Worshippers Weep as Police Posts Notice for Lack of Permit on Church Building while sealing it
Police in Jambi, on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, last week escorted members of a Methodist church congregation out of their building and sealed the door shut. While church members wept, the Jambi Civil Service Police pasted a notice declaring the building was sealed due lack of a permit, as seen in a video clip on YouTube. Christian leaders said authorities closed the church building and two others on Sept. 27 to appease Muslim hard-liners preparing a protest for the next day, according to social media sites. Authorities cited lack of permits and violating public order for closing the Indonesian Methodist Church, Indonesia Christian Huria, and Assemblies of God Church, but the general secretary of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia said that the local government delays and rejects permits without giving any reason.
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The more reason to preach and sponsor the gospel now we have the Time- the gospel must not be hindered.