Messiah Cathedral is an Indonesian megachurch

Megachurch

A megachurch is a church having 2,000 or more in average weekend attendance. The Hartford Institute's database lists more than 1,300 such Protestant churches in the United States. According to that data, approximately 50 churches on the list have attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000...

 of the predominantly Indonesian-Chinese Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church

Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church

The Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church is an Indonesian church founded by Stephen Tong, a Chinese-born Indonesian evangelist...

 (GRII) in Sawah Besar

Sawah Besar

Sawah Besar was originally known as Weltevreden and is a subdistrict of Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The subdistrict contains one of the oldest area in Jakarta, which is centered around Lapangan Banteng on the southeast part of Sawah Besar...

, Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

. It was opened on 20 September 2008 by Stephen Tong

Stephen Tong

Stephen Tong is a Chinese Indonesian Reformed pastor, evangelist, theologian, philosopher, and musician of Hakka ancestry. By Dr. Philip Teng of Hong Kong, he had been called "Billy Graham of the east", for his major ministries in Asia, especially in south-east Asia, at that time...

 the leader of the GRII church.

It is part of the larger Reformed Millennium Center development, which consists also of a concert hall

Aula Simfonia Jakarta

Aula Simfonia Jakarta or Jakarta Symphony Hall is a 1200-capacity concert hall in Sawah Besar, Jakarta.It is part of the Reformed Millennium Center development, a development consisting of a megachurch, art gallery, library, and theological college. Its principal conductor and artistic director,...

, art gallery, library, and theological college. The church has a capacity of 8,000, in two chambers, with 4,500 in the larger Messiah Hall.