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'''Petrus Kafiar''' (died 1926) was an evangelist active on [[Irian Jaya]].
The son of a headman, Kafiar was a native of [[Supiori Island]];<ref name="Anderson1999"></ref> his date of birth has been given variously as 1864<ref></ref> and c. 1873.<ref name="Anderson1999"/> When he was seven years old he was kidnapped during a raid, and was sold for fifty [[florin]]s to a [[Molucca]]n carpenter, a Christian, and his wife;<ref name="StrathernStewart2000"></ref> an [[Indonesia]]n missionary couple at [[Mansinam]] paid to ensure his liberation. He received his baptism in 1887.<ref name="Anderson1999"/> In 1892 he and another Papuan, Timotheus Awendu, were sent under the auspices of the Mansinam mission to attend the Depok Seminary to study for missionary work.<ref name="AritonangSteenbrink2008"></ref> Kafiar became a teacher-preacher, serving in various locations before returning in 1908 to the village of his birth. He went on to become a pioneer of missionary work in [[Biak]].<ref name="Anderson1999"/> He was fluent in both [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Malay language|Malay]], which added to his appeal among the Biaks,<ref name="Rutherford2003"></ref> who came to be seen as the most successful of those groups Christianized under the Dutch.<ref name="Penders2002"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1926 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Papua (province)]]
[[Category:Converts to Christianity]]
[[Category:Indonesian missionaries]]
[[Category:Christian missionaries in Indonesia]]
The son of a headman, Kafiar was a native of [[Supiori Island]];<ref name="Anderson1999"></ref> his date of birth has been given variously as 1864<ref></ref> and c. 1873.<ref name="Anderson1999"/> When he was seven years old he was kidnapped during a raid, and was sold for fifty [[florin]]s to a [[Molucca]]n carpenter, a Christian, and his wife;<ref name="StrathernStewart2000"></ref> an [[Indonesia]]n missionary couple at [[Mansinam]] paid to ensure his liberation. He received his baptism in 1887.<ref name="Anderson1999"/> In 1892 he and another Papuan, Timotheus Awendu, were sent under the auspices of the Mansinam mission to attend the Depok Seminary to study for missionary work.<ref name="AritonangSteenbrink2008"></ref> Kafiar became a teacher-preacher, serving in various locations before returning in 1908 to the village of his birth. He went on to become a pioneer of missionary work in [[Biak]].<ref name="Anderson1999"/> He was fluent in both [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Malay language|Malay]], which added to his appeal among the Biaks,<ref name="Rutherford2003"></ref> who came to be seen as the most successful of those groups Christianized under the Dutch.<ref name="Penders2002"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1926 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Papua (province)]]
[[Category:Converts to Christianity]]
[[Category:Indonesian missionaries]]
[[Category:Christian missionaries in Indonesia]]
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