To Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Indonesia | 6,293,224 | 3.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 87%, Protestant 6%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1985); Total Population: 209,774,138 (1997 est.). |
| Catholic | Indonesia | 5,850,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 297. | "Location: Indonesia; Population: 195 million; Religion: Islam (87%); Protestantism (6%); Catholicism (3%); Hinduism (3%); Buddhism (1%) " |
| Catholic | Indonesia | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Chinese | Indonesia | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1996 | Knoke, William. Bold New World: The Essential Road Map to the Twenty-First Century. New York: Kodansha International (1996), pg. 200. Chapter 10: "The Global Tribes " | "In Indonesia, the Chinese are just 2% of the population, but they account for up to three-quarters of private domestic capital and control seventeen of the twenty-five biggest business groups. " |
| Christian Church of Sumba | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; web page: news release represents a modest edit of the wrap-up prepared by the World Council of Churches (1998). Viewed 7 Oct. 1999. | "Membership of the WCC rose to a record 339 churches as the Assembly welcomed eight more... two... are Indonesian: the Christian Protestant Angkola Church and the Christian Church of Sumba. " |
| Christian Protestant Angkola Church | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; web page: news release represents a modest edit of the wrap-up prepared by the World Council of Churches (1998). Viewed 7 Oct. 1999. | "Membership of the WCC rose to a record 339 churches as the Assembly welcomed eight more... two... are Indonesian: the Christian Protestant Angkola Church and the Christian Church of Sumba. " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1971 | Poole, Frederick King. Indonesia; New York, NY: Franklin Watts, Inc. (1971), pg. 28. | "Of the remaining ten percent, only about half are Christians, in spite of centuries of efforts by Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries from the West. Many of the resident Chinese are Christians, but most are Buddhists. " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 5,000,000 | 4.17% | - | - | 1977 | Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1977), pg. 341. | "Remarkable success has also attended missionary efforts in Indonesia... A recent figure has 7 million Protestants and 5 million Catholics--nearly 10% of the country's total population. " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 7,000,000 | 5.80% | - | - | 1977 | Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1977), pg. 341. | "Remarkable success has also attended missionary efforts in Indonesia... A recent figure has 7 million Protestants and 5 million Catholics--nearly 10% of the country's total population. " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 12,000,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1977 | Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1977), pg. 341. | "Remarkable success has also attended missionary efforts in Indonesia... A recent figure has 7 million Protestants and 5 million Catholics--nearly 10% of the country's total population. " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1978 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, by P. J. Johnstone STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England. Published in 1978); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Christianity 10% - Roman Catholics 2.3%; Protestants 7%; Other groups: "KINGMI " (CMA) 250,000 community... Evangelicals 4%. |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 12,000,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 181. | "Indonesia, fifth largest nation in the world (over 120 million and growing rapidly), is officially over 80 percent Muslim, but there is continued spectacular growth of the 10 percent Christian minority. " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1985 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: June, 1985 issue of INTERNATIONAL INTERCESSORS); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | The population is 90% Muslim; some 5% are Christian. The island of Bali retains its Buddhist-Hindu heritage. |
| Christianity | Indonesia | - | 25.00% | - | - | 1991 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992), pg. 224. [Orig. source: J. Lee Grady, "New Missions Strategies for a Rapidly Changing World, " National & International Religion Report 5, no. 3, 28 Jan. 1991] | "Indonesia may be 25% Christian by now. (But government leaders in the officially Islamic country won't print the statistics.) " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 19,356,050 | 10.00% | - | - | 1993 | Hintz, Martin. Indonesia (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Childrens Press (1993), pg. 29. | "Christianity was introducted to the islands in the sixteenth century by Portuguese and Spanish traders who converted quite a few people of Maluku to the Roman Catholic faith. Later the Dutch colonists, most of whom were Protestants, built churches that some of the Indonesians joined. Today about one of every ten or eleven Indonesians is Christian. Most of them are concentrated in Maluku, North Sulawesi, and North Sumatra. " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 50,000,000 | 25.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* "News in Brief " in Hinduism Today International (July 1996 -- Vol. 18, No. 7); original source: National & International Religion Report. | nearly a quarter of Indonesia's 200-million people are now Christians, according to an Assembly of God mission executive. That's a 10% growth in five-years. |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 20,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | "Riots Traumatize Chinese Christians " in Christianity Today (July 13, 1998), pg. 18. | "...Indonesia's 20 million Christians... " |
