Gereja Maria Bunda Karmel

In Indonesia, church building in the first stage of its creation were simple, shed-like structures, built from bamboo or wood.Once sizeable congregations had been established, more permanent buildings were erected, which seated hundreds or even over a  thousand. Throughout the 19th-century, nowhere did the missionaries use indigenous building styles. Indigenous style churches were started in 20th-century, but not so many. Even now, church buildings applying traditional architecture are extremely rare.