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Students who always experience anxiety when writing their thesis often experience emotional mental disorders which can also be shown by symptoms of depression and anxiety. This research method uses pre-experiment, with a one group pre test - post test design approach without control group, with a sampling technique, namely purposive sampling. The data processed in this study used the paired T-Test. The results of the examination carried out before the butterfly hug therapy was given showed an average level of mild anxiety at a score of 47.30 and the results of the examination after being given butterfly hug therapy showed an average level of normal anxiety (not anxious) at a score of 31.90. Based on the characteristics of the respondents, the maximum age was 22 years. Bivariate results show that there is an influence of butterfly hug therapy on the level of anxiety in preparing theses among nursing students at Awal Bros University with an average difference before and after butterfly hug therapy of 15.4 with a P-Value of 0.000 (<0.05) . It was concluded that there was an influence of butterfly hug therapy on the level of anxiety in preparing theses among nursing students at Awal Bros University. It is hoped that these students will be able to apply butterfly hug therapy to reduce anxiety when preparing their thesis.

This article discusses the current views of pluralism and exclusivism among churches in Papua, focusing on how these concepts are understood and applied in the diverse social, cultural and religious context of Papua. Pluralism recognizes religious diversity and opens space for interfaith dialogue and cooperation, while exclusivism emphasizes that salvation can only be achieved through faith in Jesus Christ. In the context of Papua, which consists of various tribes, customary traditions, and religions, churches face challenges in determining attitudes towards pluralism and exclusivism, which have an impact on interfaith relations and social dynamics in the region. The purpose of this study is to analyze how pluralism and exclusivism affect the role of churches in Papua in dealing with religious and cultural diversity. It also aims to reveal the different views among the more pluralist and exclusivist churches and how these views shape their strategies in building relationships with other communities in Papua.

The role of the pastor is very important and has a big impact in shaping the character and Christian faith based on biblical truth. Many challenges arise that fade the value of Christianity today, one of which is LGBT, LGBT eats away from young to old and is no exception. The purpose of this study is to provide answers to the problems of Christianity in the face of LGBT threats, namely through character building and Christian faith that is true and based on the Bible. The method used in this research is a qualitative method, data collection is done through searching and selecting relevant articles from various scientific sources. The result of this research is to know the magnitude and impact of the Shepherd in building character and Christian Faith. Through appropriate strategies the formation of character and Christian Faith can be well formed.

This research aims to find out and provide an overview of the meaning of forgiveness according to Matthew 18:21-22 and its relevance to the Christian life today. The method used in this study is qualitative research with a library research approach, which is a biblical study, especially the New Testament from content analysis. The interpretation method used is a combination of the interpretations of Stevri Indra Lumintang, Gordon D Fee, and Sugiyono. Jesus' teaching on forgiveness is limitless. In accordance with the formulation of the problem that the author has written, it is about why it is so difficult to give forgiveness to people who have wronged us. Therefore, forgiveness according to Jesus in Matthew 18:21-35 is very important in connection with the life of the believer. The purpose of this study is so that the foundation laid by Jesus in relation to forgiveness becomes a pattern of believer's life. Believers are motivated in order to realize the forgiveness taught by Jesus. God's forgiveness in Jesus Christ is based on God's mercy. Everyone who believes in Jesus receives forgiveness from God by God's great mercy. Jesus taught every believer to forgive for having received God's mercy. This attitude needs to be taken and applied by every believer who has received forgiveness from God in Jesus Christ.

Character education is very important in shaping people's attitudes and behaviors. This research aims to develop character education in Dahuyan Tank Village through socialization activities and making garbage cans. A qualitative method with a descriptive approach is used to understand how this program affects environmental awareness and social values of the community. The results of this study show that socialization accompanied by the creation of garbage cans can increase community awareness and responsibility for the environment, as well as instill values such as cooperation, discipline, and responsibility.

Sampling was carried out using the Sevila (Slovin) formula with a precision of (5%). The sample size is 80 employees, using the survey method. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires and data processing using correlation analysis and simple linear regression. The results of the t test obtained t-count = 19.447 > t-table = 0.632, then t-count = 19.447 > t-table 0.632. By comparing the t-table with the t-count, the compensation variable (X) influences employee work motivation.  The results of the F test obtained F-count = 378.174 > F-table 3.951 with a significance value of 0.05, which was proven by the effect through the t test, obtained t-count = 19.447 > t-table 1.66462, so H1 was accepted and Ho was rejected. The results of this research show that compensation has a positive effect on employee work motivation at PT. Matahari Department Store at Mega Trade Center Megamas Manado.

