The focus of our Discovery Trip in 2009 was to understand the broad condition of the science and technology in Indonesia. We visited scientists, government research institutions, companies, universities, and Indonesia legislative body (DPR). …
In the late 2008, we conducted discovery trip to understand the characteristic of Indonesia’s middle class. This discovery trip was a follow up of OMC 15 that discussed the shrinking of life space and livelihood of Indonesians. We found that Indonesians middle class was characterized by their purchasing power and their strong supporter of the elite.…
In 2007, FICA has been invited to be part of a team that prepared the testimony of refugees from various sectarian conflicts in Indonesia. The testimony and facts were presented to the international body as well as US and Indonesian governments.…
We visited 5 universities (2 Christian based, 1 Muslim based, and 2 Secular-National based) and 2 high schools (Christian and government sponsored) in Makasar during our Discovery Trip in 2007. Our objectives were to see the penetration of Shariah Islam into education system and to understand the condition of education system outside Java.…
John R W Stott has been one of the most influential Christian thinkers in our time. His legacy can be found in the transformed individuals, institutions, and churches through his school, the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. …
In 2007, we were part of a team that conducted a study to assess the penetration, the influence, and the perception of Shariah law in Indonesia. We conducted discovery trips to assess in 4 major public segments: economic/business, church, university, and government. We focused our study in Makasar where the strongest push for the implementation of Shariah law existed outside Aceh. We would discuss the summary our finding on economic/business in this writing.…
Count it all joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials. We saw how these verses from the book of James came alive during our 8th discovery trip. In the summer of 2006, we visited few churches in the eastern part of Indonesia particularly those serving the under-developed area in Indonesia. The average member of these churches was less than 50 people. Sometime the membership was less than 3 family unit.…
Following up our interviews with the alumni, we went ahead to interview institutions and public leaders in the field of science and technology. Our intention was to combine both perspectives to have complete understanding on the context of our calling in Indonesia. …
Our 6th Discovery Trip (DT) theme is “Preparing to go back to Indonesia”. In the summer of 2005, we interviewed several alumni that have returned to Indonesia for few months to 2 years. There were common challenges such as traffic jams, lack of regulations and laws, chaos, hot weather and hot temper of the people. However, the pressure felt by the alumni is really high especially for the newly returned. Internally, the newly returned alumni want to pursue the ideal vision or dream. Externally, they are facing pressure from their family, friends, work, and society to conform to the norm. The tension, existed between the internal and external pressures, energizes the newly returned alumni, especially the alumni with strong conviction to their vision.…
We conducted the 5th Discovery Trip to Indonesia in 2004. The broad objective of the DT was to gain more understanding about corruption, collusion, and nepotism or KKN in Indonesia. We visited experts in the field of economics and law. …
