{"id":96831,"date":"2026-07-22T07:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=96831"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:28:35","slug":"muslim-mob-shuts-down-worship-service-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/muslim-mob-shuts-down-worship-service-in-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Una turba musulmana interrumpe un servicio de adoraci\u00f3n en Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>During a worship service on Sunday, July 19, at Christ the Answer Tabernacle Pentecostal Church (GPT) in Medan City in Indonesia\u2019s North Sumatra Province, an angry mob of Muslims forced the church to shut down, claiming it lacked a building permit. A video of the incident has surfaced online. For nearly nine years, the church has struggled to obtain the necessary permits from the Medan City government. There has been no clear answer for the repeated denials. Church administrators routinely\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Church administrators routinely\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[1057],"class_list":["post-96831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","series-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71470,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/muslims-protest-church-construction-in-indonesia\/","url_meta":{"origin":96831,"position":0},"title":"Muslims Protest Church Construction in Indonesia","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"julio 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Muslim Community Development and Empowerment Agency (BP2UI) in\u00a0Gunung\u00a0Putri,\u00a0Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia,\u00a0protested\u00a0the construction of the St. Vincentius A. 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