Introducing the Indonesia Project
A New Kingdom Partnership for the World's Largest Muslim Nation
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with over 275 million people spread across thousands of islands. Today this nation stands at a spiritual crossroads. With the world’s largest Muslim population, the opportunity to strengthen the church here carries global implications. God is now opening a door for Pathway Learning to partner with key Indonesian leaders in a groundbreaking initiative called The Indonesia Project—a vision that could shape the future of Christianity in Indonesia and beyond.
New Kingdom Partnership Ready to Launch
Indonesian leaders meeting with Steve Childers in Chattanooga in September 2025
On September 2, Indonesian leaders traveled to downtown Chattanooga to meet with Steve Childers for a strategic gathering that resulted in a proposed launch of a new partnership between Pathway Learning, Yohanes and Agnes Halim (who live in Indonesia), and Indonesian leaders of the International Grace Church of Atlanta (IGCA). Out of this meeting, The Indonesia Project was born—a bold vision to equip churches in both Atlanta and Indonesia to plant and grow healthy, reproducing churches that transform lives and communities.
The Need
We need to have $25,000 in hand before launching this new partnership to equip Indonesian churches with proven biblical resources that equip church leaders to plant and grow healthy churches. This project has the potential to ignite a movement of healthy gospel-centered congregations that will plant new churches across Indonesia and send gospel workers to the nations.
We will also need an additional $15,000 a year in monthly donations to sustain the curriculum development, train mentors and church planters, and provide ongoing support for church planting efforts across Indonesia. Would you prayerfully consider partnering with us by praying regularly for this project and, if you are able, contributing toward this new ministry opportunity?
The Partners
1. Pathway Learning
For decades, Pathway Learning has developed innovative, transferrable, scalable resources to equip church leaders worldwide. Our books and courses, already serving leaders in North America, East Asia, West Africa, Europe, the Middle East and beyond, will now be translated into Indonesian and contextualized for this unique mission.
2. Yohanes and Agnes Halim
Yohanes (53) is a trusted former student of Steve Childers at RTS, the only student to take all six of his RTS courses.
Today Yohanes serves in four critical roles:
Pastor of an Indonesian university church (3,000–3,500 members, 70–80% university students)
Moderator of the new Indonesian Presbytery (PRECI), now with 8 growing churches that have been planted from 2013-2025
University Chaplain to thousands of students
RTS Doctor of Ministry candidate (set to finish in 2026)
Yohanes’ church and presbytery functions as a dynamic “farm system” for raising up future church leaders—students who will graduate, move into cities across Indonesia, and help plant and grow strong, gospel-centered churches.
3. International Grace Church of Atlanta (IGCA)
ICGA pastor Juwono Bong (far left) and church leaders Yongki Saputera and Andriyantao Kitti (on right)
Planted in 1999, the Indonesian-speaking International Grace Church of Atlanta (IGCA) has grown under the leadership of Pastor Juwono Bong (far left in photo) and a dedicated team of leaders with a vision to establish a reproducible church planting model in Atlanta.
Like many immigrant congregations, they face the crucial “second generation” challenge: children raised in America, whose first language is English, often drift not only from their parents’ church but from the Christian faith as well.
In response to this challenge, IGCA’s vision is to become a healthy, multiplying church that plants a strong English-speaking ministry and congregation—ensuring the gospel reaches both Indonesian-speaking families and their second-generation children, while extending its impact to the broader Atlanta community and ultimately back to their home country of Indonesia.
The Vision
The Indonesia Project is more than a translation effort. It is a movement-building strategy to equip churches in Atlanta and Indonesia to plant and grow healthy churches that transform lives and communities worldwide.
1. Strengthen IGCA in Atlanta
Translate Pathway Learning books and courses into Indonesian and English.
Equip IGCA to become a healthy, reproducing church with both Indonesian and English-speaking congregations.
2. Equip Churches in Indonesia
Provide these translated resources to Yohanes and all the churches of the new, growing Indonesian Presbytery network
Provide transferrable, scalable discipleship and church planter training to help fuel a gospel-centered church planting movement across the nation.
3. Multiply Resources Worldwide
Pathway Learning will then make all these Indonesian resources available to church leaders across Indonesia and globally, positioning Indonesia not only as a mission field but also as a sending nation for the world.
Next Steps
Obtain Funding. $25,000 immediately and commitments of $15,000 a year for the next two years.
Distribute existing gospel resources already translated into Indonesian.
Translate and contextualize the Pathway Learning Vision and Renewal books and courses.
Begin training cohorts at IGCA and in Indonesia.
Partner With Us
Pray for Yohanes, Agnes, IGCA, and Pathway Learning as we take these first steps together.
Give generously to help us translate and distribute these critically needed resources that will equip church leaders in Atlanta, Indonesia, and beyond.
Your partnership will help make The Indonesia Project a reality, impacting one of the most strategic nations in the world for the advance of the gospel.
