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In the context of the modern church, the leadership role of Christian women has become an increasingly important and complex issue. Despite increasing awareness of the importance of gender equality, there are still challenges and obstacles that hinder the advancement of Christian women in ecclesiastical leadership roles. This article aims to explore the influences and challenges faced by Christian women in ecclesiastical leadership and find solutions to promote their role in the modern church. Therefore, in this study the authors used a qualitative approach by applying a literature review and reflective analysis. A literature review was conducted to gather relevant literature on Christian women's leadership in the modern church, including scholarly articles, books, ecclesiastical journals, and theological sources. Reflective analysis was then carried out to deeply understand the influence that Christian women have on ecclesiastical leadership as well as to identify the challenges they face in the context of the modern church. Based on the literature review and reflective analysis conducted, this article reveals that Christian women have a significant influence in ecclesiastical leadership, including in ecclesiastical decision-making, public service, teaching, and spiritual guidance. However, they also face challenges such as restricted traditional roles, different interpretations of the Bible, gender stereotypes, lack of necessary support and training, and cultural conservatism. Therefore, this article concludes the need to recognize and promote the role of Christian women in ecclesiastical leadership by creating an inclusive environment, providing adequate training, overcoming cultural barriers, and promoting gender equality in the modern church.

Dan Kejadian 12:1-9 memberikan penjelasan Panggilan Abraham adalah dasar dan penopang bangsa Israel dalam posisinya sebagai bangsa dan sebagai gereja. bersama Atas panggilan Abraham, bangsa dan gereja dapat bersatu dan seragam Artikel ini berfokus khusus pada sejarah satu orang, yaitu Abraham dan keturunannya. Tuhan tidak kehancuran ciptaannya. Tetapi Dia mulai bekerja dengan satu Umat ​​pilihan-Nya dan umat yang Dia pilih untuk direformasi Di dalam dunia.[1] Kejadian 12:1-9 menjelaskan panggilan Abraham untuk meninggalkan tanah nenek moyangnya dan pergi ke tanah yang akan ditunjukkan Tuhan kepadanya. Di sana Tuhan melindungi dan memberkatinya. Kejadian 12:1-3 adalah berita panggilan Abraham dan janji Tuhan yang akan diterima Abraham. Kejadian 12:4-9 adalah jawaban atau respon Abraham terhadap panggilan Tuhan. Metode yang digunakan untuk menghimpun data bagi penulisan ini didasarkan pada penelitian perpustakaan dan metode deskriptif. Pada teks Kejadian 12 ini pemanggilan Allah kepada Abraham secara tiba tiba. Pemanggilan itu datang kepada Abraham tanpa petunjuk mengenai waktu, tempat, juga tidak ada keterangan lengkap tentang Abraham selain hanya silsilah singkat dan data keluarga dari ayat-ayat sebelumnya.   [1] Sandy Lane West, Handbook to the Bible (Bandung: Kalam Hidup, 2015), 144.

In the multicultural context of religious communities in Indonesia, diversity is closely related to the formation of a society based on diversity and the creation of a national culture that unites the Indonesian nation. In religious education, it also encourages the values ​​of multiculturalism and pluralism to create inter-religious harmony. Theology is the foundation of life, which can be applied in a multicultural sense. Many teachings teach about God, as well as teachings about the relationship between God and the world and humans. Tells us that God is multicultural, exists in the midst of humans, and His relationship with humans is interpersonal. Christian religious education, on the other hand, reflects the teaching of truth from the Word to children, to create deeper intimacy with God. How many acts of love of the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ to others can be an example. The Bible records that the apostle Paul preached the gospel to lost people in different cultural contexts. To lead people to Christ; spreading the news of the Gospel where he ministered.

