Students played a key role in toppling the authoritarian president who had ruled for 32 years. But problems of corruption and nepotism continue. We are going through social, political and economic crises that affect people s lives, especially the poor.
Students live in an environment of religious and ethnic conflict.
They face the terrors and continuing influences of the old regime, the spread of drugs in schools and universities, the threat of crime on and off campus and uncertainty about the future. Yet we have seen God s faithfulness. Student ministry is growing, especially in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Last year we had our first conferences for some years.