© koninklijke brill nv, leiden, ��6 | doi �0.��63/�57 �543X- � �34�40� Exchange 45 (�0 �6) �95- �0 � brill.com/exch Review Article ∵ The Growth of the Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches in Indonesia Kees de Jong Duta Wacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia keesentuti@hotmail.com Abstract In Indonesia, a country with a Muslim majority, Pentecostal / Charismatic churches are growing in urban contexts. Young people especially are attracted by the living worship of the Pentecostal / Charismatic churches, organised very professionally with an inte- gration of multimedia, music, decor and lighting. The pop and rock music is most attractive, in combination with the sermons of the pastors which are simple and near to the daily life experiences, showing how Jesus is near to everybody, giving comfort, for- giveness, healing, direction and even material prosperity and happiness. Young people, coming from the countryside to big cities appreciate Pentecostal / Charismatic churches as a sign of modernity. As regards their relations with Islam, some Muslims do not like the worship of Pentecostal / Charismatic churches in big shopping malls. Other Muslims * Kees de Jong (b. 1951) studied pastoral theology and missiology in Heerlen and Nijmegen. Since 1992 he has been teaching missiology, theology of religions and intercultural theol- ogy in Indonesia, first in Bandung and subsequently as a missionary co-worker, supported and sent by the Protestant Church in the Netherlands and Mensen met een Missie, at Abdiel Seminary in Ungaran and at the Theological Faculty of the Duta Wacana Christian University in Yogyakarta.