The prophet Habakkuk was a prophet who lived in very similar times and is still relevant today, and he struggled with the commonplace question that believers should ask “why did God allow curses to happen?”  Habakkuk lived in a time of suffering, oppression of injustice, crime, hatred and division was rampant, the wicked surrounded the righteous.  The method used in this study is a qualitative method based on literature studies, namely by using data collection methods, using reliable and accurate sources such as journals, books, and the Bible.  Difficult circumstances and a sense of injustice surrounded his prophetic vocation, but in fact this did not prevent the prophet Habakkuk from fulfilling the Mission God gave him.  When the prophet Habakkuk asked God for help, he did not know of any evidence of an answer from God to his cry.  He only saw that God only seemed to be silent and did not want to answer his call, but he was sure that God would answer his prayer.  Habakkuk's sense of certainty comes from his living faith in the midst of suffering.  Habakkuk's poem provides an example for today's people to have a long-suffering, steadfast attitude, and think positively in facing difficult times.

Writing this article is based on the fact that there are still many Christian leaders today who abuse their leadership without seeing the context of their faith in God's love. Therefore the purpose of writing this scientific work is how readers can emulate Jesus' leadership in the Gospel of John, the method used in writing this article is qualitative analysis through literature study by analyzing how Jesus' leadership example is very relevant for today's Christian leadership, which can be taken through books, articles. Bible and journal. The conclusion from the results of this study is that the leadership that Jesus did cannot be denied and doubted for today's Christian leaders, because he proved that he had shown how to be a quality leader even though Jesus himself could master what he wanted but not with Jesus who always humble.

The failure of parents to teach responsibility to children will cause various bad effects for children both now and in the future. Responsibilities are important in children's lives because they are correlated with children's emotional intelligence, social relationships, have a good impact on educational aspects, and contribute to children's success in the future. Because of the closeness of the relationship and the bonds they have, parents are the most appropriate person to teach responsibility to children. This research article aims to highlight what role Christian parents can play in contributing to the maximum in teaching their children about responsibility. By using the description method and getting support from literature review, it is hoped that it can provide a strong and in-depth picture related to the discussion of Bible stories about responsibility, the importance of responsibility for children, and the contribution of parents in teaching responsibility to children. The results of this study found that parents can contribute maximally in teaching responsibility to children when they begin to introduce responsibility as early as possible, make responsibility a habit of behavior, become role models, and be sensitive when teaching children. Through living these five things in real life by parents, parents will contribute maximally to the growth of children's responsibilities.    

Summary Worship in the Christian sense is God's commandment, which must be fulfilled by everyone who is redeemed and saved through the Lord Jesus Christ. The purpose of the study is to answer: What is meant by the worship of a believer? According to the Bible, what are the components of worship? How do you live worship in the church life? This study used a qualitative method with a library research approach. The results of this study are: (1) True worship is serving God by offering various acts and attitudes of respect and adoration, submission and obedience with gratitude to the whole body, soul and spirit. (2) The elements of worship are an expression of the human mind which acknowledges that God is sovereign, full of power, and full of goodness. With a series of personal and human sacrifices approaching the altar of God with sacrifices. (3) Worship is lived in the life of the church with Jesus as the object of worship through hymns of praise, prayer, confession of sins, forgiveness, thanksgiving. The church life consists in offering the best sacrifices to God, that is body, soul.

A topic that is often discussed but lacks understanding of the meaning of maturity, there is some spiritual maturity which is expressed in the teachings of Christians, that spiritual maturity is needed by Christians so that their lives really demonstrate the character of Christ. Spiritually mature believers will have firm faith in the midst of the onslaught of misleading teaching influences and amidst the various storms of life. Believers who experience spiritual maturity will have the desire to serve God faithfully so that many souls are brought to Christ. Therefore, the role of the Bible is very much needed in distinguishing true maturity from a Christian spiritual point of view.

A topic that is often discussed but lacks understanding of the meaning of maturity, there is some spiritual maturity which is expressed in the teachings of Christians, that spiritual maturity is needed by Christians so that their lives really demonstrate the character of Christ. Spiritually mature believers will have firm faith in the midst of the onslaught of misleading teaching influences and amidst the various storms of life. Believers who experience spiritual maturity will have the desire to serve God faithfully so that many souls are brought to Christ. Therefore, the role of the Bible is very much needed in distinguishing true maturity from a Christian spiritual point of view.

