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Agrarian justice on Protestant churches’ agenda this year

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, January 27, 2017 Published on Jan. 27, 2017 Published on 2017-01-27T13:02:31+07:00

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Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo delivers a speech during the opening of the 2017 Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) assembly meeting in Salatiga, Central Java, on Friday. Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo delivers a speech during the opening of the 2017 Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) assembly meeting in Salatiga, Central Java, on Friday. (PGI/-)

The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) has made agrarian justice a focus for its members this year.

The agenda was set during the PGI’s 2017 working assembly meeting in Salatiga, Central Java, which was opened by Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifudin on Friday. Also present during the opening session was Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo.

“The theme ‘Frugal Spirituality: To reach agrarian justice for all!’ will become the main struggle of [Protestant] churches this year,” the PGI press release stated.

At the end of the Jan. 27-31 meeting, the PGI will also make recommendations related to issues faced by Indonesian churches such as religious tolerance and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT).

The PGI is a communion of 89 Protestant churches.  

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