1st state Christian institute opens

1st state Christian institute opens

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Minister of Religious
Affairs Said Agil Hussein Al-Munawwar inaugurated the country's
first state Christian institute here on Wednesday.

He said that with the opening of the Palangkaraya State
Christian Institute (STAKN), Central Kalimantan was the first
province to have three state religious institutes -- the
Palangkaraya State Islamic Institute (IAIN), the Tampung Penyang
State Hindu Institute (STAH) and the STKAN.

The inauguration of STAKN was held on the Palangkaraya
Christian University campus and was attended by Central
Kalimantan Deputy Governor Nahson Taway.

STAKN was originally the Christian Theology Academy, which was
established in 1982 but was renamed the Eka Sinta Christian
Institute three years later. On Aug. 28, 1993, the institute was
merged into the School of Theology at Palangkaraya Christian
University. --Antara