Batak Christian Protestant Church
- Batak Christian Protestant Church
The Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP), which translates into the Batak Christian Protestant Church, is the largest Protestant denomination in Indonesia, with a reported membership of almost three million faithful. Its present leader is the Ephorus (or Bishop) Rev. Dr. Bonar Napitupulu.
It was founded in the 1880s by Dr. Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, of the German Rhenish Missionary Society, who worked in the District of Tapanuli in Tarutung, North Sumatra. In 1930 it became the first independent self-governing Christian body in what was then the Dutch East Indies. Tarutung and the Batak region remain the stronghold for the HKBP in the mainly Muslim nation of Indonesia, although worshippers are found throughout the country.
External links
* [http://www.hkbp.or.id Huria Kristen Batak Protestan]
* [http://www.hkbpnewyork.org Huria Kristen Batak Protestan New York]
* [http://www.serve.com/~inside/edit49/hkbp.htm Battle for the pews]
* [http://www.asia-lutheran.org Asia Lutheran Community]
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