Christian Church Research Articles

PARENTAL ATTITUDES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE DOMESTIC CHURCH COMMUNITY

This article presents the results of the empirical verification of the hypothesis that spouses belonging to the Domestic Church community have more proper parental attitudes than spouses who do not belong to any religious community. The basis for this hypothesis was the previous research, according to which the relationship of these spouses with their children is based on proper closeness and communication. The research carried out here, in which the Parental Attitudes Scale, by M. Plopa, was used, proved that the parental attitudes of the spouses belonging to the Domestic Church community are characterized by the greatest consistency and autonomy, as well as appropriate protection and demands, and showed no differences in the acceptance dimension. They also showed that these behaviors contradict the trends revealed in Plopa’s study, as they correlate positively with their age, male gender, marital seniority, age and the number of children, and nega­tively with education. One of the reasons for the results obtained seems to be the membership of the House Church community and participation in religious formation, which obliges these parents to ‘work’ on their interactions with their children.

Building Bridges of Multifaith Awareness

In the face of religious tensions within the Indonesian context, the East Java Christian Church grapples with the imperative question: "How can the church effectively engage with a multifaith world amidst religious and social tensions?" In response to the question, I contend that the church can build its multifaith awareness by adopting a model derived from Javanese tradition, namely jagongan and patuwen, Jagongan embodies communal characteristics, while patuwen signifies personal and private qualities. These Javanese traditions mirror the twofold movement of Jesus—exitus a Deo and exitus a se—reflecting both exit from Father and of Himself leading to a return and entry to the Divine. The church can engage jagongan as an invitation for people to enter and gather in public space and employ patuwen to reach out and exit from the church space to embrace people's private space. I will demonstrate the practical implementation of jagongan and patuwen as spaces for multifaith learning and social justice awareness within the church, presented under the banner of the Festival of Faith. In conclusion, jagongan and patuwen emerge as powerful models for bridging and enriching the church's multifaith awareness, fostering greater understanding, inclusivity, and social justice in the diverse landscape of faith.

Implementation of Church Tasks Based on Acts 2:41-47 among Church Activists at the Synod of the Jakarta Baptist Christian Church

The early congregation became a pioneer as well as a barometer for today's churches in the Implementation of Church Tasks. The early congregation carried out 4 (four) Church tasks correctly and in a balanced manner; 1. Teaching God's Word, 2. Fellowship, 3. Service of Love and 4. Witnessing. The early congregation did all this sincerely, bravely with a burning and constant spirit, the impact was a very rapid and significant increase in the number of souls. Today's churches must reflect on the early congregation in carrying out church life. The method used in this research is a quantitative method. The results of this conclusion can be seen from the results of calculations using Confidence Interval statistical calculations at a significance level of 5% resulting in Lower Bound and Upper Bound 225.5202 – 231.8353. Which is in the high interval or it can be said that the position of the Level of Implementation of Church Tasks based on Acts 2:41-47 among Church Activists at the Synod of the Jakarta Baptist Christian Church (Y) is in the high category.

South Africa is in need of God’s Wisdom

In 2022, South Africa’s president was accused of corruption (Bloomberg, 2022). South Africa is in a deep political crisis and urgently in need of solutions as South Africans have had enough of the incompetence, indecency and selfishness that defines the leadership of the country (Brkic 2022). Theft, corruption, violence, murder, and other forms of crime in South Africa play a role in the crisis. Sociologist Heinecken (2020) says that violence is facilitated by lawlessness, corruption of the justice system, police brutality, and “an ideology that embraces … the use of violence as normal and desirable”. Psychologist Samenow (2022) says crime results from people’s thinking patterns. South Africa thus needs new thinking patterns. In 2012 (News24), former president Zuma acknowledged that South Africa needs wisdom. In 2016, after the “Save SA March”, SA religious leaders prayed inter alia for wisdom for South Africa (News24Wire 2016). South Africa is in dire need of wisdom. Wisdom is an attribute of God, and all human wisdom originates from God as His wisdom is a communicable attribute. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians is addressed to a Christian church in Corinth with unique challenges in their community and Paul was angry with the Corinthians for clinging on to human wisdom and clinging on to immorality and conflict and disputes. In an argument in the letter-opening, Christ is presented by Paul as the wisdom of God. Paul states a contrast between human wisdom and the cross of Christ, between worldly patterns and the Christian message. What does God’s wisdom look like? James 3:17–18 gives seven characteristics of God’s wisdom: pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. This article offers a reading of 1 Corinthians and James with a focus on God’s attribute of wisdom and how wisdom from God can benefit South Africans.

