesia)

Is one of three Indonesian synods which are members of Mennonite World Conference (MWC). The church reports more than 16,000 members living in Java, Bali, Sumatera and Kalimantan. This is an indigenous Christian movement begun by a Chinese Indonesian couple by the name Tee Siem Tat and Sie Djoen Nio in the city of Kudus in north Central Java before 1920. The group identified with the Mennonite family of churches when the first believers sought baptism from Russian Mennonite missionaries working in their area in December 1920. This group organized themselves 1925 and was recognized by the government of the Dutch East Indies in 1927. By the 1940s a half dozen congregations had been formed. They organized themselves into a synod in 1948. The GKMI has historical roots in communities surrounding Mount Muria, an ancient volcano along the north coast of in Central Java.

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Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa

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See THE MURIA STORY, A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE MENNONITE CHURCHES OF INDONESIA, by Lawrence M. Yoder (Kitchener, Ontario: Pandora Press, 2006).
"Persatuan Gereja-gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia" in MENNONITE ENCYCLOPEDIA, vol. V., pp. 692-695).

^ TUNAS YANG TUMBUH, SEJARAH GEREJA KRISTEN MURIA INDONESIA, by Yudha Lelana alias Lawrence M. Yoder (Semarang, Indonesia: Muria Church Publishers, 2000 and 2002, in two volumes.