Protestant Indonesian Church in Donggala (GPID)
The GPID is a very young church. It was founded in 1965 to unite Christians from three different ethnic groups: native descendants of hunter-gatherers, resettlers from Bali and immigrants from the Minahasa Region. The various groups focused their lives mainly on their old homelands and home churches for a long time, and so the programmes of the GPID concentrated mainly on integrating and strengthening a sense of community for years. Today it is trying to raise the level of education in the region by offering work in schools as well as adult education courses and deepening Christian awareness. Another part of its work is looking after and educating orphans. The church maintains two children's homes. In addition, it has taken part in reconstruction after the severe flood and earthquake disasters in the region in 1998. At present the GPID has 25,000 members in 142 parishes.
