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The background of this research problem is to find out (a) what factors influence the occurrence of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender); (b) the role of the family and church in dealing with LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender); (c) Christian theological views on LGBT. The research was conducted using qualitative research methods, namely interviews and internet sites. Data results obtained through interviews. The research results show: LGBT is a sexual deviation, which cannot be denied, Christians also fall into it. LGBT behavior is an abominable act in the eyes of God. This creates negative things in people's lives and health. Parents play a very important role in educating children, providing correct sex education that is in accordance with God's Word. This LGBT group has the right to repentance in Jesus. Because that is why Jesus came into the world to save humans from sin. The church also has a very important role in providing assistance to LGBT groups.

In human life on earth, humans cannot be separated from the image of their Creator. An intimate relationship with the Creator achieved through worship can make human life more meaningful and understand the true purpose of human life. This intimate relationship is more easily felt through the physical atmosphere that people feel and then understand and understand, so that people understand God's true authority in their lives. With this understanding, a person can begin to live a part of his life that is not in vain and leads to spiritual and worldly success. The need for a church forum that is able to convey God's majesty and His protective power gives rise to the demand to present a church forum that can arouse the interest of its people through an atmosphere that supports worship activities. The church is a place where the congregation can worship Almighty God by understanding and experiencing the heavenly atmosphere directly through the physical atmosphere as well as praising and worshiping when worshiping. The church is designed to enhance the quality of the congregation's typical ministry that focuses on praise and worship. The interior arrangement through its architectural elements has been processed in such a way that it can provide a supportive atmosphere, that is, it can reflect the atmosphere of joy in the lives of people who believe in God.

The presidential election in Indonesia is an important moment for citizens, including Christians, who cannot escape the influence and spiritual direction of pastors. Although the Bible does not directly address modern presidential elections, its moral principles provide a foundation for pastors to provide guidance to their congregations. Through an understanding of the Bible, pastors can guide their congregations to consider moral values in choosing leaders, in accordance with the principles of justice, truth, and responsibility to others and God. Pastors not only lead spiritually, but also as moral counsellors who instil spiritual and civic responsibility. They also serve as prayer warriors, guiding the selection of leaders with character and responsibility, according to biblical principles. The moral responsibility of leaders, peace, unity, and reconciliation are the focus of pastors' guidance to their congregations. Pastors are expected to provide an understanding of the ideal leader, in accordance with biblical principles. This study explores the role of pastors in Indonesia's presidential election from a biblical perspective, highlighting their moral responsibility, voting based on biblical principles, and their role in promoting peace and unity amidst political differences.    

One of the common vocations of Christians is to proclaim to all people of all ages. The age of the child is a golden age in development, it needs special attention in faith formation. Companions need to get enough training so that faith building in children will be right on target. Child assistance is usually carried out on Sundays so it is called Sunday school, Sunday School assistants are not professionals who get special education such as ECCE educators in schools. Many of these Sunday School faith companions are armed only to serve or guide this child's faith. This Community Service or PKM aims to equip Sunday School faith companions to be better in mentoring. With the right learning method or model, the faith materials given are in accordance with the child's reasoning and grasping power. The assistance was carried out by involving students to be directly involved in three rayon parishes in Semarang city and inviting all Semarang Rayon Sunday School Faith companions at Oak Tree Hotel on December 10, 2023, to share experiences and provide input to children's Faith Companions. As a result of this debriefing, Sunday School Faith Companions felt cared for and greatly helped in fostering faith in children.     

Giving thanks is our way of acknowledging and thanking God for His promise that despite our hardships and sufferings He will never leave us. From 2 Chronicles 7:1-3 we can learn from Solomon where after finishing his prayer God responded by sending fire from heaven which was a sign of God's response to his prayer. Fire shows the glory of God that fills the temple outside and inside the temple and thanksgiving requires humility when offering burnt offerings and communion offerings where God also warns to build an altar which is a reminder of God's mercy and forgiveness to man. God wants us to be a house of prayer, Christians who are called houses of prayer are Christians who like to pray, praise and worship God people who have a close relationship with God at all times, having a close relationship with God means not only talking to God, but we must also be able to hear God's voice.

