Living Letters solidarity visit to Indonesia, 17 to 24 July 2008
Churches in Indonesia received a solidarity visit of an international ecumenical delegation sent by the World Council of Churches (WCC) from 17 to 24 July 2008.
Over the last decades, Indonesia had to cope with repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious conflicts, the integration of internally displaced people as well as refugees from outside its borders.
The delegation members learned about peace-building projects by Indonesian Christians and shared experiences made in their own churches in Australia, USA, Germany, Korea and Sudan.
Press releases and feature articles:
- Education and dialogue as antidotes to extremism in Indonesia
- Despite poverty, seeds of hope bud in Indonesia
- Women and youth break the cycle of violence in Indonesia
- West Papuans "traumatized", WCC team tells Indonesian government
- Rekindling hope, renewing the tradition of Christian-Muslim cooperation in Sulawesi
- WCC solidarity team visit to strengthen Indonesian Christian efforts in overcoming violence
Report
Download the report of the WCC Living Letters Team Visit to Indonesia (pdf), 13 January 2010
Download a report by team member Monika Lude (in German, pdf), 11 January 2010
People, faith and communities in Indonesia
Multimedia portraits of faith, tradition and self-reliance in Indonesia as well as from the Indonesia Living Letters visit can be viewed on the 'Keeping the Faith' website.
