Presbyterian World Mission has four mission co-workers who serve in Indonesia. Our work centers around uniting Muslims and Christians in peaceful relations and in teaching religious courses at educational institutions.
Indonesia’s recent history has been filled with internal struggles for dominance between various factions, of which religion is one — and possibly the strongest — element of these struggles.
Bernard Adeney-Risakotta and Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta
Bernie Adeney-Risakotta became a mission co-worker for Presbyterian World Mission in 1991. Farsijana came to work for World Mission in 2003.
Bernie was the director of the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies at Gadjah Mada University. Farsijana is director of the Center for Research and Community Development at Duta Wacana Christian University. Farsijana spends a lot of time working together with Christians and Muslims to build a just society.
In the late 1990s, Bernie and Farsijana built a home in an all-Muslim neighborhood that is at the same time a center for community outreach and hospitality. It is called “Pondok Tali Rasa.” At any given time, they share it with several other people of both Muslim and Christian faith. Their house also serves as a center for the Indonesian Women’s Coalition, which Farsijana leads, empowering women and serving the victims of natural disasters.
You can read more about Farsijana’s ministry on her profile page, which you can find here.
Write to Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta at farsijana.adeney-risakotta@pcusa.org
Communion of Churches in Indonesia (CCI) / Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja di Indonesia (PGI)
East Java Christian Church
Central Java Indonesian Christian Church
The Evangelical Christian Church in Irian Jaya
Indonesian Christian Church (of Central Java) (GKI)
Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW)/ Duta Wacana Christian University
Mienda Uriarte, Area Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific, mienda.uriarte@pcusa.org
Jacklyn Walker, Mission Specialist, jacklyn.walker@pcusa.org