Online Videos Reach Indonesian Believers Just in Time
Last year at this time, most people hadn't yet heard the words "coronavirus" or "COVID-19." Still, ReFrame Ministry's partners in Indonesia were preparing for the global pandemic—they just didn't know it yet. In January 2020, Rev. Arliyanus Larosa was installed as ReFrame's Indonesian ministry leader. A few days after his...
Setia Finds Strength in Her Listener Community
Setia laughs and chats as she and a friend walk along the dirt road that runs through their village. Others in Setia’s village emerge from their homes—faded wooden cubes with rusty roofs of corrugated metal. The pungent smell of durian, a thorny fruit that is unique to southeast Asia fills...
Welcoming Rev. Larosa to our Indonesian Ministry
At the beginning of 2020, Rev. Arliyanus Larosa celebrated his installation as ReFrame Ministries's Indonesian ministry leader. “When I visited Rev. Larosa for the installation service, I could see that he was indeed a perfect fit for driving the ministry forward,” says Kurt Selles, BTGMI’s director. “And now, during COVID-19...
Photo Journral in Indonesia
Jakarta Earlier this year, Jeffrey Schra, Hans Mulder, and I (Kurt Selles) traveled to Indonesia to take part in the installation service for our new Indonesian ministry leader, Rev. Arliyanus Larosa. Christians are a small minority in this Muslim-majority country and it might surprise you to know that Indonesia has...
Radio is not Dead
This December will mark 80 years since ReFrame Ministries’s (BTGMI) first weekly radio program broadcast across the airwaves. Times have changed since that first broadcast. People still listen to radios, but more and more often in North America, we get our news and entertainment via mobile devices, social media, and...
Discipling Young Adults in Indonesia
As Christians in Indonesia mature in their faith and their stages of life, BTGMI’s ministry team offers four types of daily devotionals for different age groups. A few years ago, these devotional booklets reached a new type of audience—prisoners. Rev. Glann Siahaya delivers the booklets to a prison in Indonesia’s...
A Joyful Journey
Sarkim lives in Kuningan, West Java. For nearly 20 years he has served as the coordinator of Elsadai radio listeners’ community for the Indonesian outreach of ReFrame Ministries. BTGMI listener communities are formed by people who listen— together or on their own— to the BTGMI Indonesian radio broadcasts. The groups...
Keeping Company with God
Bayuh, 66, is a widower living in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. He lost his wife eleven years ago. Since then, a severe eye disorder has left him blind. Living alone and unable to get around as freely as he used to, Bayuh moved in with his son’s family. Bayuh’s two grandchildren...
Meeting People's Needs, Wherever They Are
Virenda lives in a village in northern India where education is minimal and the gospel message is neither widely known, nor accepted. He first learned about Jesus through the ReFrame Ministries (BTGMI) Hindi radio program. “Your radio program is my only source of learning from the Scripture. I cannot read...
Faithful Friend
At the age of 82, Samsuri still drives his becak, an Indonesian pedicab, to make a living in Central Java. He freely professes faith in Christ and is committed to living out scripture in his daily life. Especially when it comes to his family. Joy fills the air when Samsuri...