{"id":3333,"date":"2022-04-27T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2022-05-03T16:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:15:15","slug":"stories-of-christian-martyrs-surabaya-church-bombings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/stories-of-christian-martyrs-surabaya-church-bombings\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of Christian Martyrs: Surabaya Church Bombings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was 7:30 on a Sunday morning when two brothers, ages sixteen and eighteen, rode their motorcycles to the Santa Maria Catholic Church in Surabaya, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/indonesia\/?_source_code=VSLEG02I2\">Indonesia<\/a>, and detonated their explosives, killing themselves and six others in the blast.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five minutes later, the boys\u2019 father drove a car filled with explosives<br>into the Surabaya Center Pentecostal Church. The bombs detonated<br>outside the building, killing the driver and six churchgoers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another part of town, the boys\u2019 mother and two sisters, ages nine and twelve, approached the Diponegoro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/indonesia\/?_source_code=VSLEG02I2\">Indonesian <\/a>Christian Church with explosives strapped to their bodies. When a security guard stopped<br>them, they detonated their explosives, killing themselves and the security<br>guard. No church members were killed in the blast.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vom-subscribe-ad\">\r\n\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/plugins\/vom-custom-block-subscribe-ad\/assets\/magazine-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-button\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Request your free magazine<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/free-magazine\/?_source_code=VSTORYM1\" class=\"wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to our free magazine\">Subscribe<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\n\n\n<p>A single family attacked three separate churches within a span of ten minutes. Twelve Christians were killed, and more than forty men and<br>women were injured.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after the attacks, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the bombings. Investigators eventually learned that the family had spent time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/syria\/?_source_code=VSLEG02S5\">Syria <\/a>and was working with the group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, an Indonesian militant group with close ties to ISIS.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/indonesia\/?_source_code=VSLEG02I2\">Indonesia<\/a> is the most populous Muslim nation in the world. Although<br>attacks against Christians there have become less common in recent<br>years, radicalization is a growing problem. The bombings in Surabaya,<br>generally known as a peaceful community, marked the first incident of<br>church bombings in the city.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of instilling fear in local Christians, however, the bombings have brought them together. \u201cWhat they expect is that we will suspect each other, hate each other, and close ourselves so they can easily do more terror,\u201d said one church leader. But the church members stood together, taking care of their wounded and even starting the rebuilding process. They will not be driven away by fear. \u201cFather, forgive them, for they don\u2019t know what they are doing,\u201d said the church leader, echoing the prayer of Jesus on the cross.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.<br>1 Corinthians 12:26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story is an excerpt from Foxe: Voices of the Martyrs. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/foxe\/offer\/?_source_code=VSAEG01\"><em>You can get your own copy free with any donation to The Voice of the Martyrs.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was 7:30 on a Sunday morning when two brothers, ages sixteen and eighteen, rode their motorcycles to the Santa Maria Catholic Church in Surabaya, Indonesia, and detonated their explosives, killing themselves and six others in the blast. Five minutes later, the boys\u2019 father drove a car filled with explosivesinto the Surabaya Center Pentecostal Church. The bombs detonatedoutside the building, killing the driver and six churchgoers. In another part of town, the boys\u2019 mother and two sisters, ages nine and twelve, approached the Diponegoro Indonesian Christian Church with explosives strapped to their bodies. When a security guard stoppedthem, they detonated their explosives, killing themselves and the securityguard. No church members were killed in the blast. A single family attacked three separate churches within a span of ten minutes. Twelve Christians were killed, and more than forty men andwomen were injured. Shortly after the attacks, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the bombings. Investigators eventually learned that the family had spent time in Syria and was working with the group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, an Indonesian militant group with close ties to ISIS. 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