Christinas Province Town
Growing up on the Indonesian island of Java, Happy Natalisa remembers being mocked for her dark complexion. Her classmates called her si hitam (black) and orang Papua because her father was Papuan, an ethnic group hailing from Indonesia’s easternmost province in Western New Guinea. Her appearance affected how she served in the church. She preferred … Read more
With more than 10 years of experience on the field, Persib Bandung midfielder Marc Klok shares his career as a professional soccer player and his decision to become an Indonesian citizen Outfit by Givenchy What comes to your mind when someone mentions the word “sport”? For some, it would be soccer. Team sport is indeed … Read more
You’re reading the English translation of the winner of Christianity Today’s second annual essay contest for Christians who write in Portuguese. Learn more about the competition and CT’s multilingual work and check out the winning essays written originally in Chinese, French, Indonesian, and Spanish. Brazil’s 2010 Census revealed that evangelicals in Brazil had reached nearly … Read more
Last week, Indonesia’s parliament approved a new penal code that received backlash from the United Nations and human rights groups inside and outside the Southeast Asian nation. The new code, which replaces a colonial-era code enacted while the archipelago was under Dutch rule, includes the criminalization of cohabitation and sex outside marriage, bans insulting the … Read more
