Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
1-1-1959
Document Type
Article
Keywords
batak church, christian, lutheran, missionary, faith, baptized, barak, indonesia, protestant, rhenish, animistic
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
When the Batak Protestant Christian Church in Indonesia applied for membership in the Lutheran World Federation in 1951, one of the largest Christian church bodies in the non-West was catapulted out of relative obscurity into a limelight position on the stage of world Lutheranism. Some were quick to question the Lutheran character of the Batak Church. Chiefly they asked these questions: How can the Batak Church be Lutheran when it was founded by the Rhenish Mission Society, a combination of Lutheran and Reformed elements? And how can the Batak Church be Lutheran when it has not officially adopted the 16th-century Lutheran Confessions?
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Ellwanger, Jospeh
(1959)
"The Batak Protestant Christian Church,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 30, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol30/iss1/1
