[1][2] This school was founded to answer the vision put forward by H. Kraemer in the late 1920s, as an effort to prepare pastors and priests in Indonesia.

Prof. Dr. Mulller Kruger, rector of STT Jakarta (the first rector was Dr. J.R. Slottemaker de Bruine), in that year also introduced what was called theologia in loco, a theology which he hoped would be familiar to Indonesia and could bear fruit for the Churches in Indonesia.

When it reopened in 1946, the need was felt to educate as many Indonesian workers as possible in a short time, for the future service of the churches.

Since 27 September 1954, for the first time a high school diploma was required as a condition for entering STT Jakarta.

In addition, the ecumenical nature of this school is becoming increasingly clear according to churches in Indonesia, which is marked by the rotating position of rector by Indonesian lecturers.

Currently the PDSGI collection consists of two large parts, namely: published literature and loose and unpublished documents.