Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan (Journal of Economics and Development Studies)
Vol 9, No 1 (2017)

INCREASING ECONOMIC WELFARE OF CHURCH CONGREGATION : A CONCEPT OF EMPOWERMENT

Tongam Sihol Nababan (Faculty of Economics, University of HKBP Nommensen, Medan, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2017

Abstract

In our community, many structural problems unresolved well, especially in social and economic life. Seeing this reality, the Church needs to have a sensitivity and a strong commitment to encourage cooperation of some parties to empower people, especially its congregation. Congregation of the Church, especially the poor need to be raised and empowered to pursue their own welfare through economic business. One manifestation of the Church's task is to empower the community-based and to revitalize its role more focused on optimizing the institution of community economy. For that, it is important to use the Model of Empowerment of Congregation-Based Community Economic in form of business partnership. The success of congregation economic empowerment lies in the motivation and orientation of the actors themselves, where the Church is expected to seriously fight.Keywords: Church, Congregation, Community-Based Economic, Business Partnership,  Empowerment.JEL Classification: D60, I31

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jesp

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan focuses on scientific papers related to development economics include critical analysis of economic development issues, local economic development, community economic development, economic growth, international trade and finance, fiscal and monetary policy, ...