<![CDATA[Sunday school teachers occupy a foundational role in the spiritual formation of children within Christian communities. However, prevailing pedagogical frameworks remain predominantly cognitive and content-transmissive, neglecting the affective and contemplative dimensions essential to holistic spiritual formation. This article proposes "inner touch pedagogy" as a constructive theological framework for reconstructing Sunday school teacher competency. Inner touch pedagogy is defined as a theo-logically grounded disposition of interior receptivity, cultivated through contemplative practice, that enables teachers to be genuinely present to God, to self, and to learners. This narrative literature review and constructive theological reflection engage theological anthropology, contemplative spirituality, and educational philosophy to develop a reconstructed competency framework comprising four integrated dimensions: theological grounding in the imago Dei and affective anthropology; contemplative formation; affective integration; and pedagogical creativity. This reconstruction offers a theologically rooted and pedagogically viable model for contemporary Christian education ministries seeking to move beyond doctrinal transmission toward authentic spiritual formation. Abstrak Guru Sekolah Minggu memainkan peran fundamental dalam pembentukan spiritual anak di komunitas Kristiani. Namun, kerangka pedagogis yang dominan masih bersifat kognitif dan transmisif, mengabaikan dimensi afektif dan kontemplatif yang esensial bagi pembentukan spiritualitas holistik. Artikel ini mengusulkan "pedagogi sentuhan batin" sebagai kerangka teologis konstruktif untuk merekonstruksi kompetensi guru Sekolah Minggu. Pedagogi sentuhan batin didefinisikan sebagai disposisi re-septivitas interior yang berlandaskan teologis, dikultivasi melalui praktik kontemplatif, yang memampukan guru untuk sungguh-sungguh hadir bagi Allah, bagi diri sendiri, dan bagi peserta didik. Melalui penelitian teologis kualitatif dengan kajian literatur naratif dan refleksi teologis konstruktif, studi ini mengembangkan kerangka kompetensi rekonstruktif yang mencakup empat dimensi terintegrasi: pendasaran teologis dalam imago Dei dan antropologi afektif, formasi kontemplatif, integrasi afektif, serta kreativitas pedagogis. Rekonstruksi ini menawarkan model yang berlandaskan teologis dan layak secara pedagogis bagi pelayanan pendidikan Kristiani kontemporer.]]>
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