The Batak Christian Protestant Church, abbreviated as HKBP, is the Lutheran church among the Batak ethnic group, generally the Toba Batak people of Indonesia. This church uses an Ecumenical worship st
HKBP Headquarters Complex in Pearaja, Tarutung, North Sumatra
Church in Balige, North Sumatra, built since 1917
Church in Medan, North Sumatra, built since 1952
The Interior, Altar, and Pulpit of HKBP Balige
Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen
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Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen was a German Lutheran missionary to Batak lands, North Sumatra. He also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language and the first Ephorus of Batak Christian Pro
Batak Christian Protestant Church
…made in 1861 by several missionaries sent out by the German Rhenish Missionary Society (RMG). The first Bataks were baptized during this year. In 1864, Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen of the RMG reached the Batak region and founded a village called "Huta Dame" (village of peace) in the district of North Tapanuli Regency in Tarutung…
Gereja Dame (Dame Church) at Saitnihuta, Tarutung, North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, the first church built by Nommensen in 1865 that became the foothold of Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP)
The monument of Nommensen at Silindung Valley, North Tapanuli Regency, that was dedicated on 27 December 1932 and later destroyed by Japanese soldiers in 1942 during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies