A Short History of the Protestant Religion in Timor

The history of the protestant religion in Timor-Leste is based on two church dominatings, namely the Christian Church in Timor Lorosae and the Gospel Church of the Assembly of God. The protestant church was destroyed in Timor-Leste from the beginning of Portuguese times. The history of protestant in Timor-Leste was related to the Dutch occupation of the Maubara territory, Liquisa Municipality in 1756 and the island of In 1851 there was an agreement by the governments of the Netherlands and Portuguese to replace Maubara’s enclave to Portuguese Timor and the island of flores and Holanda

At that time, the Christian church was unable to develop because of the loss of resources, the lack of power to organize itself. And after its existence and history was lost because of the strong influence of the Portuguese state and the cathrean religion.

The history of the protestant and then appeared in Atauro in the 1970s through the missionary of Alor Indonesia named Pdt. Maten and managed to exist to you today through the Gospel Church of the Assembly of God. And the Christian Church in Timor Lorosae, and it was in the Indonesian occupation.

The first evangelical Church of the Assembly of God was established in Vila Verde Dili in 1971 by the Portuguese By name Francisco Miguel Coias.

After the church was established and consolidated, IEAD sent In Atauro Pdt. Gomez was able to build, and the church was called a place of history in Israel. The church in Atauro is in the form of Belem, Nasare, Dothan, Jericho, Sinai, Ebenhazer, Horeb, Isaac, Silo, Carmelo, To this end, you now exist throughout Timor-Leste with 50 church units.

In addition, it was a part of the IPTL in 1969 It has started to grow A capella in Fatumeta and during the Indonesian occupation The Hosana Church was established on 1 December 1979 on 21 September 1980 The official document in his account was the act of building the IPTL.

New, more than 50 people from Fatumeta, Mandarin, more than 500 people, came to Hosana, more than 10 thousand. The number of people who believe in the sacred place is more than nine hundred.

Since the beginning of the Hosana Church, the IPTL has started to build, and the church has been located throughout the territory of Timor-Leste and to this end, you now have more than 12 thousand members of the IPTL.

The calendar of events, ceremonies, traditions of faith that take place in the sacred place is on Christmas.

The sacred things that are conserved and stored in it are the Holy Community, the baptism and the Bible.