I. Incidents Nov 1997 - Present
 

Nov 13, 1997 Blitar, East Java (source: FKKI)
Gereja Utusan Pentakosta (Pentecostal Church) and GTdI church were burnt.

Nov 16, 1997 Bantul, Java (source: FKKI)
Gereja Persekutuan Injil Bethel Indonesia (GPIBI, Indonesia Gospel Fellowship Bethel Church) was forced to be closed by mobs.

Nov 21, 1997 Tenggarong, East Kalimantan (source: FKK-Sulawesi)
GKKA Church was forced to be closed by the local authority.

Nov 24, 1997 Yogyakarta, Central Java (individual report on ficanet)
GKJ (Javanese Christian Church) was attacked and stoned by mobs.

Nov 25, 1997 Lampung, Sumatera
Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia Cempaka Putih (Mennonite Christian Church) was vandalized and burnt by mobs.

Nov 26, 1997 Bantul, Central java
Gereja Perhimpunan Injili Baptis Indonesia (Baptist Church) was forced to be closed by the local authority.

Dec 23, 1997 Serpong, West Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
Gereja Kristen Oikumene (Ecumenical Christian Church) was burnt right after they celebrated the Christmas service.

Dec 23, 1997 Songgon, East java (source: FKKI)
Gereja Pentakosta di Indonesia (Pentecostal Church in Indonesia) was burnt and vandalized by mobs.

Dec 25, 1997 Subang, West Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
Gereja Protestan Indonesia Bagian Barat (GPIB, Indonesian Protestant  Church Western Region) was forced to stop their Christmas service by mobs from outside the neighborhood.

Dec 25, 1997 Bogor, West Java (source: FKK_jabar)
Gereja Injili Di Indonesia (GIDI, Evangelical Church in Indonesia) was asked not to hold their weekly Sunday service during the fasting month of the Muslims by local authority.

Dec 29, 1997 Banjar, West Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
Gereja Masehi Advent hari Ke Tujuh (Seveth Day Advent Church) (GMAHK) was forced to be demolished by the local authority without any legal or logical reason. MUI (Indonesian Council of Muslim Scholars) was
behind this incident.

Jan 5, 1998 Bandung, West Java (Soruce: FKK-Jabar)
Riots with over 10,000 people. 90 stores owned by Ethnic Chinese  and 10 cars were vandalized or destroyed.

Jan 25, 1998 Rembang and Kragan, Central Java (CNN)
A duty policeman at Rembang said the situation was back to normal after  rioting in Kragan on Monday night and Sarang the following night in which  a total of 20 shops and a house were damaged.

Jan 26, 1998 Kragan, Central Java (Source: FKK-jabar)
Around 3000 rioters vandalized two churches and and a handful of stores owned by Ethnic Chinese.

Jan 26, 1998 Rembang, Central Java (source: FKKI)
A Catholic church was burnt down. Priests were intimidated not to rebuild the facility.

Jan 27, 1998 Sarang, Central Java (soruce: FKK-Jabar)
Around 1000 rioters rampaged stores owned by Ethnic Chinese.

Jan 28, 1998 Sluke Village, Central Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
Around 1000 rioters vandalized stores.

Jan 28, 1998 Banjarjo Village, Central Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
Around 2000 rioters vandalized a church and a handful of stores.

Jan 28, 1998 Padangan Village, Central Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
Riots started but police were able to control the situation. No major damages.

Jan 28, 1998 Rembang, Central Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
More than 15 stores and churches were vandalized.

Feb 1, 1998 Donggala, South East Sulawesi (source: FKK-Jabar)
Rioters stoned houses and stores owned by the ethnic Chinese.

Feb 2, 1998 Sulawesi and Eastern Java (CNN)
Police and soldiers were called out Monday on the island of Sulawesi  and eastern Java to put down riots protesting higher food and fuel prices. There were no immediate reports of injuries but 30 people had been detained, authorities said.

Feb 2, 1998 Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi (source: FKK-Jabar)
50-100 young people vandalized stores owned by the ethnic Chinese.

Feb 2, 1998 Pasuruan, East Java (source: FKK-Jabar)
8 stores owned by ethnic Chinese and Christians were vandalized by rioters.

Feb 2, 1998 Banawa, Central Sulawesi (source: AFP)
2,000 people pelted shops with stones. Shops were owned by ethnic chinese.

Feb 4, 1998 Lampung, Sumatera (source: FKK-Lampung)
Gereja Kemenangan Iman (Faith Victory Church) and Gereja Penyebar Injil Indonesia (Gospel Evangelist Church Indonesia) were burnt and vandalized.

Feb 7, 1998 Bima, West Nusa Tenggara (source: FKK-Jabar)
About 100 people went to the Provincial Parliament Office demanding response from government on the uprising prices of the nine basic neccesities. Then a group of people could not restrain themselves and started to attack and burn shops owned by Ethnic Chinese.

Feb 8, 1998 Ende, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (source: Media)
Hundreds of mob attacked stores owned by Ethnic Chinese. One person found dead. The incident was trigered by the uprising prices on the nine basic necessities.

Feb 9, 1998 Krian, java (source: Harian Surya news)
Stores owend by Ethnic Chinese vandalized by mobs. The damage was very devastating and left a deep trauma among the Ethnic Chinese.
 

II. General condition (based on eyewitnesses on Ficanet Christian Communication Internet Discussion forum)
1. People have been rushing to stores to get whatever they could get.
2. In Bandung, West Java, people were desparate for food. A mother found herself helpless with her baby crying for milk, after two days without milk and could only afford water.
3. In Lampung, a family rushed to a hospital. On their way to the hospital, the father died. When they got to the hospital one of the children died as well. The mother and another children were hospitalized due to lack of nutrition. They could only eat once a week, and even that was not very healthy nor nutritious food.
4. Robbery is everywhere. Restaurants during business hours have been robbed. Wedding receptions have been targets of robbery as well. People are afraid to go out in general.
5. A high anti-Ethnic Chinese sentiment is every where. A lot of Ethnic Chinese are afraid to go out, even to go to work. Even worse, several public figures, including government officials have been making a lot of racial remarks, which believed is part of the  social setup to change the central issue of the turmoil, which is a demand on political reform, into side issues such as an anti-Ethnic Chinese sentiment and anti-Christian sentiment.
 

III. Statistic of Church Persecutions in Indonesia, taken from
"Beginikah Kemerdekaan Kita?" (Is This Our Independence?) by FKKI.
 

Statistic of Church Persecutions, from 1945 - NOV. 1997.
Year      :1945-54 : 1955-64 : 1965-74 : 1975-84 : 1985-94 : 95-Nov.97:
Number  :     0     :      2      :      46     :      89    :     132    : 121 :
Accumulat :  0     :      2      :      48     :     137   :     269    : 390 :
 
 

By Geographical Location, 1945 - NOV. 1997.
East Java                116 Churches
West Java                86 Churches
Central Java             45 Churches
South Sulawesi         37 Churches
Kalimantan               31 Churches
Jakarta                     21 Churches
ACeh, N. Sumatera  12 Churches
Yogyakarta              11 Churches
Bali                           5 Churches
Others                     12 Churches
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Total                      390 Churches
 

Note:
FKK-Jabar = Christian Communication Forum - West Java
FKKI = Indonesian Christian Communication Forum
FKK-Lampung = Christian Communication Forum - Lampung