Nginden Bethany Church () is an evangelical megachurch affiliated with Bethany Indonesian Church in Surabaya, Indonesia. The senior pastor of this community is Pdt. David Aswin Tanuseputra since 2012, replacing his father Pdt. Abraham Alex Tanuseputra. In 2020, the attendance is 140,000 people.
History The church was founded in 1977 by Pastor Abraham Alex Tanuseputra.Dennis Balcombe, China's Opening Door: Incredible Stories of the Holy Spirit at Work in One of the Greatest Revivals in Christianity, Charisma Media, USA, 2014, page 183-184 It included his family and 7 people. By 1987, the Church had 2,000 members. It was a member of the Indonesian Bethel Church (Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)) until 2003, when the regional section Bethany Indonesian Church became independent. In 2000, the church inaugurated a 20,000-seat temple that will reach 35,000 places after renovations, in 2009.ALS, Graha Nginden Bethany Church, als.fgtv.com, South Korea, 2014Michael Wilkinson, Global Pentecostal Movements: Migration, Mission, and Public Religion, Brill, Leiden, 2012, page 107
In 2025, the Church had 140,000 people. Warren Bird, World Megachurches, exponential.org, accessed February 5, 2025
Humanitarian implication Graha Bethany Nginden founded Bethany Care, a health center open to everyone that assists the needy and works frequently with the Red Cross.Christine Gudorf, Zainal Abidin, Mathen Tahun, Aspirations for Modernity and Prosperity: Symbols and Sources Behind Pentecostal/Charismatic Growth in Indonesia, Casemate Publishers, USA, 2015, page 55
Educational institutions Bethany Nginden Church has a Playground-Kindergarten-Elementary school under the name Bethany Christian School (BCS), which was founded in 2017.
See also
List of the largest evangelical churches List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
References
External links gerejabethany.org