This research study has a theological aim of the meaning of Spirituality of Humility in a Christian context experiencing a crisis of faith. The background to the writing is the author's observation of several phenomena in the practical life of Christians in modern times which are experiencing degradation, such as lack of willingness, sacrifice, humility, love and faith. The problems experienced by the author believe are due to problems with Christian spirituality in modern times. The author observes the fact that modern humans do not appreciate the events of the cross and calvary (Jesus). This experience provides the principles of spirituality, crumbs and dry leaves, which can answer the problems of modern times. The spirituality of humility brings humans to become friends of Jesus. The author uses descriptive and bibliographic analysis methods. The author conducted a theological study of the meaning of spiritual humility from Eko Armada Riyanto's book "The Spirituality of Crumbs and Dry Leaves". The book used will show problems, which can be answered through the principles of spirituality based on humility. The results of this study are the basis for the implementation of Christian spirituality today. The author hopes to help, increase insight into the spiritual life of Christian life. Spirituality of humility brings people closer to God in whom they believe, spirituality makes people moved by love and affection in their lives. Spirituality brings humans to a deep awareness, especially humility, that comes from God. Becoming humble requires a very long process, so openness to God's love makes humans friends to all and willing to be shaped by God.

The focus of this paper is the theme of the Mission of Moses to Free the Israelites from Egyptian Slavery Exodus 6:1-12. The salvation of the Israelites is inseparable from the struggle of Moses who was blessed by God. But with God's word to Moses all problems were resolved with an outstretched hand. The purpose of this paper is to discover the location of God's role for the Israelites who were enslaved by Egypt at that time. The methodology used is the exegesis methodology. There are 6 analyzes used, namely analysis of Story, Structure, Syntax, Semantics, Context, and Theological Reflection. The six analyzes have been done on separate sheets and are summarized in this article. The findings obtained from this writing include: First, God's inclusion in Moses, who struggled with a lack of self-confidence. Second, God's inclusion appeared in Moses when Moses freed the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. Third, God always accompanies those who rely on God in their work. Thus Christians are invited to always rely on God in their life journey.  

The research aims to determine the influence of the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model on interest in studying Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year. The research hypothesis is that there is a positive influence between the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model on interest in studying Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year Quantitative and descriptive research methods. The population of all class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year who are Protestant Christians is 60 people. This research is population research. The research instrument is a closed questionnaire. The results of data analysis obtained: a) The value of rcount=0.583>rtable=0.254 shows that there is a positive influence between the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model and students' interest in learning Christian Religious Education and Character. b) Regression equation. c) The determination test revealed that the magnitude of the effect was 33.99%. d) Hypothesis testing obtained Fcount=29.896>Ftable=3.15 so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The research concluded that there was a positive influence between the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model on interest in studying Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 Academic Year.

The research aims to determine the influence of the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model on interest in studying Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year. The research hypothesis is that there is a positive influence between the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model on interest in studying Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year Quantitative and descriptive research methods. The population of all class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year who are Protestant Christians is 60 people. This research is population research. The research instrument is a closed questionnaire. The results of data analysis obtained: a) The value of rcount=0.583>rtable=0.254 shows that there is a positive influence between the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model and students' interest in learning Christian Religious Education and Character. b) Regression equation. c) The determination test revealed that the magnitude of the effect was 33.99%. d) Hypothesis testing obtained Fcount=29.896>Ftable=3.15 so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The research concluded that there was a positive influence between the Team Games Tournament (TGT) learning model on interest in studying Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class IV students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 Academic Year.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a positive and significant effect of the cooperative learning model of Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) Type on the Activeness of PAK Learning of XI class students of PGRI Siborongborong Private High School in the 2022/2023 Learning Year. The research method used is quantitative method with inferential descriptive data analysis. The population is all grade XI students of PGRI 20 Siborongborong High School in the 2022/2023 learning year who are Protestant Christians as many as 245 people and a sample of 49 people was determined using random sampling technique. Data were collected using a positive closed questionnaire as many as 40 items, namely 20 items for variable X and 20 items for variable Y. The results of data analysis show that there is a positive and significant effect of the cooperative learning model of Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) Type on PAK Learning Activity of XI grade students of PGRI Siborongborong Private Senior High School in the 2022/2023 Learning Year: 1) Analysis requirements test: a) positive relationship test obtained rxy value = 0.553> rtable (a=0.05, n=49) = 0.281. b) Significant relationship test obtained tcount = 4.555> ttable (a=0.05, dk=n-2=47) = 2.021. 2) Effect test: a) Regression equation test, obtained regression equation Y = 20.73 + 0.71X. b) Regression determination coefficient test (r2) = 30.6%. 3) Hypothesis testing using the F test obtained Fhitung> Ftabel = (a=0.05, dk numerator k = 19, dk denominator = n-2 = 49-2 = 47), namely 20.74> 1.51. Thus Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a positive and significant effect of the cooperative learning model of Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) Type on the Activeness of PAK Learning of XI class students of PGRI Siborongborong Private High School in the 2022/2023 Learning Year. The research method used is quantitative method with inferential descriptive data analysis. The population is all grade XI students of PGRI 20 Siborongborong High School in the 2022/2023 learning year who are Protestant Christians as many as 245 people and a sample of 49 people was determined using random sampling technique. Data were collected using a positive closed questionnaire as many as 40 items, namely 20 items for variable X and 20 items for variable Y. The results of data analysis show that there is a positive and significant effect of the cooperative learning model of Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) Type on PAK Learning Activity of XI grade students of PGRI Siborongborong Private Senior High School in the 2022/2023 Learning Year: 1) Analysis requirements test: a) positive relationship test obtained rxy value = 0.553> rtable (a=0.05, n=49) = 0.281. b) Significant relationship test obtained tcount = 4.555> ttable (a=0.05, dk=n-2=47) = 2.021. 2) Effect test: a) Regression equation test, obtained regression equation Y = 20.73 + 0.71X. b) Regression determination coefficient test (r2) = 30.6%. 3) Hypothesis testing using the F test obtained Fhitung> Ftabel = (a=0.05, dk numerator k = 19, dk denominator = n-2 = 49-2 = 47), namely 20.74> 1.51. Thus Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected.

