Medan.

Young Professionals Restoring Their City

2024 Cohort Program Detail

Christian Leaders’ Movement in Medan

Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia with a population of nearly 2.5 million within its city limits. Medan is a multicultural metropolis and a busy trading city. The majority of Medan's inhabitants are Muslim, comprising approximately 54% of the total population, followed by a significant Christian minority at 37%. The landscape of the city has changed dramatically for the past decade.

Why Medan?

For the past few years, a lot of first-generation Christians came back from overseas to continue their families’ business legacy, but the work culture in Medan drove them away. There are a number of young Christian entrepreneurs who choose to stay, and are aware of the importance of a Gospel-driven workplace. They are determined to make an impact in their companies and feasibly in the city of Medan.

With this great potential and enthusiasm, we are excited to see what these young entrepreneurs can do when they have learnt to integrate faith and work. With the younger generation taking over the marketplace, It is the right time to lay strong foundation of biblical view of work.

Meet our Medan City Director

Jeffrey Sukijung was born in Medan, the third largest city in Indonesia. After he studied abroad for a decade, he returned home to Medan to continue his family business. He is now CEO of Felindo, a trucking company based in the island of Sumatra. He just married his sweetheart Jenny.

But as a Christ-follower, Jeff is battling a local culture that idolizes money. Business owners remain task-oriented, and not people-oriented; overtime and non-stop work is applauded. Even in the family culture, some marketplace Christians put more faith in money than the Lord. The concept of discipleship is not well known or practiced, even in local churches.

Jeff wants to change this dynamic.

He is passionate about building a culture and community of “Whole Life Discipleship” for every day of our lives, and in every vocation to which we are called. He is driven to bring out the best in people. Discipleship has always been in his heart.

Jeff's hope and prayer is for God to call like-minded, faith-driven people in Medan to start a new breed of marketplace leader. So when asked to lead a Resource Global cohort in Medan, Jeff’s response was: “This is an answer to prayer.”