The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education presents both opportunities and ethical challenges, especially for faith based institutions such as Christian schools. These institutions must balance technological innovation with their theological commitments. As AI becomes more embedded in educational environments, Christian educators face the challenge of integrating AI in a way that aligns with Christian values, human dignity, and relational teaching roles. This study explores how Christian moral teachings can guide the integration of AI into education, providing a framework for ethical AI use in Christian schools. Previous studies have highlighted the ethical concerns associated with AI, including algorithmic bias, data privacy, and the potential for AI to undermine relational teaching roles. Christian educational theology, which emphasizes values such as human dignity, justice, and fairness, offers a robust framework for addressing these concerns. A biblical worldview and the concept of Imago Dei (the image of God) provide theological foundations for integrating AI ethically in education, ensuring that AI tools enhance human centered learning rather than replace human educators. Additionally, literature suggests that ethical guidelines informed by Christian teachings can mitigate AI's ethical risks and promote a more inclusive and equitable educational environment. This study employs a mixed methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative research methods. The qualitative phase involves document analysis and interviews with Christian educators and theologians to explore theological reflections on AI and its ethical implications.

The model of Jesus' transformative dialogue in the Gospel of John 1-4, describes the interaction of Jesus Christ conducting evangelism consistently through dialogues in John 1-4 with various figures in different contexts that lead to changes in understanding and spiritual transformation both individually and in the groups He faces. This study aims to identify and analyze the model of transformational dialogue carried out by Jesus Christ in John 1-4 to achieve the transformative goal of building relationships that enable the growth of faith among His listeners and bring people to faith in Him. The research method uses qualitative descriptive and exploratory text analysis with a hermeneutical approach to understand the cultural and theological contexts that underlie each effective missiological dialogue. This study analyzes six dialogues in John 1-4, involving Jesus Christ in conversation with four different groups of people. Dialogues as a means of communication to bring about change and deeper understanding of spiritual truth. The results of this study illustrate that Jesus Christ uses various dialogical strategies to convey the gospel message effectively to people from diverse social backgrounds to build relationships that enable the growth of faith. The transformational dialogue model of Jesus Christ in John 1-4, demonstrates wise and open dialogue in the context of evangelism and provides valuable teaching and guidance for modern evangelism practice and emphasizes the need for adaptation to the individual's social context to achieve maximum effectiveness in bringing people to Christ.

This study focuses on the importance of Mandarin language proficiency for active students of the Kerusso Theological College (STT) in the context of global evangelism missions. The urgency of this study lies in the increasing role of foreign languages, especially Mandarin, in reaching unreached communities in various parts of the world. With a very large number of Mandarin speakers, this language ability is essential for those involved in evangelism missions, in order to build effective communication and expand the reach of the mission.The main objective of this study is to show the importance of foreign language proficiency, especially Mandarin, for active students of STT Kerusso who are involved in global evangelism missions. This study is expected to provide insight for theological educational institutions in designing a curriculum that better supports foreign language proficiency as an integral part of mission preparation. This study uses a qualitative method with an in-depth interview approach, literature study, and participant observation. Interviews were conducted with active students and alumni of STT Kerusso who have been involved in evangelism missions in Mandarin-speaking communities. The data collected were analyzed descriptively to identify key themes related to the role of foreign languages in evangelism.The results of this study are expected to provide a deeper understanding of the urgency of mastering foreign languages in global evangelism missions, as well as offer strategic recommendations for STT Kerusso in preparing its students to face the challenges of evangelism in the future.

Digital communication has become part of the everyday fabric of congregational life. While it enables connection and pastoral accessibility, it also introduces relational tensions through divided attention, interpretive ambiguity, social comparison, online jealousy, concealed messaging, and the weakening of face-to-face reconciliation. This conceptual research article examines pastoral accompaniment for Christian congregants who experience relational crises caused or intensified by digital communication. The study aims to construct a pastoral framework that is theologically grounded, psychologically informed, ethically responsible, and usable in church ministry. Using an integrative literature review, the article synthesizes scholarship on digital religion, computer-mediated communication, relational conflict, phubbing, technoference, online counseling ethics, and practical theology. The synthesis indicates that digital relational crisis should not be reduced to excessive screen use. It is more accurately understood as a crisis of presence, attention, trust, boundaries, and interpretive charity. The article proposes pastoral accompaniment as a hybrid care that combines attentive presence, relational discernment, digital boundary formation, covenantal communication practices, and ethically bounded use of online media. It concludes that churches need to move beyond reactive counseling toward preventive digital discipleship that forms congregants in truthful speech, faithful presence, confidentiality, and relational accountability.

