50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

Indonesian Missions
- Towards Self-Support
Kalimantan: Rev. Andreas Djunaidi
OUR MISSION to Indonesia began
in 1971 when we visited Kalimantan.
In quick succession, the
Lord led us to North Sumatra in 1972, to
Riau Islands (Tanjung Pinang) in 1973 and
to Batam in 1989. The last outreach is Jakarta.
Our contact in Kalimantan is Rev.
Djunaidi. First of all, we cooperated with
him in the construction of a Gospel Boat
which cost S$50,000. With this boat to sail
the length and breath of the Kapuas, Indonesia’s
mightiest river of 1,000 km, he was
able to reach its headwaters at Putussibau.
This abuts the headwaters of Jason Linn’s
territory of East Borneo served by the River
Mahakam that flows down to Samarinda.
The Gospel Boat, observed to be “better
than ten churches”, was able to penetrate
many unreached villages along not only the
mighty Kapuas, but its many tributaries.
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou
shalt find it after many days” (Eccl 11:1). I
had the opportunity of sailing on this boat
with Rev. Koa Keng Woo and Kimiko
Goto, my FEBC students, to Biong, a remote
riverine village to preach the
Gospel to the Dyaks which otherwise
could not be reached.
After sailing the Kapuas for
three years, the Lord led Djunaidi to
acquire land at a cheap price with
our help at the refugee settlement at
Siantan, Pontianak. We bought several
pieces for him. Thus provided,
he built an orphanage, a kindergarten,
a church and a parsonage. He
bought another piece of land with
help from Jakarta and built a school
up to secondary level, and with funds
from Life Church and Far Eastern
Bible College, a Bible Institute costing
S$150,000. As the kindergarten
and school generated income, Djunaidi
became self-supporting after a few years.
Rev. Djunaidi fell into the river about
five years ago and became paralysed to this
day. We paid for his hospital expenses incurred
in Singapore. He is retired in
Kalimantan, supported by his son. We remember
him for his good work all the years
with us.
The second outreach to Indonesia is
North Sumatra (Medan). This involved the
Siregar Family. Dohar, the eldest son came
Medan: The Siregar Family
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