PEMERIKSAAN PROFIL LIPID PADA JEMAAT LANSIA SALAH SATU GEREJA KRISTEN DI YOGYAKARTA

Lipid profile examination including total cholesterol level, triglycerides level and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction is essential to be done as a routine activity quinquennially to prevent someone from the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity. This kind of examination is mandatory for the elderly people to maintain their quality of life. In order to support the government program on the prevention of the cardiovascular diseases, a team of social service of Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Sanata Dharma (FFUSD) was organizing an event of lipid profile examination in one of Christian church located in Kalasan, Yogyakarta. As many as 35 elderly people were enthusiastically participating on the event. A nurse from Poliklinik Sanata Dharma was appointed to take the blood samples, which were further taken to the Biochemistry Laboratory in FFUSD to get analysed. The results were sent to the participants in private. The overall blood lipid profiles of most participants showed good level of quality, indicating that they have been trying to manage their life healthily. However, as much as 62. 8% of participants showed a low level of the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. This was believed due to the food intake which was still rich in oil and fat. The event was very succesful and the responses were very positive. The participants felt assisted with a fast and accurate results sent.

Reverberation Time Improvement in the Worship Room of Palihan Javanese Christian Church

Acoustic comfort is one of four types of comforts in a room. Acoustic comfort allows users of worship spaces to be more focused and solemn in worshipping. One indicator that indicates the optimality of acoustic comfort is the level of clarity of sound articulation. The level of sound articulation in the worship space of the Palihan Javanese Christian Church is considered unclear, so it can be concluded if there is excessive reverberation time in the worship room. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the ideal reverberation time in the worship room of the Palihan Javanese Christian Church. The research was conducted using quantitative research methods. The improvement of reverberation time in this research is done by identifying the materials that are used in the worship room of the Palihan Javanese Christian Church at a frequency of 500Hz and 1000Hz using Sabine's reverberation time theory. From this research, it can be concluded that the replacement of some reflector materials with diffuser and absorber materials can reduce the excess reverberation time in the worship room of the Palihan Javanese Christian Church.

FRANCIS-CANS ORDER: BETWEEN HOLDING CITS ORIGIN AND REJECTING THE CHURCH ORGANIZATION

I have studied in the previous article an interesting Subject entiteled “The personality of St.Francis of Assisi”. The Spiritual the Oricain of the Francis-cans order”. I have discussed in it aboutthis Italian young man who belonged to the region of Ombria -in the Middle Italy- . He is a son of an important trader in this city. Francis lived the first years of this life beneficted of the money which was offered to him by his family. He brought all things which he desiredand did not stop to participate to the festivals celibrated by his rich friends. After all this events, one day arrived when Francis decided suddenly to leave this beautiful life towards a meditation with a kind of modesty and imitating the Christ who encouraged humans to leave all their wealth and follow him. In this article, I have discussed about the religious life of Francis of Assisi. In the first step, Francis requested to the pope Innocent III (1198- 1216) to accept his rule which was accepted by this first Christian leader between the years 1209 or 1210. After this important event,I have elaborates the different steps in the construction of which was known “Franciscans order”. It is so important to say that despite this order,they went far from the spirit of the Christian principles which Francis insisted on it along his life, the Francis-can order remained one of the great religious order in the middle age. In other way, the Christian church considered it as an efficient weapon to distroy the heretics who threatened the existence of this religious institution. In addition to this, the Dominicans contributed to spread the Christians principle, and their role is also great in the effort of missionary

Christian discourse of the English series «Robin of Sherwood» (1984–1986) and its reflection in the modern literary internet space of Russia

