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- ↑ "Gereja Masehi Injili di Minahasa | Profil Gereja di Indonesia". Profilgereja.wordpress.com. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ "World Communion of Reformed Churches - WCRC | Bringing together 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide". Wcrc.ch. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
