The Hope for Unity of Protestant and Catholic Church: Revisiting the 2025 Year of Jubilee in the context of Poverty in Indonesia

The number of poor people in Indonesia is reaching 194,6 million people out of approximately a population of 300 million, and this issue is crucial to solve. The church needs to share the existential goodness to those who are in poverty. With such a great task the church must stand as one body, but the unity of the Protestant and Catholic church is still undermined by non-unity. The care for those in poverty tends to be compartmentalized in each denomination for protestant churches while the Catholics tend to be active in their regions. The 2025 year of Jubilee with the main theme of hope is relevant for the condition of church unity and support those living in poverty in Indonesia. In the context of this extremely concerning poverty, this article aims to initiate the unity of the Protestant and Catholic churches as one body of Christ in giving hope through existential goodness to the poor in Indonesia. The biblical Jubilee in Leviticus 25 will be examined briefly, followed by the examination of ontological goodness rooted in the Lord Jesus Christ as the foundation for existential goodness. This article will also demonstrate hope in the Holy Bible and the 2025 year of Jubilee as an initiation for the unity of Protestant and Catholic Churches in Indonesia within the context of presenting existential goodness which is grounded in care for those in poverty. The conclusion is that hope in 2025 year of Jubilee should be proclaimed to the church in Indonesia.