Baptist Church in Indonesia unable to build its church due to protests
For six months, Indonesian Baptist Church (GBI) Tlogosari has not been able to continue its construction for its church thanks to opposition from local groups. Although the existence of the building permit (IMB) for the church is evident that the construction of houses of worship is in accordance with the rules. However, intolerant local residents continue to issue various excuses.
In the early years of development in 1998 at that time, the church had received the signatures of local residents even though signatures were not the principal requirement for the issuance of IMB.
However, in mediation with the mayor on August 20, 2019, the government asked the church to collect more than 60 signatures and the church succeeded in collecting 84 signatures of local residents. Even so, the community groups continued to pressure the government to block the church’s construction.
Pastor of Indonesian Baptist Church (GBI )Wahyudi also said, “We will continue to fight for this, because if left unchecked it will set a bad precedent for freedom of religion and worship in Semarang.”
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