Hinduism in Indonesia Hinduism in Indonesia Hinduism in Indonesia is practised by 1.7% of the total population, and by 83.5% of the population in Bali as of the 2010 census. Hinduism is one of the six official religions of Indonesia. Hinduism came to Indonesia in the first century through traders, and Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, became ingrained in the culture and worldview of the Javanese through the wayang kulit (“leather puppets”), specially during the Indianised Srivijaya and Majapahit empires. In 2010, there were an estimated total of over 4 million Hindus in Indonesia according to Indonesian census. The Parisada Hindu
Methodist Church in Indonesia Methodist Church in Indonesia The Methodist Church in Indonesia or GMI () is a body within the Methodist tradition in Indonesia. GMI is jointly presided by two bishops, each representing the component annual conferences within the church. Initial Methodist mission work was pioneered by American Methodist missionaries already established in Malaya and Singapore. The first Methodist service was conducted in 1904 by the Rev. George F. Pykett, a leader missionary and educationalist with the Methodist Mission in Malaya. He was then followed by the Rev S. S. Pakianathan who planted churches as well as schools from 1905 to 1918 in