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A Karo people church affiliated with Karo Batak Protestant Church (GBKP). Kabanjahe, Karo Regency, North Sumatra. The Gereja Batak Karo Protestan or Karo Batak Protestant Church is the largest church among the largely Christian Karo people of North Sumatra, Indonesia. It was established formally in 1941. The first Christian evangelism was ...
In the last quarter of the 19th century, further missionaries of the RMG were sent out to the other Batak tribes (Angkola, Dairi, Simalungun, Karo, and Pakpak). Church in Balige, North Sumatra, built since 1917 Church in Medan, North Sumatra, built since 1952 The Interior, Altar, and Pulpit of HKBP Balige The Interior, Altar, and Pulpit of HKBP ...
The Gereja Batak Karo Protestan or Karo Batak Protestant Church is the largest church among the largely Christian Karo people of North Sumatra, Indonesia. This tribal congregation was established formally in 1941 as a Reformed-Calvinist church. The church has 276,000 members (as of 2006) in 398 congregations with 196 pastors. [7]
The Batak Christian Community Church (Indonesian: Gereja Punguan Kristen Batak) is a Lutheran denomination in Indonesia. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, which it joined in 1972. It is affiliated with the Christian Conference of Asia, the Communion of Churches in Indonesia, and the World Council of Churches.
The church reported steady growth. The church connected and established formal link to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. [1] [2] [3] The church has long history since the migrating of millions of Javanese to the island of Sumatra. The Christian Church of Central Java began mission work among these Javanese population in Sumatra. In 1952 ...
It is a national multi-ethnic church, scattered over 25 out of the 32 provinces of Indonesia. [4] The denomination is one of the biggest Protestant churches in Indonesia and is part of the Protestant Church in Indonesia. According to the recent statistics the church is growing rapidly, has 1,305,000 adherents and members.
Protestant Church in Western Indonesia – 0.6 million [164] Evangelical Christian Church of the Land of Papua – 0.6 million [165] Protestant Church of Maluku – 0.6 million [166] Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa – 0.5 million [167] Reformed Church in Romania – 0.5 million [168] Toraja Church – 0.4 million [169]
The Protestant Church in Indonesia was formed in Ambon, Maluku, in 1605 under the name of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands Indies, in Dutch De Protestantsche Kerk in Nederlandsch-Indië. It is the first Protestant and Reformed church to be founded in Asia.