This qualitative literature review examines the impact of business media on managerial decision-making, resource deployment, and governance structures. It highlights how business media shapes managerial decisions by providing access to external information, market trends, and competitor insights. The review reveals that while business media can enhance decision-making by offering timely and relevant information, it also poses risks such as bias, over-reliance on sensationalized content, and reactive decision-making. Moreover, business media influences resource allocation decisions, often driving innovation but also increasing the risk of misallocation. The study further discusses how media scrutiny affects corporate governance, promoting transparency but potentially leading to governance overreach. The findings underscore the complex role of business media in organizations, emphasizing the need for managers to balance media-driven insights with critical evaluation to ensure sustainable organizational growth.

This qualitative literature review explores the impact of HR digitalization and human resource analytics on organizational performance. The study highlights how the adoption of human resource information systems (HRIS) enhances operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making. HR analytics significantly contributes to identifying and addressing workforce challenges, thereby improving organizational performance. However, challenges such as data quality, analytical competence, and managerial support must be addressed to maximize the benefits of HR analytics. The review underscores the importance of top management support and a data-driven organizational culture for successful HR analytics implementation. Limitations include reliance on existing literature and potential publication bias. Future research should empirically investigate the causal relationships between HR digitalization, HR analytics, and organizational performance across diverse cultural and economic contexts.

Teenage promiscuity is a significant challenge in contemporary society. This article aims to present an approach that integrates Christian spirituality in order to tackle this phenomenon. Through a qualitative method with a focus on literature, we explore the role of spirituality in shaping the character of adolescents and providing positive alternatives in dealing with promiscuity. In-depth analysis of theological and psychological sources shows that spirituality is not only a source of internal strength for adolescents, but also plays an important role in building healthy relationships with oneself, others, and God. The results of this study show that the integration of Christian spirituality can be a strong foundation for adolescents in facing the challenges of promiscuity. The practical implications of the findings are presented as a contribution for educators, parents, and youth leaders in guiding adolescents towards a life based on Christian values.

This research aims to determine the application of environmental cost accounting in the Super Jaya tofu factory industry.   This research uses qualitative methods. In this research, the data sources used are primary data and secondary data. The data collection technique uses observation, interviews and documentation. By conducting direct interviews with the owners of the Super Jaya tofu factory industry. The data analysis technique uses data collection, data reduction, data presentation, conclusions and data verification. The research results obtained from the application of environmental cost accounting are still not effective because they have not prepared financial reports and have not implemented cost accounting in presenting financial reports because the costs traced are only general costs related to the tofu production process. Such as raw material costs, labor costs, general capital costs and special capital costs, while the costs for waste management are only labor costs for the filtering section and environmental cleaning equipment costs.

This activity aims to increase student involvement and role in entrepreneurial activities as well as foster students' interest in entrepreneurship through entrepreneurship education through marketing and product sales strategies. This activity shows that students' entrepreneurial interest is very high, the marketing and sales skills demonstrated are the main reference in developing their ideas for business. So, this activity shows how to develop through training strategies towards product sales simulations and group work carried out by students. The student's role in developing this strategy succeeded in significantly improving marketing and sales skills. The results of this entrepreneurial practice provide valuable insight for students regarding the factors and keys to success in entrepreneurship.

The training activity for creating innovative learning media in the independent curriculum was carried out in order to develop the competence and skills of teachers related to creating creative and interesting learning media. The activity was carried out in Kolbano, South Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province in 2024. The basis for its implementation was the need for teachers to develop their competence in utilizing technology in creating learning media according to the demands of the current independent curriculum. This activity aims to improve teacher competence in utilizing technology to design interesting and innovative learning. The innovative learning media that were the topic of this training were Google Sites, Wordwall and QuizWhizzer. Teachers in Kolbano generally only teach using lecture and group discussion methods, and use conventional learning media such as power point displays and video materials. As a result, students are less motivated and feel bored in learning activities, while the nature of the independent curriculum demands active interaction of students in learning. Therefore, through this training, teachers are trained and assisted in developing innovative learning media until the product is produced and used in learning. This learning media can be presented interactively and attractively so that it can motivate students to participate in learning. Teachers will also be more creative in innovating to develop media that attracts students' interest in accordance with the nature of the independent curriculum.