The subject of the study is the Christian discourse of the English TV series «Robin of Sherwood» (1984–1986). As a methodological basis for the scientific work, a philosophical-hermeneutic approach is used, presented, in particular, in the works of W. Dilthey, H.-G. Gadamer and M.M. Bakhtin. The most important structure of understanding is the principle of the «hermeneutic circle», which assumes that the text as a whole is understood through each of its parts, and the part through the whole. In addition, understanding arises in the process of «dialogical cognition», a dialogue between the author, as well as the text as a subject, and the reader (viewer). The content of the series «Robin of Sherwood» is analyzed in the specific historical conditions of the 1980s. This is a period of growing social and cultural protest caused in Europe and the United States by the policy of neoconservatism and the reduction of social guarantees. Many phenomena previously classified as counterculture are becoming fashionable and becoming mainstream, including the legacy of paganism, pre-Christian mysticism and mythology. The article shows that the creators of the series intended to present Robin Hood not only as a leader of social or national resistance, but also as a defender of the ancient pagan religion against the new, Christian. An analysis is given of episodes from the first two seasons of the film, which trace criticism of the Christian church as an institution, as well as specific monks and clergy. In the third season, the critical pathos towards the church practically disappears. However, the author comes to the conclusion that it is the first two seasons that demonstrate the development of the moral consciousness of the characters from pagan to Christian, and Christian discourse is present in the film text, perhaps contrary to the original intention of its creators. There is also a reception of the Christian discourse of the series in the Russian and, more broadly, Russian-language literary Internet space, which is reflected in discussions on relevant literary and historical forums, as well as in works of fan literature

PERAN PUSAT PENGEMBANGAN ANAK IO-497 BENYAMIN OEBUFU DALAM PEMULIHAN SPIRITUALITAS PASCA SIKLON SEROJA DITINJAU DARI PERSPEKTIF ETIKA SOLIDARITAS

This article is focuses on the roke of the Children Development Center (CDac)IO-497 Benyamin Oebufu in his solidarity action to strive for sprituality convalescence of 86 congregations of the Evangelical Christian Church in Timor (GMIT). Benyamin Oebufu was one of many who felt it in person the impact of the Seroja cyclone disaster. Using a qualitative method with data colkection through structured interviews techniques, it was concluded that there were two impacts that affect the spirituallity of the congregation of the victims, material injury of losing homes and psychic traumatized by this event. Seeing the condition faced by the victims, the Church and CDC made immidiate response such as trauma healing camp for children of disaster victim and collaborating with the Indonesian Compassion Foundation (YCI) to build new housing for families whose home were destroyed. These efforts were made as solidarity form as human beings who have an ethical responsibility to care for others who suffering as stated by Rebecca Todd Peters regarding four ethical tasks of solidarity; presenting metanoia (repentence/fundamental change), respecting difference, showing loyalty-accountability and real actions. CDC's roles in the recovery effort reflected God's solidarity through those four tasks.

A74The use of simulation to support the upskilling of interprofessional teams providing an Urgent Community Response service (UCR)

An NHS provider had no established simulation education opportunities for community based allied health professionals (AHP). Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams are interdisciplinary teams, comprised of nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, who provide care to adults in their home to avoid hospital admission [1]. Older people experience effective high-quality care when a multi-skilled clinician, working across the usual professional boundaries, can effectively address their needs rather than requiring numerous other professionals to visit them at home. In this NHS Trust, intermediate care teams were required to include UCR referrals as part of their usual work. The physiotherapists and occupational therapists from these teams required upskilling to be able to safely support patients requiring this more acute and urgent level of care. Clinicians working in the community have limited opportunity to observe and learn from each other. Simulation is an evidenced based educational activity to support the development of new knowledge and skills required in interdisciplinary teams working in clinical settings [2]. It was hypothesized that interprofessional simulation would be an effective educational intervention to support this upskilling. A faculty was established which included a simulation educator; simulation technician; a practice development AHP; and a physiotherapist with clinical experience of working within this setting. Simulation scenarios were developed to reflect common referral presentations; the Skills for Health UCR Capability Framework [3]; and learning outcomes identified as priorities by the clinicians and service managers. The learning outcomes included applying an A to E assessment; the use of NEWS2 and the SBAR escalation tool when assessing an adult patient in their own home. A modified Kirkpatrick evaluation form was used to evaluate the training. Three simulation training events were offered. There were 26 participants overall with representation from physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and healthcare support workers. There were fourteen evaluation responses to a modified Kirkpatrick evaluation form. The evaluation identified that simulation provided an opportunity to learn from other professions; supported the practical application of learning; debriefing provided a safe learning environment; and that the learning would lead to changes in their current practice (see Evaluation themes with supporting examples Simulation training events were evaluated by participants from an interprofessional community team as a safe, practical and effective way to support their upskilling to provide an UCR service. Simulation should be considered as part of an education package to support interprofessional teams upskilling to provide new services in a community setting. Authors confirm that all relevant ethical standards for research conduct and dissemination have been met. The submitting author confirms that relevant ethical approval was granted, if applicable. This work forms part of a fellowship project funded by NHS England (South East) Workforce, Training and Education; with the Florence Nightingale Foundation and Canterbury Christ Church University.

