An Indonesian police officer stands guard in May last year near the scene of a bomb blast by a church in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Photo: EPA
Opinion
Opinion
Why Christian expansionism is a quiet storm in Southeast Asia
- Independent and Pentecostal churches across the region are expanding overseas in search of new believers, financing and a foothold beyond their traditional ethnic and cultural homelands
- But in doing so, they risk conflict with established congregations and cultures while testing the limits of multiculturalism in Muslim-majority nations
An Indonesian police officer stands guard in May last year near the scene of a bomb blast by a church in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Photo: EPA