Abstract. Environment is everything that affects human growthand animals. While the environment is everything that being around living things (organisms) that have reciprocal effects on living things. Effort environmental preservation means maintaining the existence of the environment forever, everlasting and unchanging. By doing actions arbitrarily to the environment by exploiting regardless of the consequences, clearly contrary to Christian teachings Instability of natural conditions, disasters and calamities that occur in nature, because it is caused by human hands. Management This environment aims to achieve harmonious relations between humans and the environment. inner harmony Christian teachings include four things, namely: harmony with God, harmony with society, harmony with the natural environment and harmony with oneself. Efforts to preserve the environment alive, this received serious attention from the shepherd. written in the bible about reviving dead land, planting trees (reforestation) and the contents of the bible about the prohibition of open defecation. Messages written in God's word, are awakening to his people to always increase awareness of the environment.

Abstract. Environment is everything that affects human growthand animals. While the environment is everything that being around living things (organisms) that have reciprocal effects on living things. Effort environmental preservation means maintaining the existence of the environment forever, everlasting and unchanging. By doing actions arbitrarily to the environment by exploiting regardless of the consequences, clearly contrary to Christian teachings Instability of natural conditions, disasters and calamities that occur in nature, because it is caused by human hands. Management This environment aims to achieve harmonious relations between humans and the environment. inner harmony Christian teachings include four things, namely: harmony with God, harmony with society, harmony with the natural environment and harmony with oneself. Efforts to preserve the environment alive, this received serious attention from the shepherd. written in the bible about reviving dead land, planting trees (reforestation) and the contents of the bible about the prohibition of open defecation. Messages written in God's word, are awakening to his people to always increase awareness of the environment.

GEMBALA BANGSA ( Pengembangan Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris bagi Guru Sekolah Minggu ) merupakan sebuah kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat yang dilaksanakan di Desa Letbaun, Kecamatan Semau, Kabupaten Kupang, Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah sebagai pengembangan pembelajaran kreatif dan inovatif guna meningkatkan minat belajar serta member pengalaman belajar bagi Guru Sekolah Minggu dan anak-anak Sekolah Minggu khususnya di wilayah pelayanan Klasis Semau Kabupaten Kupang – Nusa Tenggara Timur. Sebagai dasar pelaksanaan pengembangan pembelajaran, metode Total Physical Response (TPR) diaplikasikan melalui permainan dan lagu guna memperkaya kosa kata serta merespon dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggris. Kegiatan dilaksanakan dengan metode ceramah, diskusi, dan latihan. Dalam kegiatan ini, permainan yang dilatih adalah Whisper-Race Game, Stations, River-Back Game, Take Game, dan Preposition Game. Seperti versi Indonesianya, Whisper-Race Game melatih keterampilan mendengarkan dan ketepatan dalam menyampaikan pesan. Stations adalah penamaan objek sekitar dan anak-anak Sekolah Minggu akan berlatih mencocokkan objek dengan nama yang ditentukan. Nama-nama disesuaikan dengan nama tokoh Alkitab versi bahasa Inggris. River-Back Game melatih keterampilan mendengarkan dan konsentrasi. Take Game juga melath keterapilan mendengarkan dan konsentrasi. Preposition Game dilatih sebagai bagian dari kegiatan ini karena anak-anak Sekolah Minggu juga merupakan pelajar pada Sekolah Menengah Pertama yang belajar materi ini di sekolah. Selain permainan, lagu-lagu Bahasa Inggris bertema Alkitabiah juga diajarkan seperti Deep and Wide (Panjang dan             Lebar), Good Is So Good (Allah itu Baik), Read Your Bible (Baca Kitab Suci Doa Tiap Hari) dan The B-I-B-L-E. Secara umum, dapat diterima dengan baik oleh para peserta Guru Sekolah Minggu. Diharapkan dapat membawa dampak positif di lingkungan belajar Sekolah Minggu. Kata kunci : pengabdian kepada masyarakat, sekolah minggu, respons fisik total