Africa Independent Churches as Amabandla Omoya and Syncretism in South Africa

This article presents a historical contribution of African Independent Churches in South Africa, particularly with references to the Ibandla lamaNazaretha of Isaiah Shembe, Zion Christian Church (ZCC) of Engenas Lekganyane and the St John’s Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Christina Nku. There is no doubt that these churches continue to be attractive and relevant to the South African context in the 21st century. They form an integrated part of African Christianity in South Africa. The article investigates ways in which these churches respond to the spiritual and cultural needs of Africans. It is interesting to look at how the Holy Spirit, healing, prayer and prophecy manifest in these churches. The concept of African Spirituality is discussed and contextualised within these churches.

Peace and Faith: Christian Churches and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Cary Nelson and Michael C. Gizzi

<i>Peace and Faith: Christian Churches and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</i> by Cary Nelson and Michael C. Gizzi

Pendidikan Kristen Sebagai Upaya Mengatasi Degradasi Moralitas dan Mereduksi Sikap Acuh Generasi Penerus terhadap Agama

Weak religious education and parental negligence in educating children, as well as the influence of gadgets and sophisticated technology in the digital era. And fragile family resilience can trigger the moral degradation of the next generation. Using descriptive qualitative methods with a literature study approach, it can be concluded that Christian education as an effort to overcome the degradation of morality and reduce the indifferent attitude of the next generation towards religion, must be done seriously for Christian churches and families in packaging Christian education as the main curriculum or teaching to reduce moral decline. The family can provide a paradigm for future generations of the impact of moral degradation on the church and state. This can be identified from an indifferent attitude towards religion and positive law as an indicator of the degradation of morality and the importance of Christian education. So Christianity, namely the church and the family, must be able to actualize the principles and values of Christianity and the role of the church as part of overcoming massive moral degradation for the next generation who will carry on the baton of leadership

Implementing Holistic Mission within The Frame of Religious Moderation

The Indonesian government issued a new concept of the religiosity called religious moderation. Religious conflicts that occur as a result of religious radicalism that arise due to economic, social, and political factors are the reason for the issuance of this discourse. Carrying out the mission holistically is one of the solutions to the problems mentioned above. This article was written with the aim of explaining how to carry out a holistic mission within the framework of religious moderation in Indonesia. Through library studies, this research examines literature related to holistic mission, religious moderation, and related themes. The finding showed that efforts to carry out a holistic mission within the framework of religious moderation in Indonesia can be carried out in a number of ways understanding General Revelation as a media of preaching the Gospel, prioritizing human values, and implementing multicultural education in Christian churches and schools.

LUDRUK SEBAGAI MEDIA MENGABARKAN MISI KERAJAAN ALLAH DI LINGKUP GREJA KRISTEN JAWI WETAN

This study aims to explain ludruk culture as a means to preach the mission of the Kingdom of God in the scope of Jawi Wetan Christian Church (GKJW). Generally, the play/story ludruk revolves around social criticism of people's lives, with the aim of improvement in the lives of these people. Using the qualitative – descriptive method, this study shows the intersection point in the story ludruk with the mission of the Kingdom of God, so that ludruk can be used as a cultural foundation to bring the mission of the Kingdom of God on Earth East Java. The results showed that ludruk and the mission of the Kingdom of God are an appropriate synergy for GKJW to preach the mission of the Kingdom of God.&#x0D;

DEFENDERS OF DIVERSITY?

Banser is the paramilitary wing of Ansor, the young men’s organization for Nahdlatul Ulama (Renaissance of the Scholars; NU). NU is the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, and because Indonesia is so large, the largest in the world. It has been long committed to Indonesia as a non-shariah state as well as multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation. Nahdlatul Ulama’s young men’s organization Ansor, seeks to train non-radical Muslim leaders with a range of expertise and foci. Ansor has a sub-organization called Banser which regularly guards Christian churches, liberal Muslims, and businesses from being targeted by extremists like the Islamic Defenders Front. If the present, or even recent, history of Banser and Ansor is that of protecting religious minorities and pluralism, this has not always been the case. Ansor/Banser was an important auxiliary force in the Revolution (1945-1949) and in the 1965-1966 national bloodletting that left 500,000 alleged communists dead. It is even more telling and interesting if we explore the ways in which the newer socially progressive actions are based on conservative, traditional understandings of Islam and not liberal or progressive religious understandings.

