Bartholomew I is the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch,since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title,he is regarded as the primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church,and as the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide.
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield was professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. He served as the last principal of the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1886 to 1902. After the death of Warfield in office,Francis Landey Patton took over the functions of the office as the first president of seminary. Some conservative Presbyterians consider him to be the last of the great Princeton theologians before the split in 1929 that formed Westminster Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
Progressive Christianity represents a postmodern theological approach,and is not necessarily synonymous with progressive politics. It developed out of the liberal Christianity of the modern era,which was rooted in the Enlightenment's thinking. Progressive Christianity is a postliberal theological movement within Christianity that,in the words of Reverend Roger Wolsey,"seeks to reform the faith via the insights of post-modernism and a reclaiming of the truth beyond the verifiable historicity and factuality of the passages in the Bible by affirming the truths within the stories that may not have actually happened."
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra,Indonesia,who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo,Pakpak,Simalungun,Toba,Angkola,and Mandailing which are related groups with distinct languages and traditional customs (adat).
Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen was a German Lutheran missionary to Batak lands,North Sumatra who also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language and the first Ephorus (bishop) of Batak Christian Protestant Church. Stephen Neill,a historian of missions,considered Nommensen one of the greatest missionaries of all time. He is commemorated as a missionary on 7 November in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church with John Christian Frederick Heyer and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg.
The Shadhili Order is a tariqah or Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by al-Shadhili in the 13th century and is followed by millions of people around the world. Many followers of the Shadhili Order are known as Shadhilis,and a single follower is known as Shadhili.
Prosperity theology is a religious belief among some Protestant Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them,and that faith,positive speech,and donations to religious causes will increase one's material wealth. Material and especially financial success is seen as a sign of divine favor.
Stephen Tong Tjong Eng is a Chinese Indonesian Reformed pastor,evangelist,teacher and musician. He heads the Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia,which houses the megachurch Messiah Cathedral,and is the largest Christian Church building in Southeast Asia. He has preached in countries around the world,and guest lectured at theological seminaries and schools.
The Huria Kristen Batak Protestan is a Lutheran church among the Batak people,generally the Toba Batak in Indonesia. It uses the Dutch Reformed style of worship due to the Dutch colonial heritage at the time it was founded. With a baptized membership of 4,500,000,it is one of the largest Protestant churches in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Its present leader is Ephorus (Bishop) Robinson Butarbutar.
Christianity is Indonesia's second-largest religion,after Islam. Indonesia also has the second-largest Christian population in Southeast Asia after the Philippines,the largest Protestant population in Southeast Asia,and the fourth-largest Christian population in Asia after the Philippines,China and India. Indonesia also has the largest Christian population in the Muslim world,Followed by Egypt. Indonesia's 28.6 million Christians constituted 11% of the country's population in 2018,with 8% Protestant (20.3 million) and 3% Catholic (8.3 million). Some provinces in Indonesia are majority Christian. In Indonesia,the word Kristen refers to Protestantism,while Catholicism is referred as Katholik. In recent times,the rate of growth and spread of Christianity has increased,especially among the Chinese minority.
Theos is a Christian religion and society think tank researching the relationship between religion,politics and society in the contemporary world. Theos aims to impact opinion around issues of faith and belief in society through research,publications,media engagement,podcasts,animated videos,and events such as debates,seminars and lectures. Theos is headquartered in the United Kingdom in Westminster,London.
Lewis Sperry Chafer was an American theologian. He co-founded Dallas Theological Seminary with his older brother Rollin Thomas Chafer (1868-1940),served as its first president,and was an influential proponent of Christian Dispensationalism in the early 20th century. John Hannah described Chafer as a visionary Bible teacher,a minister of the gospel,a man of prayer with strong piety. One of his students,Charles Caldwell Ryrie,who went on to become a world renowned theologian and scholar,stated that Chafer was an evangelist who was also "an eminent theologian."
Gereja Kristen Protestan Simalungun is a Lutheran and Reformed Protestant church formally founded to spread Christianity among the Simalungun people,a tribe living in Simalungun,North Sumatra,Indonesia. It has a baptized membership of 211,383.
Ramlan Hutahaean was an Indonesian Lutheran minister. He was the 9th General Secretary of the Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP) between 2008 and 2012.
Panusunan Pasaribu was an Indonesian civil servant and politician who served as Regent of Central Tapanuli from 1995 to 2001.
Soritua Albert Ernst Nababan was an Indonesian Lutheran minister who was elected as the ephorus (bishop) of the Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP) at its 48th Sinode Godang on 31 January 1987.
Parlindungan Wilfritz Togar Simanjuntak was an Indonesian Lutheran minister. He was a member of the People's Representative Council from 1967 until 1971 and the Ephorus (chairman) of the Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP) from 17 February 1993 to 1 November 1998.
Gereja Kristen Protestan Angkola is a church Christian Protestant synod in Indonesia with its head office in Padangsidimpuan,North Sumatra province. This church organization was officially established on October 26,1975 when it obtained autonomy from Huria Kristen Batak Protestant (HKBP),under the name HKBP-A. In 1988 it merged with the "Angkola Protestant Church (GPA)",and began to take the name "Angkola Protestant Christian Church". GKPA serves specifically the Angkola Batak community in their local language.
Robinson Butarbutar is an Indonesian religious leader who currently serves as the 17th Ephorus of Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP),a Protestant Christian denomination in Indonesia. He was ordained as a HKBP minister in May 1993 in Tangerang,West Java.
