HISTORY

Batak Christian Protestant Church, also called Huria Kristen Batak Protestant (HKBP) in Indonesian, is a church organization based in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

HKBP established as an independent church in 1930 and constituting the largest Lutheran church in Asia. It developed from the work of missionaries of the Rhenish Mission Society, established in Barmen, Germany, in 1828. Under the leadership of the German Lutheran missionary Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, the missionaries began working among the Batak people in Sumatra in 1862. Resistance to Christianity lessened slowly, and by 1880 entire tribes and villages began converting to Christianity. Nommensen translated Luther’s Small Catechism, the New Testament (1878), and several other works into the Batak language and wrote hymns and a church order for the Batak church.

By 1894 the entire Bible had been translated. Education was stressed, and many elementary schools were established in the villages. A Batak mission society extended the mission work among the people. After the HKBP was organized in 1930, the foreign missionaries began withdrawing; the last of them departed in the 1940s, during World War II and the Indonesian war for independence from the Netherlands. The HKBP was accepted as a member of the Lutheran World Federation in 1952.

Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) New York was established on December 19, 1999, and changed its name to HURIA KRISTEN BATAK PROTESTAN (HKBP) LUTHERAN CHURCH NEW YORK on April 27, 2007, following an Employer Identification Number (EIN) assignation letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Then on February 25, 2025, the congregation decided to changed the name as the original to be HKPB New York City and registered at Queens County Clerk.

HKBP New York City shall be an interdependent part of the Head Quarter of Huria Kristen Batak Protestan in Indonesia or its successor. Also, HKBP New York City acknowledges its relationship with the head quarter of Huria Kristen Batak Protestan in Indonesia.

WHO WE ARE

OUR MISSION

HKBP New York City mission is to improve the quality of the congregation, through qualified church services to be able to perform the mandate of the Jesus Christ in personal life, family life, and community life, to face the challenges of the 21st century.

OUR VISION

HKBP New York City evolved into an inclusive church, dialogue and open, as well as capable and powerful developing quality of life in the love of the Jesus Christ, together with all the people in the global community, especially the Christian community, for the glory of God the Father almighty.

OUR LOCATION

Located in New York City, we serve as an inclusive church fostering dialogue and community among Christians and all people for God's glory.

Address

1234 NEW YORK, NY 10022

Hours

2 PM - 6 PM

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