| Christianity | Indonesia | 17,550,000 | 9.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 297. | "Location: Indonesia; Population: 195 million; Religion: Islam (87%); Protestantism (6%); Catholicism (3%); Hinduism (3%); Buddhism (1%) " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Indonesia | 5,000 | - | 20 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Indonesia | 5,200 | - | 21 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Indonesia | 5,000 | - | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* "Indonesian, LDS leaders dine together " in Deseret News (online, 27 Jan. 2000) | "LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley presented copies of the Scriptures to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid during a dinner in Jakarta on Thursday evening. At the dinner held in the presidential palace, President Hinckley... and President Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve... met with the Indonesian leader as part of their trip through Asia and the Pacific region... President Hinckley first met the Indonesian president last year when he visited Salt Lake City for medical treatment on his eyes. On Friday President Hinckley is expected to meet with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jakarta... President Hinckley said there are about 5,000 LDS Church members in Indonesia. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | 2000 | "Two New Temples Dedicated, President Hinckley Visits Saints in Pacific " in Ensign (April 2000), pg. 74-76. | "...in January... President Hinckley... met with... 1,800 during a fireside in Jakarta; 6 at the airport in Bali... "; Photo caption: "Members of the congregation stand in welcome at the fireside in Jakarta, Indonesia. Some 1,800 people attended. "; "In Indonesia, President Abdurrahman Wahid, who had ealier invited President Hinckley to meet with him at his palace, also arranged a meeting the following day with other government leaders. " |
| Church of the Nazarene | Indonesia | 3,437 | - | 32 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 5 Jan 1998; total population: 195,623,000 |
| Convention of Indonesian Baptist Churches | Indonesia | 7,613 | - | 87 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Dairi | Indonesia | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 101. | "Batak: Location: Indonesia (North Sumatra); Population: 3 to 6 million "; "According to the 1990 census, speakers of the... [three] Batak languages... numbered over 3.1 million... Assuming the percentages given in the 1930 colonial census are still accurate, one can break the total down as follows: 1.65 million Toba, living around Lake Toba, on Samosir Island, & in the highlands to the south; 500,000 Karo to the northwest of the lake; 200,000 Simalungun, east of the lake; 100,000 Dairi, west of the lake; & 650,000 Angkola a&nd Mandailing between the Toba & the Minangkabau. " [NOTE: These are tribal/cultural (NOT religious) stats.] |
| Dani | Indonesia | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 179. | "Dani: Location: Indonesian province of Irian Jaya on island of New Guinea; Population: 100,000; Language: Dani; Religion: Native Dani "; "The Dani are a well-known tribal group from the province of Irian Jaya, Indonesia... " |
| Evangelical | Indonesia | - | 4.00% | - | - | 1978 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, by P. J. Johnstone STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England. Published in 1978); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Evangelicals 4%. |
| Fellowship of Baptist Churches in Irian Jaya | Indonesia | 74,581 | - | 206 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa | Indonesia | 46,000 | - | 73 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Asia/Pacific: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | INDONESIA: Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa (GITJ)... Members: 46,000+/-; Congregations: 73 |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 2,500,000 | - | - | - | 1971 | Poole, Frederick King. Indonesia; New York, NY: Franklin Watts, Inc. (1971), pg. 28. | "The two and a half million people who live of Bali, along with some of the adjoining island of Lombok, are Hindus. " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | - | 3.30% | - | - | 1978 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, by P. J. Johnstone STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England. Published in 1978); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Hindus 3.3% largely on Bali, and some in E. Java. |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 3,913,680 | 2.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 195,683,531 [total pop.] (1992). Most (87 percent) observe Islam; 6 percent Protestant, 3 percent Roman Catholic, 2 percent Hindu, 1 percent Buddhist, 1 percent other. |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 4,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993). Pg 24-25. | map |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 3,630,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 4,195,483 | 2.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 87%, Protestant 6%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1985); Total Population: 209,774,138 (1997 est.). |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 3,974,895 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998), pg. 77. | Table: "Top 10 Largest Hindu Populations in the World "; Rank: #4 |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 5,850,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 297, 300. | "Location: Indonesia; Population: 195 million; Religion: Islam (87%); Protestantism (6%); Catholicism (3%); Hinduism (3%); Buddhism (1%) "; "Hinduism (3% of the population) in Indonesia means almost exclusively the religion of Bali, which is not a direct transplant of Indian religion but rather a synthesis of indigenous and Indian elements. In addition, some ethnic groups have succeeded in legitimizing their own animist religions by having them reclassified as 'Hinduism,' e.g., the Aluk To Dolo of the Sa'dan Toraja, and the Kaharingan of the Dayak. " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | 1400 C.E. | Welty, Paul Thomas. The Asians: Their Heritage and Their Destiny (Revised Edition). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. (1966), pg. 296. | "Islam started to spread in Indonesia about the thirteenth century, and within two hundred years was the religion of the majority. The process of conversion was a slow but peaceful one. " |
