The Christian Post: Although the Christians are a minority throughout Indonesia, and particularly in the nation's tsunami-devastated Aceh province, a coalition of church networks representing 25,000 of 38,000 churches in the predominantly Muslim nation has formed to respond to last week's quake-tsunami disaster. The national church-led network, based in Medan, is planning to establish five sites to help coordinate and direct distribution efforts.
After meeting in Medan with area churches to determine its course of action, World Relief reported that the initial plan of the coalition, entitled Medan Care, is to establish five bases at different geographical locations to accommodate and coordinate 40 volunteers who will rotate through on a 10- to 12-day basis.
“From initial meetings, a high interest among Indonesian Christians in responding to the disaster was evident,†the agency reported.