This journal discusses the moral education of today's children from a Christian perspective. The term today's children in Indonesia is better known as Kids Age Now. Kids Age Now is actually an allusion to the unnatural behavior of today's children. Education that is distanced and moral is a series of basic moral principles and the virtues of attitudes and character that children must have and make habits from a beginner's time until they become obedient to God. This research is a library research with a literature study approach through reference sources, such as books, articles, journals, and other scientific sources used in the discussion of this research. To deal with the problems of Kids Age Now, morals that are sourced from the Bible and Christian youth activities are needed. The goal is that today's children become children who have good character and are commendable. Being a Christian youth with character and morals is not easy, because Christian youths with character and morals are youths whose behavior follows the teachings of Christ, have Bible-based morals, are able to be good Christian youths, and do the right things and what Christ wants.

This research is entitled "The Concept of Faith According to Islam and Catholicism". As for the focus of this research, there are three sub-problems, namely: 1) what is the concept of faith according to Islam and Catholicism, 2) what is the similarity of faith according to Islam and Catholicism, 3) how is the difference in faith according to Islam and Catholicism. This type of research is comparatively qualitative. Comparatively qualitative is doing analysis to find and find similarities and differences in phenomena. This research is focused on the literatures and library materials related to the research title, namely the concept of faith according to Islam and Catholicism. The approach used is a normative theological approach. Has two sources of data consisting of: primary and secondary sources. The primary data sources in this study were sourced from the Koran and the Bible. Meanwhile, secondary data sources are supporting data such as books or other scientific works as well as various writings ranging from books, journals, websites, theses and so on. The results of this study are the similarities and differences in Islam and Catholic Christianity related to faith, namely; First, in terms of understanding about faith, these two religions have the same meaning, although they differ in terms of language, but have the same meaning if taken from the Qur'an and the Bible, because basically these come from the same root. Second, they both believe that God created the universe, and that God also created humans, although they differ in terms of the pronunciation and the way of believing in it. Third, these two religions both believe in several prophets and apostles who are believed to be messengers of God to reveal His glory to mankind. Like the prophet Adam and his wife Eve were the first humans created by God after creating the world. Fourth, believe in the Day of Judgment or life after death. which is clearly different from the way you believe in it or what you believe in.  

This community service project aims to enhance Sunday School teachers’ ability to use digital media as a tool for children’s faith formation in local churches. The rapid development of information technology requires churches to adapt their educational ministries, including children’s spiritual learning. The training was conducted at the Christian Evangelical Church in Timor (GMIT) Sion Noelbaki Congregation, involving 25 Sunday School teachers. The implementation methods included needs observation, interactive workshops, practical sessions on creating digital Bible content, and direct mentoring in using media such as spiritual videos, PowerPoint, and online platforms (YouTube, Canva, and WhatsApp Groups). Evaluation was carried out through pretest-posttest and participant satisfaction questionnaires. The results showed a 78% increase in teachers’ competence in using digital media after the training. Participants also demonstrated high enthusiasm and commitment to applying digital media in their children’s ministry. This activity had a positive impact on improving the quality of faith education, making Sunday School learning more engaging, contextual, and relevant to children’s lives in the digital era.

This study explores the relevance of women’s position in leadership within the contemporary context by considering the roles of women throughout history as well as the values underlying perspectives on leadership in modern society. Through a critical analysis of biblical texts, particularly in the Old Testament, this journal seeks to understand how female figures in the Bible, namely Deborah, Ruth, and Esther, influence perceptions of women in leadership. The findings of this study provide profound insights into the relevance and challenges faced by women in pursuing leadership careers in the contemporary era. In the modern context, women still face a number of challenges that hinder their progress in attaining leadership positions. Some of these challenges include gender inequality. The importance of gender equality in the modern context can also be seen from the relevance previously mentioned regarding the position of women in contemporary leadership. This study highlights the importance of understanding and encouraging women’s participation in leadership as an integral part of creating a just, inclusive, and sustainable society. Gender equality is not only about providing equal rights to all individuals, but also about recognizing and appreciating the diverse contributions of all people, regardless of gender.