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The [[Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia]] or the Indonesian Reformed Churches is a confessional Reformed church in the country of [[Indonesia]] established by [[Dutch]] missionaries.
== History ==
Missionaries came to [[Sumba]] in the late 1800s. The dominant Christian church in this region is the [[Evangelical Christian Church in Timor]]. Sumba was a mission place assigned to the [[Reformed]] churches. After [[World War II]] missionary SPJ Goossens was suspended by the Gereja Zwolle of their position but some churches remained loyal to him. A schism occurred. Later this are become a mission field of the [[Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)]]. An existing congregations joined this effort. Gereja Zwoolle become the '''Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia''' or the [[Reformed Churches of Indonesia in NNT]] in 1975. Sister church relation with the Reformed Churches in Nederland (Liberated) was established.<ref>http://www.bbk.gkv.nl/indonesie/706/</ref>
The church has almost 5,000 members and more than 14 congregations and 40 house fellowshis.<ref>http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=1352&lg=de</ref>
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*[[Westminster Confession of Faith]]
*[[Second Helvetic Confession]]<ref>http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=1352&lg=de</ref>
== Externa links ==
*Official website of the Indonesian Reformed Churches [http://gri.or.id/]
== References ==
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