Camelia Pasandaran – A meeting between presidential staff and a beleaguered Indonesian church at the center of an ongoing dispute with the Bogor administration was delayed on Thursday.

Bona Sigalingging, spokesman for the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin congregation, said the meeting with presidential adviser Daniel Sparingga had been delayed until next week.

The government has previously stated that it is evaluating whether the Bogor authorities abused their powers in repealing the church's building permit and sealing the site in direct violation of a Supreme Court order.

Bona told the Jakarta Globe that he was unsure why the palace had summoned congregation representatives but he expected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to intervene in the dispute in favor of the church.

"The local administration is contravening the orders of the... Supreme Court," Bona said. "Therefore, I think the executive government needs to intervene to remind and order the mayor not to stand against the national legal system. We should not let any regional heads think that their authority is higher than Supreme Court's."

Though the Bogor administration has sealed the church, the congregation continue to worship in a street near the church every Sunday. The dispute comes amid what analysts say is increasing religious intolerance in Indonesia.