Nginden Bethany Church
church in Surabaya, Indonesia
Nginden Bethany Church (Indonesian: Graha Bethany Nginden) 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. 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.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Nginden Bethany Church” as church in Surabaya, Indonesia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as church in Surabaya, Indonesia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27860378. Authority coordinates are -7.307, 112.772. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2020, 1977 and 1987.
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