context: The Synod of the Bethany Indonesia Church was established and officially recognized by the government through the Decree of the Director General of Christian Community Guidance of the Indonesian Ministry of Religion No. DJ.III / Kep / HK 00.5 / 5/158/2003 on January 17, 2003. However, the history of the Bethany Church began decades before the Church stood independently as a separate synod.
question: When was the Bethany Church established?
answers.text: January 17, 2003