All Saints Church, Jakarta
All Saints Anglican Church, Jakarta, also known as All Saints Jakarta, is an Anglican church located in Kebon Sirih Administrative Village, Menteng, Jakarta. It is the only Anglican parish in Indonesia but there are over 30 other Anglican churches throughout Indonesia. The church is located in Jalan Arief Rahman Hakim, close to the Farmer's Statue. It is among the oldest church in Indonesia and was built in 1832. The church of All Saints Anglican Church Jakarta contains memorials to British soldiers who fell during World War I and World War II, as well as earlier memorials e.g. Lieutenant Colonel William Campbell (died in 1811).[1] 6°10′59″S 106°50′06″E / 6.183009°S 106.83511°E
History
Land in Batavia was purchased by Rev. John Slater of the London Missionary Society in 1819 to establish a station for chaplains to disembark to Asian countries such as China or Japan. This makes All Saints Anglican Church amongst one of the first English-speaking institutions in Indonesia.[2] On 7 January 1822, Reverend Walter Henry Medhurst was sent by London Missionary Society to work among the Chinese. In the same year, he built a bamboo church on the land.[3] The bamboo church lasted until 1828 when a new church was built. The building was finished in 1829 in a Georgian Style, without the extensions (the chancel, the sanctuary and the porch). At that time it was called Anglican Church - in Dutch Engelse Kerk or in Indonesian Gereja Inggris.[4]
The church became affiliated with the Church of England and the original layout was changed. A sanctuary was added in 1851. A small organ was installed in 1857. This is replaced with a larger organ which was placed in a newly built special room in 1863. In 1924, these two extensions were combined to form the chancel and sanctuary, the layout that exists to this day. In 1883, the British Protestant Community took over the church property. As a result, the name of the church was changed into Church of the British Protestant Community (BPC). Electricity was installed in 1909.[3]
The British Protestant community continued to own the property until April 1965, when the Australian ambassador Mick Shann transferred the property to the Indonesian Council of Churches as a gift. The church became known as All Saints Anglican Church in 1970 and currently serves an international community of more than 30 nationalities.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Anglican Church". Jakarta Tourism. Jakarta Tourism & Culture Office. 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
- ^ Lim, Anne (2019-01-31). "The murder in the vicarage of historic Jakarta church". Eternity News. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ a b "All Saints' Anglican Church Jakarta, Indonesia" (PDF). Diocesan Digest-Diocese of Singapore. 186/76 (149). Secretary of Synod of the Diocese of Singapore: 1–4. January 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ a b "All Saints Church". All Saints Jakarta. 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
Further reading
- Lake, Rev. Andrew. All Saints Jakarta: Changes and Chances. Jakarta: All Saints Church. 2004. ISBN 9789799796493
External links
- (in Indonesian) All Saints Jakarta website