Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia

The Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia is a Confucian church established in 1955 in Indonesia, comprising the communities of practitioners of Confucianism mostly among Chinese Indonesians. Together with the Hong Kong Confucian Academy it is one of the two branches that formed after the dissolution of mainland China's Confucian Church founded by Kang Youwei in the early 20th century.

Official statistics

As of the 2022 Indonesian census, there were 74,899 Confucians in Indonesia, consisting of 0.03% of the population.

In 1883, Boen Tjhiang Soe, after being rebuilt in 1906, became the Boen Bio at Jl. Kapasan No. 131 Surabaya. The colonial Dutch called it Geredja Boen Bio or Geredja Khonghoetjoe, "Church of Confucius". At the present time it is a place of worship for Confucians in Surabaya.
In 1886, the first book of Confucius History in Indonesian, was published by Lie Kim Hok.
In 1897, the Four Books were translated in Indonesian by Njio Tjoen Ean and were published in Ambon.
In 1900, the translation and commentary of Great Learning and Doctrine of the Mean were completed by Tan Ging Tiong.
On March 17, 1900, led by the social activist Phoa Keng Hek Sia, twenty Chinese-Indonesian community leaders established Tiong Hoa Hwee Koan, a Confucianist social and educational organisation. It aimed to better the educational and social position of ethnic Chinese in the Dutch East Indies, and reform the practice of Confucianism in the Dutch colony.
In 1918, the Confucian Council of Solo was legally founded.
In 1923, a congress was held at Yogyakarta, Central Java, which established the Khong Kauw Tjong Hwee, the Central Assembly of Confucianism.
On April 16, 1955, it was renamed the Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia; Majelis Tinggi Agama Khonghucu Indonesia: MATAKIN).