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.
6-674: The first Christian evangelism was conducted among the Karo people in 1890 by the Netherlands Missionary Society . Due to the perceived association with the colonialism of the Dutch East Indies , only a minority of the Karo converted initially, and it was not until after Indonesian independence in 1945 that Christianity acquired significant support among the Karo people. The church has 276,000 members (as of 2006) in 398 congregations with 196 pastors. Member of
12-507: A Christian denomination is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Netherlands Missionary Society The Netherlands Missionary Society (Dutch: Nederlandsch Zendelinggenootschap ) was a Dutch Protestant missionary society founded in 1797 in Rotterdam that was involved in sending workers to countries such as Indonesia during the Dutch occupation and China during
18-649: The Qing dynasty . It sent out Joseph Kam in 1814 to Ambon and he served in the Maluku Islands until his death in 1833. Other notable missions were to Maluku , Sumatra and to Java . This society was the first to follow the example set by the London Missionary Society in seeking to enter China. It sent out Rev. Karl Gützlaff in 1826, with some duties as chaplain under the Dutch government. He reached Java in 1827, but in 1829 he left
24-810: The World Communion of Reformed Churches . As of 2020, GBKP has 400,000 active members in 27 classis and 773 congregations. The Head Office from GBKP or "Gereja Batak Karo Protestan" is located at Pala Bangun Captain Street No 66 Kabanjahe in North Sumatera. From 2020, Pdt. Krismas Imanta Barus acts as the Chairperson, Pdt. Yunus Bangun as the General Secretary, and Mulia Perangin-angin as the Treasurer. This article about
30-583: The Bible. He also issued many historical and religious books. He was followed by Rev. Herman Rottger in 1832, who labored in Macau and Hong Kong until 1846, when he retired, and the Netherlands Mission ceased to exist. Dr. Gützlaff died in 1851. The society published regular yearly reports in the 19th century that were used to inform donors of the proceedings. In 1897 a memorial book was published by
36-402: The service, and gave himself largely to preaching, writing and distributing Christian books, visiting the ships in the seaports of Siam , Singapore , Macau , and other places. On the death of Hon. John Robert Morrison , he succeeded him as Chinese Secretary in the government of Hong Kong , which post he held till his death. He became a very expert Chinese scholar, and prepared a translation of
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