The Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church (Gereja Reformed Injili Indonesia, or GRII) is an Indonesian church founded by Stephen Tong

Stephen Tong

Stephen Tong is a Chinese Indonesian Reformed pastor, evangelist, theologian, philosopher, and musician of Hakka ancestry. By Dr. Philip Teng of Hong Kong, he had been called "Billy Graham of the east", for his major ministries in Asia, especially in south-east Asia, at that time...

, a Chinese-born Indonesian evangelist. The church's members are mainly Indonesian Chinese.

Andrew Gih of the Evangelize China Fellowship

Evangelize China Fellowship

The Evangelize China Fellowship is a non-profit 501 organization, originally founded in 1947 by 20th-Century Chinese revivalist Andrew Gih...

 established the Southeast Bible Seminary in Malang

Malang

Malang is the second largest city in East Java province, Indonesia. It has an ancient history dating back to the Mataram Kingdom. The city population at the 2010 Census was 819,708. During the period of Dutch colonization, it was a popular destination for European residents. The city is famous for...

, East Java

East Java

East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and islands to its east and to its north East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and...

 in 1952, and Tong graduated from it in 1961, establishing the church in 1989 following many years of preaching and evangelism.

The GRII is headquartered in the Reformed Millennium Center, in Sawah Besar

Sawah Besar

Sawah Besar was originally known as Weltevreden and is a subdistrict of Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The subdistrict contains one of the oldest area in Jakarta, which is centered around Lapangan Banteng on the southeast part of Sawah Besar...

, Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

, where it has its largest church, the Messiah Cathedral

Messiah Cathedral

Messiah Cathedral is an Indonesian megachurch of the predominantly Indonesian-Chinese Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church in Sawah Besar, Jakarta...

. It has congregations in other major cities in Indonesia, as well as in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Australia, China, Taiwan, Germany and the USA.