Basuki Probowinoto was born on January 19, 1917, in Tlogomulyo, Purwodadi, Central Java, Dutch East Indies.

Verkuyl stated that Probowinoto had a holistic approach, and considered him as a "religious man who is interested in nation-building and church development".

[1] After he finished his theological school, he went to Jakarta to serve in the Javanese Christian Church, which his teacher said "had urgent and complex matters".

The relationship was used to deliver evidence about the cruelty of the Japanese Army in Indonesia and to explain the position of Christianity during the occupation more objectively.

[3] Under his leadership, the Javanese Christian Church implemented the "partnership in obedience" idealism by pairing Indonesian and Dutch workers as colleagues.