| Islam | Indonesia | 75,000,000 | - | - | - | 1969 | Hutchinson, John A. Paths of Faith; New York: McGraw-Hill (1969), pg. 476-478. | "Today the Muslim population of China is variously estimated at from 50 million to 70 million, while another 75 million are to be found in Indonesia, and between 1 million and 2 million in Mindanao of the Philippines. " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1971 | Poole, Frederick King. Indonesia; New York, NY: Franklin Watts, Inc. (1971), pg. 27. | "...ninety percent of the people of Indonesia are still Muslims. Most of them practice that casual form of Islam, mixed with Hinduism, Buddhism, and especially spirit worship, that is peculiar to Indonesia. " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | 84.00% | - | - | 1978 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, by P. J. Johnstone STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England. Published in 1978); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Muslims 84% officially. Strong in parts of Sumatra and Sulawasi and especially so in Java. Islam is often a veneer over animism and Hinduism. Some would therefore reckon that true Muslims are only 45%. |
| Islam | Indonesia | 123,200,000 | 90.00% | - | - | 1978 | Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984], pg. 164-165. [Original src: Weeks, R. (ed.), "Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey " (1978).] | Table: "Approximate Muslim populations and percentages of total populations " |
| Islam | Indonesia | 96,000,000 | 80.00% | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 181. | "Indonesia, fifth largest nation in the world (over 120 million and growing rapidly), is officially over 80 percent Muslim... " |
| Islam | Indonesia | 135,000,000 | 90.00% | - | - | 1985 | Denny, Frederick Mathewson. An Introduction to Islam; New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1985), pg. 370. | "Today [Indonesia] ranks fifth in the world in population (now approximately 150 million) and first in the number of Muslims, approaching 90 percent. " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1985 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: June, 1985 issue of INTERNATIONAL INTERCESSORS); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | The population is 90% Muslim; some 5% are Christian. The island of Bali retains its Buddhist-Hindu heritage. |
| Islam | Indonesia | 119,000,000 | - | - | - | 1986 | Barnhart, Joe Edward. The Southern Baptist Holy War. Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press (1986), pg. 173. | "The number of Muslims in Indonesia alone is eight and a half times the number of Southern Baptists around the world. " |
| Islam | Indonesia | 161,000,000 | 95.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* Web site: "Arabic Paper "; web page: "Muslim Countries of the World " (viewed 15 June 1999). [Written 1998.] | [NOTE: Unreliable statistical methodology.] "In 1986... Muslim Education Trust organization [U.K.] obtained... 1971 census & [info. from] Embassies of the respective countires... 1971 census showed the Independent Muslim countries pop. was around 784.5 Million. "; "...add (784.5M + 308M [minority Muslim countries]) = 1092.5 Million Muslims in 1971 "; Table shows country, "population " [number of Muslims in the country], & % Muslim. Total adds up to 896,080,000, so these figures are apparently intended to be estimates for 1986. |
| Islam | Indonesia | 174,204,448 | 90.00% | - | - | 1991 | Hintz, Martin. Indonesia (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Childrens Press (1987), pg. 111-112. | "Religion:... The majority of Indonesians (almost 90%) are Muslim... "; Pg. 112: "Population: 193,560,494 (1991 estimate) " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | 87.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Islam | Indonesia | 170,245,088 | 87.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 195,683,531 [total pop.] (1992). Most (87 percent) observe Islam; 6 percent Protestant, 3 percent Roman Catholic, 2 percent Hindu, 1 percent Buddhist, 1 percent other. |
| Islam | Indonesia | 172,840,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Islam | Indonesia | 166,000,000 | 88.00% | - | - | 1996 | Halverson, Dean C. (ed.) The Compact Guide to World Religions; Colorado Springs, Colorado: International Students Inc. (1996). [Publisher is an Evangelical missionary organization.] Pg. 103. | "...the four nations with the largest number of Muslims today are all outside the Middle East: Indonesia--166 million, 88% of the population; Pakistan--111 million, 97%, Bangladesh--97 million; India--93 million, 11%. " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | 85.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* "Diaspora " in Hinduism Today International (March 1997) | In this world's fifth most populous nation, 85% profess Islam, but acutally the majority follow a unique, syncretic faith of Hinduized indigenous spiritual beliefs overlaid with Islam. |
| Islam | Indonesia | 170,310,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997), pg. 160-161. | List: "Top 10 Largest Muslim Populations in the World "; (Rank: 1) |
| Islam | Indonesia | 182,503,504 | 87.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 87%, Protestant 6%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1985); Total Population: 209,774,138 (1997 est.). |
| Islam | Indonesia | 156,213,376 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998), pg. 77. | Table: "Top 10 Largest Muslim Populations in the World "; Rank: #2 |
