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Protestantism (Indonesian: Protestanisme) is one of the six approved religions in Indonesia, the others being Islam, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It constitutes the bulk of Christianity in Indonesia , which is the second largest religion in the country after Islam.
Both Protestant and Catholic missionaries were active in the 19th century, with conversions from tribal religions and Islam. Apart from Europeans in Indonesia, Non Europeans catholics were numbered at 26,000 in 1900, however that number had grown to half a milion by 1940. Non European Protestants had grown from 285,000 to 1.7 million in 1940.
The Sukarno era was characterised by a "distrust" between religion and the state; [31] an example of this was the passing of a presidential edict in late January 1965 (still completely in force today and will be partially repealed starting 2026) which alongside attempting to ban religious blasphemy also explicitly declared in its explanatory ...
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. In 1619, the headquarters was moved to Batavia.
With a membership of 4,133,000, [3] the church synod is the largest among the Protestant churches in Indonesia it is one of the largest Protestant churches in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, making it the third largest religious organization in Indonesia after Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah. [4] Its present leader is Ephorus Victor Tinambunan. [5]
Protestant Church in Indonesia – 3.1 million [154] United Church in Zambia – 3.0 million [155] Evangelical Church of Cameroon – 2.5 million [156] Christian Evangelical Church in Timor – 2.0 million [157] Protestant Church of Switzerland – 1.9 million [158] Protestant Church in the Netherlands – 1.4 million [159]
The Indonesian Christian Church (Huria Kristen Indonesia, HKI) is a Lutheran denomination in Indonesia, member of the Lutheran World Federation [1] and the World Council of Churches. [2] The HKI was established in 1927, asserting its autonomy and self-government from the Rhenish Missionary Society, from Germany.
The Protestant Christian Church of Nias (Indonesian: Orahua Niha Keriso Protestan) is a Lutheran denomination in Nias, North Sumatra. The Rhenish Missionary Society started work in Nias under leadership of E. Ludwig Denninger in 1865. Until the 1900's, when the Dutch colonial period came, the progress of the denomination was very slow. In 1890 ...