Chapter Eighteen. The Spectacular Growth Of The Third Stream: The Evangelicals And Pentecostals

Abstract

The term “Evangelical” has a very broad meaning and scope. Many mainline¹ churches in Indonesia, for example GMIM, GMIT, GMIH, GMIST, GMIBM, and GKIdi Tanah Papua(formerlyGKI di Irian Jaya), use this term (in IndonesianIstands forInjili) as more or less equal with “Protestant” (cf. the termEvangelischin the German Church, i.e.Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, andEvangelisused by another mainline church in Indonesia, GKE).² In its very essence, every church actually may claim to be Evangelical. But what we mean by this term or category in this chapter is Christianity or churches identified