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Gereja yang Berorientasi pada Dunia: Penilaian terhadap Paradigma Misi GBKP Namo Buah Silebo-Lebo Debora Apulisa Sembiring; Pelita Hati Surbakti; Eder Timanta Sitepu
IMMANUEL: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen Vol 3, No 1 (2022): APRIL 2022
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Sumatera Utara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46305/im.v3i1.84

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Criticism to the church in carrying out its mission is often raised. A number of churches are considered no longer world-oriented but only Heaven-oriented. In his book, Meng-hari-ini-kan Injil di Bumi Pancasila, Ebenhaizer I. Nuban Timo suggests that there are four erroneous paradigms about the mission. This paper is an attempt to assess whether these four erroneous paradigms also exist in the Batak Karo Protestant Church (GBKP) Namo Buah Silebo-Lebo (NBS), Deli Serdang district, North Sumatra. The purpose of this assessment, of course, is to get a real picture of the GBKP NBS. This research is qualitative research through literature study and interviews. A literature study was carried out by tracing a number of writings on the mission of the church and also a number of GBKP NBS documents. Meanwhile, the interviewees included: Former NBS Village Head, GBKP NBS church leader, a number of members and administrators of several GBKP NBS categories. As a result, the four mission paradigm errors concluded by Timo above were also found in the NBS GBKP. AbstrakKritik terhadap gereja dalam menjalankan misinya sering dikemukakan. Sejumlah gereja dinilai tidak lagi berorientasi pada dunia tetapi hanya berorientasi pada Surga. Dalam bukunya, Meng-hari-ini-kan Injil di Bumi Pancasila, Ebenhaizer I. Nuban Timo mengemukakan adanya empat paradigma yang keliru tentang misi. Tulisan ini merupakan upaya untuk menilai apakah keempat paradigma yang keliru ini juga ada di dalam Gereja Batak Karo Protestan (GBKP) Namo Buah Silebo-Lebo (NBS), kabupaten Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif melalui studi kepustakaan dan wawancara. Studi kepustakaan dilakukan dengan menelusuri sejumlah tulisan mengenai misi gereja dan juga sejumlah dokumen GBKP NBS. Sementara itu, wawancara dilakukan terhadap beberapa komponen masyarakat. yang diwawancarai antara lain: Mantan Kepala Desa NBS, pemimpin jemaat GBKP NBS, sejumlah anggota dan pengurus beberapa kategorial GBKP NBS. Hasilnya, keempat kekeliruan paradigma misi yang disimpulkan oleh Timo di atas ternyata juga ditemukan dalam GBKP NBS.
Studi tentang Pandangan Anggota Jemaat GBKP Kuta Buluh mengenai Tuhan, Gereja Petani dan Kerja Sebagai Petani Eder Timanta Sitepu; Ebenhaizer Imanuel Nuban Timo
The New Perspective in Theology and Religious Studies Vol 4, No 1 (2023): Jurnal NPTRS
Publisher : Cipanas Theological Seminary

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47900/nptrs.v4i1.92

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Agriculture is considered a sector of work that does not humanize humans. This happens because the farmer profession does not provide results that are in accordance with the risks of the work done. In addition, the church as one of the organizations that lives in the context of agriculture still revolves around worship rituals. The Church has not responded well to the agricultural context. This has led to a decrease in congregation members' appreciation of God's presence in the context of agriculture. It also causes the work as a farmer not to be considered a gift from God, but a job that is not worth doing. This paper aims to see the views of Batak Karo Protestant Church (GBKP) Kuta Buluh congregation members regarding God, the farmer's church and work as a farmer. The results show that members of GBKP Kuta Buluh Church still feel God's presence in their lives as farmers. Members of GBKP Kuta Buluh congregation argue that life as a farmer is God's gift. However, there are also members of the GBKP Kuta Buluh congregation who consider that the farmer profession is an unworthy job. In addition, the church is considered to have not responded well to agricultural life, so the church has not had a positive impact on the lives of members of the congregation who live in the context of agriculture.