MOROBE,tabloidpapuabaru.com,- The breakthrough step by BPD GBGP Supiori Papua Indonesia in building spiritual cooperation with the CRC Lae Morobe Church Papua New Guinea is the best step for the glory of God’s name between the two countries (IDN – PNG).
This collaboration began with initial communication through correspondence between the two churches in July 2023 so that the two churches agreed to meet in Lae Morobe Province Papua New Guinea in December 2023.
The leader of BPD GBGP Supiori Papua Indonesia Pastor Septinus Baab, S.Th responded well to this collaboration so that as Church Leader he was also present to sign this collaboration as Senior Pastor of BPD GBGP Supiori. BPD GBGP Supiori Papua sent three (3) delegates (Pastor Septinus Baab, S.Th. Pastor Louis Kmur S.Th, M.Th and Buziri Korwa) to attend the collaboration in question.
Senior Pastor Roy Bangaibae, the Leader of the CRC Lae PNG Church, along with the entire CRC Lae Congregation, responded very well to this collaboration. The two pastors expressed their feelings of happiness and pleasure to each other about this collaboration so that it could be beneficial for the two Churches and the two countries between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in establishing spiritual relations between fellow believers.
This collaboration was signed on December 28 2023 by the two pastors (Septinus Baab and Roy Bangaibae) on behalf of the two churches at the CRC Lae Church in Morobe Province, Lae City, Mile Two Okukhighway, Papua New Guinea.
This collaboration includes three (3) programs, including: 1. Mutual visits, 2. Comparative studies of God’s servants, and 3. English and Indonesian language education with a collaboration period of five (5) years. It is hoped that the signing of this collaboration will continue to run well for the development of the congregation so that both congregations will continue to experience progress in order to increase the spiritual faith of Christians who believe in the name of Jesus Christ.
Furthermore, Pastor Septinus Baab as senior pastor of BPD GBGP Supiori said that since the GBGP was established in the land of Papua Indonesia by Besluit Nederlands Nieuw – Guinea No.279 dated 17 October 1956, Gouvernementsblad No.81 of 1956; SK Inauguration of the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia No.Dd/P /VII/55/70, 12 October 1970; Decree of the Director General of Christian Community Guidance No. DJ.III/Kep/HK.005/117/1681/2007, April 16 2007, 1956 until now, 67 years, there has been no GBGP district leader in Tanah Papua who has made a breakthrough to create foreign cooperation, this is a gift.
God is so beautiful and useful not only for GBGP Supiori but also for the entire GBGP and all people in the land of Papua, Indonesia. In the future, BPD GBGP Supiori will be present at the CRC conference meeting in Port Moresby which is planned to be held on 3 – 10 July 2024. The presence of BPD GBGP in Port Moresby is a form of cooperation that has been signed by the two Churches in the Pacific region (GBGP Indonesia and CRC Papua New Guinea) .
In the near future, this collaboration will also be reported as a notification to relevant agencies in Papua Province, including the Indonesian Consulate in Sundown West Sepik Province, PNG and the Indonesian Embassy in Port Moresby, PNG. “Furthermore, Pastor Septinus Baab on behalf of BPD GBGP Supiori Papua Indonesia will invite the CRC Church in Twenty Two Provinces in PNG to attend together in Supiori Regency to celebrate the BPD GBGP’s anniversary on October 17 2024 as a form of cooperation,” he said. ***