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Rhenish Missionary Society

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history of the Batak Protestant Christian Church

  • In Batak Protestant Christian Church

    …work of missionaries of the Rhenish Mission Society, established in Barmen, Ger., 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…

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    In Christianity: Missions to South East Asia and the Pacific

    …the mid-19th century the German Rhenish Missionary Society enabled the Batak Church of Sumatra to grow in size and strength and to provide leadership for the nation. Other strong churches developed in various parts of the predominantly Muslim country.

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