Protestant Church in Indonesia

Protestant Church in Indonesia
Gereja Protestan di Indonesia
Classification	Protestant
Theology	Reformed
Polity	Presbyterian
Associations	World Communion of Reformed Churches[1]
Region	Indonesia
Origin	1605 Ambon, Maluku
Congregations	4,800
Members	3,100,000[2]

The Protestant Church in Indonesia (Indonesian: Gereja Protestan di Indonesia, GPI) is a Reformed church; it is a member of World Communion of Reformed Churches.^[3]

Origin

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. The denomination inherited the missions left by the Portuguese. The church supported missions all over Indonesia. Its territories cover several areas like the Maluku Islands, Minahasa, Java, Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara.

Member churches

In the 1930s, the church spread rapidly. The church composed of 12 autonomous churches

• Evangelical Christian Church in Timor,
• Protestant Church in Western Indonesia,
• Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa,
• Protestant Church of Maluku,
• Protestant Church in Indonesia in Papua,
• Evangelical Christian Church in Taulud – 17,437 members
• Indonesian Protestant Church in Gorontalo – 11,103 member
• Indonesian Protestant Church in Donggala – 30,114 members
• Indonesian Protestant Church Baggai Kepulawan – 29,008 members
• Indonesian Protestant Church Buol Tolitoli – 11,027 members
• Christian Church Luwuk Banggai – 42,611 members
• Indonesian Ecumenical Christian Church – 188 members^[4]

In the 20th century, it adopted a more Presbyterian church order. It has 4,800 congregations and 3.1 million members.^[5]

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Protestant
denominations

Protestant Church in Indonesia

Indonesian Protestant Church in Buol Toli-Toli Indonesian Protestant Church in Donggala Indonesian Protestant Church in Gorontalo Luwu Indonesian Protestant Church Christian Church in Luwuk Banggai Protestant Church of Maluku Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa Christian Evangelical Church in Timor Protestant Church in Western Indonesia

other Protestant denominations

national Indonesian Christian Church Synod Gereja-Gereja Reformasi Calvinis Gereja-Gereja Reformasi di Indonesia Gereja Jemaat Protestan di Indonesia Methodist Church in Indonesia The Pilgrim's Churches Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church regional Protestant Christian Church in Bali Christian Evangelical Church in Bolaang Mongondow Central Sulawesi Christian Church Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera East Java Christian Church Javanese Christian Church Karo Batak Protestant Church Evangelical Church in Kalimantan Indonesian Christian Church of North Sumatera Pasundan Christian Church The Nusantara Evangelical Reformed Church Evangelical Christian Church of the Land of Papua Christian Evangelical Church in Sangihe-Talaud Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi Christian Church of Southern Sumatra Christian Church of Sumba Toraja Church Toraja Mamasa Church Protestant Church of West Kalimantan

Evangelical
denominationsAnglicanismLutheranismCatholic ChurchEastern
Orthodox

Canonical Eastern Orthodox	Metropolitanate of Singapore and South Asia (diocese of Ecumenical Patriarchate)
Old Calendarist	Indonesia Orthodox Church (diocese for Indonesia of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece)

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