| Islam | Indonesia | 169,650,000 | 87.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 297. | "Location: Indonesia; Population: 195 million; Religion: Islam (87%); Protestantism (6%); Catholicism (3%); Hinduism (3%); Buddhism (1%) " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | 82.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Indonesia | - | 87.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Muslim Countries of the World " |
| Islam | Indonesia | 104,503,000 | 44.00% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table; Indonesia's statistic of 44% has a footnote: "Quranic Muslims only " |
| Kaharingan | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 300. | "Hinduism (3% of the population) in Indonesia means almost exclusively the religion of Bali, which is not a direct transplant of Indian religion but rather a synthesis of indigenous and Indian elements. In addition, some ethnic groups have succeeded in legitimizing their own animist religions by having them reclassified as 'Hinduism,' e.g., the Aluk To Dolo of the Sa'dan Toraja, and the Kaharingan of the Dayak. " |
| Kaharingan | Indonesia | 330,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 582. | "The Indonesian state's requirement that all citizens adhere to a monotheistic religion was threatened the practice of the Ngaju's traditional animism. In response, Ngaju have formalized their religion under the name of Kaharingan... & [had] the religion classified as an 'offshoot' of Balinese Hinduism. Kaharingan claims 330,000 adherents, including many Dayak who are not Ngaju. There is a 16-member council (almost all Ngaju) to coordinate theology and rituals; however, this does not include balian or basir. Through a 300-page study book..., Hindu-Balinese-style meeting halls, and sermons, prayers, and hymns, the council aims to instill concepts of individual salvation & a supreme being... Nowadays, no tiwah celebration takes place without being registered with the council, which directs the police to issue the required permit. " |
| Karo | Indonesia | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 101. | "Batak: Location: Indonesia (North Sumatra); Population: 3 to 6 million "; "According to the 1990 census, speakers of the... [three] Batak languages... numbered over 3.1 million... Assuming the percentages given in the 1930 colonial census are still accurate, one can break the total down as follows: 1.65 million Toba, living around Lake Toba, on Samosir Island, & in the highlands to the south; 500,000 Karo to the northwest of the lake; 200,000 Simalungun, east of the lake; 100,000 Dairi, west of the lake; & 650,000 Angkola a&nd Mandailing between the Toba & the Minangkabau. " [NOTE: These are tribal/cultural (NOT religious) stats.] |
| Kedang | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 711. | "Only a few groups do not practice sacrifices, and most of these, like the Kedang of Lembata in eastern Indonesia, are groups in which large numbers have been converted to Christianity of Islam. " |
| KINGMI (CMA) | Indonesia | 250,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, by P. J. Johnstone STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England. Published in 1978); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Other [Christian] groups: "KINGMI " (CMA) 250,000 community |
| Lutheran | Indonesia | 2,400,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* [Orig. source: Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (1994 Update)] | 7.6 in Sweden, 4.6 in Finland, 4.5 in Denmark, 3.9 in Norway, and 2.4 million in Indonesia. |
| Lutheran | Indonesia | 2,367,539 | - | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Evangelical Lutheran Church in America web site; web page: "January 25, 1996 News Releases " (viewed 9 July 1999). Story: "More than 60 Million Lutherans Worldwide " [96-01-003-FI] | List: "Countries with more than 1/2 million Lutherans " |
| Mennonite World Conference | Indonesia | 62,823 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site; page: "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership Totals " (viewed 8 Aug. 1999). | Table: "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership Totals "; "based on the most recent data available... from 1996 or 1997... statistics indicate baptized members "; Dif. religious bodies: 3. |
| other | Indonesia | 561,000 | 0.30% | - | - | 1994 | Lindsey, Hal. Planet Earth - 2000 A.D.. Palos Verdes, California: Western Front, Ltd. (1994), pg. 278. [Orig. source: News Network International Review, November 1993.] | "Indonesian authorities have announced new regulations that will allow missionary activity in the country to be conducted only among the small number of Indonesians who are not members of a major world religion. Those 'unbelievers' represent only 0.3 percent of Indonesia's 187 million people. " |
| other | Indonesia | 610,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Islam, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Hinduism, Buddhism |
| Pentecostal | Indonesia | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1976 | Quebedeaux, Richard. The New Charismatics: The Origins, Development, and Significance of Neo-Pentecostalism; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1976), pg. 46-47. | "thanks to Prudencio Damboriena and Walter Hollenweger's work, we can offer a very approximate estimate of total [Classical] Pentecostal adherents in nations where the movement has had a measurable impact... " |
| Persatuan Gereja-Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia | Indonesia | 13,323 | - | 34 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Asia/Pacific: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | INDONESIA... Persatuan Gereja-Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (GKMI)... Members: 13,323; Congregations: 34 |
| primal-indigenous | Indonesia | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1978 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, by P. J. Johnstone STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England. Published in 1978); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Animists 1% - mostly in Irian Jaya. |
