{"id":26494,"date":"2020-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-indonesia-4677\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:57:33","slug":"prayer-diary-indonesia-4677","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/prayer-diary-indonesia-4677\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/098fd35020fe77fb8b3707f220e36866.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indonesia is the world\u2019s largest Muslim majority nation and is home to around 13% of the world\u2019s Muslim population. The country has a long tradition of pluralism, but over the past decade it\u2019s seen a considerable rise in religious intolerance. President Joko Widodo, who was re-elected last April, must now ensure that religious freedom is protected and seek to bring an end to intolerance. Find out more about Indonesia at csw.org.uk\/indonesia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 31 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray this verse over President Joko Widodo today: <i>\u2018Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever and a crown is not secure for all generations.\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs 27:23-24)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 1 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today Indonesia marks Pancasila Day, when the country remembers the declaration of its founding principles in 1945. Pluralism was among them, and Pancasila has historically ensured that the country\u2019s religious groups can coexist peacefully. Pray that Indonesia would return to a truly pluralistic society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 2 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank God for national initiatives aimed at countering extremism and religious intolerance. Shortly before last year\u2019s election, leaders from various faiths including Islam, Christianity and Buddhism came together for a conference in Jakarta, to promote peaceful coexistence. CSW was also privileged to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 3 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give thanks for Father Felix Supranto, a Catholic priest who works to build inter-faith relations between Muslim and Christian leaders. CSW attended one of his inter-faith meetings and was told by a Muslim cleric: \u2018We have to be together with other religions and ethnicities, to build Indonesia together.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 4 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these encouraging signs, blasphemy laws continue to be used. The Constitutional Court has rejected calls to challenge these laws and new laws that may restrict religious freedom could be introduced by the Indonesian Parliament this year. Pray that this new law would not pass and that Indonesians would be allowed to choose and change their religion freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 5 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 13 May 2018 three churches in Surabaya were attacked by a family of suicide bombers. One of the churches, Santa Maria Tak Bercela, welcomed around 5,000 worshippers at Easter 2019, with 76 people being baptised. Thank God that, despite the trauma of 2018, the community has been blessed with resilience and an unshakable faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 6 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavenly Father, we bring before you the people of Indonesia. Grant wisdom to the country\u2019s leaders, that they may rule justly and protect the rights of all their citizens, whatever their faith. Bless and multiply the work of those trying to bring about inter-religious harmony, so that Indonesia might return to the peaceful, multi-religious country it once was. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248)\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-05-30-prayer.pdf\">Descargue una copia imprimible del Diario de Oraci\u00f3n de esta semana.<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in praying for Indonesia this week<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8187,"template":"","regions":[128,132],"class_list":["post-26494","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-east-asia","regions-indonesia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41164,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26494\/revisions\/41164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}