Asian Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship and Social Science
Vol. 3 No. 01 (2023): Pebruary,Asian Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship and Social Science

Rapid Deployment and Operation of Faith-Based Digital Social Innovation: Lessons Learned from Indonesian Church Experience

Jovita Elizabeth Abraham (Christian Education Study Program, Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Kharisma)
Pantjar Simatupang (Christian Education Graduate Program, Universitas Kristen Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jan 2023

Abstract

In April to June 2020, GBI Bethel Bandung launched #Beliiniaja program, Instagram-based marketing tool, as emergency response to mitigate devastative impacts of pandemic Covid-19 on the livelihood of its members. The program was quite successful. This paper translates and describes technical practice of how #Beliiniaja program that was deployed and operated with an objective to make it widely visible and draws public attention at large to make possible replications or further development. The study was conducted using the ethnography approach supported with data interview involving 30 business entities users of the organization. It was found that the church adopted the design thinking methodology with some innovative features. First, the very rapid two-step deployment and operation as compared to six-step conventional design thinking technique. Second, collaborative scrum like operation of social enterprise that made it inclusive and continuously adaptive while in operation. Third, establishment of a social enterprise based on a normally exclusive private owned digital marketing tool. It is concluded that churches and faith-based community in general could have potential capability as an agent of social digital innovations that its utilization should be encouraged for building community resilience against disasters as well as for helping improve the community members’ welfare.

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Journal Info

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ajmesc

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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Asian Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship and Social Science (AJMESC) is a high quality open access peer reviewed research journal. providing a platform for the researchers, academicians, professional, practitioners and students to impart and share knowledge in the form of high quality empirical ...