The aim of this research is to find out whether there is a difference in the learning activity of students who use the reciprocal teaching model compared to conventional ones in class VIII Christian Religious Education and Character education at SMP Negeri 2 Pollung for the 2023/2024 academic year. The research hypothesis is: "The Reciprocal Teaching Model has a positive and significant effect on the Learning Activeness of Christian Religious Education and Character Education Students in Class VIII of SMP Negeri 2 Pollung for the 2023/2024 Academic Year." The population is all students who are Protestant Christians in Class VIII of SMP Negeri 2 Pollung which consists of 6 classes totaling 180 students. The research sample was determined using the Purposive Sampling technique, namely 30 students in class VIII5 as the experimental class which used the reciprocal teaching model and 30 students in class VIII4 as the control class which used ordinary treatment (conventional class). This research method is the Quasi Experimental Design method using a Nonequivalent Control Design. The instrument used in this research was a test with 30 items. Research data for the questionnaire was analyzed using the average difference test formula (N-Gain Score). It was found that the average value for the experimental class was 0.6370 in the medium category, while the average value for the control class was 0.2531. in the low category so it is known that increasing the Learning Activeness of Class VIII Christian Religious Education and Character Education students at SMP Negeri 2 Pollung for the 2023/2024 academic year is more effective using the Reciprocal Teaching model than using conventional treatment. Then carrying out an independent test using the t test obtained a value of t = 7.040 > t table (α = 0.05; df = 58) = 2,000. Thus, it can be concluded that the research hypothesis is accepted, namely that there is a difference in the learning activity of students before and after learning with the Reciprocal Teaching Model in Learning Christian Religious Education and Character Education for Class VIII SMP Negeri 2 Pollung for the 2023/2024 Academic Year and H0 is rejected.

The aim of this research is to determine the positive and significant influence of Religious Education Teachers' Communication Skills on the Effectiveness of Students' Learning in Religious Education and Character Subjects in Class VIII of SMP Negeri 2 Balige for the 2023/2024 Academic Year. The method used in this research is an inferential quantitative method. The population was all students in class VIII of SMP Negeri 2 Balige who were Protestant Christians, totaling 227 people, and the research sample was determined to be 56 people, namely 25% of the total population. Data was collected using a positive closed questionnaire with 44 items. The results of the data analysis show that there is a positive and significant influence on the communication skills of PAK teachers on the effectiveness of students' learning in the PAK and Character subjects for Class VIII at SMP Negeri 2 Balige for the 2023/2024 academic year, proven through the following data analysis: 1) Requirement test analysis: a) a positive relationship test obtained a value of rxy = 0.520 > ttable(a=0.05,n=56) = 0.226, thus it is known that there is a positive relationship between variable X and variable Y. b) A significant relationship test was obtained tcount= 4.479 > ttabel(a=0,05,dk=n-2=54))= 2.000, thus there is a significant relationship between variable X and variable Y. 2) Test the effect: a) Test the regression equation, obtain the regression equation Y ̂="21.41"+0.48X. b) Regression coefficient of determination test (r2) = 27.1%. 3) Test the hypothesis using the F test to obtain Fcount > Ftable =(a=0.05, dk numerator k=29, dk denominator=n-2=56-2=54) namely 20.01 > 1.39. Thus it can be concluded that Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected.

The Community Service Program, which is being carried out by KKN students from the National Development University "Veteran" East Java, aims to provide knowledge and practical skills to the community, particularly PKK mothers RW 03 Babatan Jati Village, Sidoarjo, in processing traditional medicinal plants, ginger, into high-value products, namely gummy candy. This session included a firsthand demonstration of the gummy candy-making process, with ginger extract as the key ingredient. The outcomes of this exercise demonstrated that the participants were quite enthusiastic, as seen by their active engagement in discussions and activities. The finished product was gummy candy with a unique ginger scent and a chewy texture, which is expected to generate new economic prospects in the local community. This initiative is also designed to increase community welfare and develop relationships between students and the local population.

This study discusses the application of religious moderation in an effort to build a peaceful and tolerant community in Tewang Kadamba Village, Central Kalimantan. This village is known for its cultural and religious diversity, where the Dayak Kaharingan tribe is the majority of the population while Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity live side by side harmoniously. However, there are challenges related to the lack of motivation in worship activities and the shortage of Islamic religious teachers in the village. This is a serious concern because it can affect the social and religious life of the community. The Tewang Kadamba Village KKN Team took the initiative to empower the community through strengthening religious values ​​by involving the younger generation and cadres in the religious teaching program. This program is expected to encourage positive changes in religious life and social life in the village. This study uses the Participatory Action Research (PAR) method and literature study, with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of the religious teaching program in improving the understanding and practice of religious moderation values ​​among the Tewang Kadamba Village community. It is hoped that the results of the study can provide useful suggestions for the development of religious teaching programs in Tewang Kadamba Village, so that they can support the formation of a religious, tolerant, and peaceful society