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Biographies

Pdt. Billy Kristanto, Ph.D., Th.D.

Pdt. Aiter, M.Div.

Ev. David Tong, Ph.D.

Rev. Billy Kristanto, Ph.D., Th.D.

Billy Kristanto

After finishing his harpsichord study at Hochschule der Kuenste (Berlin) in 1996, Billy continued his music study in the Royal Conservatory (Den Haag) under famous harpsichordist and conductor Ton Koopman. Upon his graduation in 1998, Billy returned back to Indonesia to serve as Music Evangelist in the Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia (Jakarta). Since 2002, Billy serves in RECI Singapore. From 2005-2011 he continued his study at Universitaet Heidelberg where he received his Dr. phil. (2009, musicology) and Dr. theology (2011, systematic theology). His musicology dissertation, accessible online, is titled "Musical Settings of Psalm 51 in Germany c. 1600-1750 in the Perspectives of Reformational Music Aesthetics" while his theology dissertaion is published by Peter Lang with a title "Soli Dei Gloria: The Glory of God in the Thought of John Calvin." Besides these two dissertations, Billy also published two sermons collections with the title of "Ajarlah Kami Bertumbuh" and "Ajarlah Kami Bergumul," an editor of "Aspek-aspek Dalam Pemikiran John Calvin," and recently "Aku, Diriku, dan Kebajikan," all published by Momentum Publisher (Surabaya). Since November 2012 Billy serve as a senior pastor of GRII Kelapa Gading (Jakarta) and is currently a consultant pastor of MRII Berlin, Hamburg, PRII Munich, Bern, and Stockholm. Billy is married to Suzianty and theya are blessed with four children: Gottlob, Gottlieb, Gottfried, and Gottreu.

Rev. Aiter, M.Div.

Aiter

Rev. Aiter finished his Bachelor of Communication from Bina Nusantara (Jakarta) and Master od Divinity from the International Reformed Evangelical Seminary (Jakarta). He served as a snior pastor of the Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia (RECI) Batam, RECI Medan, RECI Palembang, and RECI Kebon Jeruk (Jakarta). He also teaches at the Reformed Evangelical School of Theology for laymen and an Old Testament lecturer at the International Reformed Evangelical Seminary. He is currently undertaking his Th.M. study at the Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia). Through RECI's regional gospel rallies, Aiter has preached the gospel to numerous cities and remote villages all around Indonesia. Aiter is married to Go Sianny Gunawan and they are blessed with four children: Luther (2004), Trifena and Trifosa (2007), and Felicia (2009).

Ev. David Tong, Ph.D.

David Tong

Ev. David received the calling to be a full time pastor when he was 12 years old. Post graduation from Calvin College in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Philosophy in 1999, David pursued doctoral study in Physics, concentrating in Experimental Atomic, Optical and Molecular Physics at the University of Connecticut (graduated 2010) and theological study (M.A.R.) at the Wesminster Theological Seminary (graduated 2010). David is currently he finishing his doctoral pogram in Apologetics at the Westminster Theological Seminary and a lecturer of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at the International Reformed Evangelical Seminary (Jakarta). David also serves as pastor and care-taker of several Reformed Evangelical Chapels of Indonesia (MRII) and Indonesian Reformed Fellowship in the United States. David is married to Fonny Adisatrio and they are blessed with four children: Daniel (2002), Grace (2006), Jehonathan (2009), and Athalia (2011).