A Brief Comparative Study between the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and the Romanian Orthodox Church regarding (Online) Religious Worship during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed entire social levels. Organized religion is one of those levels, having suffered a lot due to the closing of churches and the automatic physical cessation of religious services. Both the weekly practitioners and those attending church minimally (say at Easter and Christmas) felt the shock of the closing of the churches. As such, the online environment was the saving option during the pandemic. However, not all churches embraced the move of liturgical services to online from the start, and at the same time, not all churches had a rich history of using digital technologies or the Internet for religious purposes. In this context, I investigate how religious communities succeeded in dealing with the imposed governmental regulations on social distance. I follow the specific religious rituals that have suffered the most by moving liturgy online, rituals such as baptism, Eucharist, burial, etc. Because different Christian churches understand rituals and liturgical practices in different ways, I focus specifically on a succinct comparison between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the neo-Protestant environment, especially the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In addition, I briefly extend the comparison to Adventist communities from the diaspora—especially those from London, the United Kingdom.

Re-actualization of Javanese Ethical Values in Contextual Church Missions in the Samironobaru Javanese Christian Church

Re-actualization of Javanese Ethical Values in Contextual Church Missions in the Samironobaru Javanese Christian Church

Transformed Individuals, Transforming the World: A Challenge to the Christian Church in Ghana

It has been argued that due to the fallen moral standards even in the Church, moral decadence and its associated ills have risen to alarming heights in Ghana. The 2021 Population and Housing Census shows that over 71% are Christians, yet corruption, greed, arrogance, pride, and extravagant lifestyles, for example, have become a challenge to the moral fibre of the country. The question is “Why is Christianity growing in Ghana, yet clouded with an increase in moral decadence? Opinion leaders, including some church leaders, do not only agree that corruption should be nipped in the bud, but they encourage that a conscious effort is made to change attitudes. Through a literary review of relevant scholarly materials, this paper argued that individual transformation is a prerequisite to transforming the world. With an ethical theory of deontology providing the theoretical lens, this paper posited that the Church is responsible for intensifying her Christian education, nurturing, or character formation activities to enable members to become faithful disciples and active responsible citizens who would transform their world. This article contributes to the exploration of Christian education and Moral or Character Formation in Ghana. Keywords: Christian Education, Theory of Deontology, Character Formation, Kakistocracy.

Implementation of the Relationship between Christ and the Congregation Based on Ephesians 5:22-6:4 in the Servants of God Synod of the Christian Ministry Church

Ephesians 5:21-33 teaches that marriage is a picture of Christ's relationship with the church. Christ is the Head and the Church is the body. Such is marriage, where the husband acts as the head and the wife as the body. However, this is different from the fact that among the servants of God, the Indonesian Christian Service Church Synod, where there are still husbands and wives who do not understand their roles, causing problems in marriage. This problem specifically occurs among the servants of God at the Synod of the Indonesian Christian Ministry Church. That's why this article was conducted to determine the level of understanding of the congregation in implementing the relationship between Christ and the church based on Ephesians 5:22-6:4. To find the intended purpose, this research was conducted using quantitative research methods. The research results obtained are that the dominant background category determines the Implementation of the Relationship between Christ and the Congregation Based on Ephesians 5:22-6:4 in the Servants of the Lord Jesus Synod Church Christian service is education, this is the same as the hypothesis proposed. The results of the analysis using Classification and regression trees (CRT) show that educational background is the most dominant background category in shaping the Implementation of the Relationship between Christ and the Congregation Based on Ephesians 5:22-6:4 in the Servants of God Synod of the Christian Ministry Church (Y) . From the suragates table it is known that educational background is able to improve by 64,949 points from the condition of the Implementation of Christ's Relationship with the Congregation Based on Ephesians 5:22-6: 4 in the Servants of God Synod of the Christian Ministry Church (Y). As well as from the importance table it is known that background employment status is affirmed by 100% of respondents with a score of 75.187 points