The research aims to determine the positive influence of PAK teachers as communicators on the Christian moral development of students in class XI of the Soposurung Balige Foundation Vocational School for the 2023/2024 academic year. The research hypothesis is that there is a positive influence between PAK teachers as communicators on the Christian moral development of students in class. Quantitative research methods. The population of all class XI students at Soposurung Foundation Vocational School for the 2023/2024 academic year who are Protestant Christians is 57 people. This research is population research. The research instrument is a closed questionnaire. The results of data analysis obtained: 1) regression equation. 2) The determination test revealed that the influence was 41.34%. 3) Testing the hypothesis obtained tcount=6.168>ttable=2.000, so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, namely that there is a positive influence between PAK teachers as communicators on the Christian moral development of class XI students at Soposurung Foundation Vocational School for the 2023/2024 academic year.

The research aims to determine the positive influence of PAK teachers as communicators on the Christian moral development of students in class XI of the Soposurung Balige Foundation Vocational School for the 2023/2024 academic year. The research hypothesis is that there is a positive influence between PAK teachers as communicators on the Christian moral development of students in class. Quantitative research methods. The population of all class XI students at Soposurung Foundation Vocational School for the 2023/2024 academic year who are Protestant Christians is 57 people. This research is population research. The research instrument is a closed questionnaire. The results of data analysis obtained: 1) regression equation. 2) The determination test revealed that the influence was 41.34%. 3) Testing the hypothesis obtained tcount=6.168>ttable=2.000, so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, namely that there is a positive influence between PAK teachers as communicators on the Christian moral development of class XI students at Soposurung Foundation Vocational School for the 2023/2024 academic year.

This study aims to determine the level of tendency of the Probing Prompting Model and the level of tendency of PAK Learning Activity of grade XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 academic year, as well as to determine the existence of a positive and significant influence between the Probing Prompting Model on the Learning Activity of Christian Religious Education and Budi Pekerti of grade XI students of SMK N 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 academic year The hypothesis of this study is: There is a positive and significant effect of the Probing Prompting Model on the Learning Activity of Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 Learning Year. This type of research is an inferential descriptive quantitative method. The population in this study were all XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 Learning Year who were Protestant Christians totaling 198 people and the sample was taken 25% of 196 people, totaling 48 people. The instrument of this research is a closed questionnaire. The result of a simple linear equation is Y = 36.9 + 0.608x. The t test results show the value of tcount = 2.753 and ttable = 1.679, so it can be obtained tcount = 2.753> ttable = 1.679. Furthermore, data analysis for hypothesis testing with the f test obtained the value of Fhitung> Ftabel (5.94> 3.20) so it can be concluded that the hypothesis is accepted and based on the results of the coefficient of determination obtained the magnitude of the influence of the Probing Prompting model on the activeness of learning Christian Religious Education and Budi Pekerti Class XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti School Year 2023/2024 is 14.13% and another 85.87% is obtained from other inherent factors that are not examined in this study.

This study aims to determine the level of tendency of the Probing Prompting Model and the level of tendency of PAK Learning Activity of grade XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 academic year, as well as to determine the existence of a positive and significant influence between the Probing Prompting Model on the Learning Activity of Christian Religious Education and Budi Pekerti of grade XI students of SMK N 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 academic year The hypothesis of this study is: There is a positive and significant effect of the Probing Prompting Model on the Learning Activity of Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 Learning Year. This type of research is an inferential descriptive quantitative method. The population in this study were all XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti in the 2023/2024 Learning Year who were Protestant Christians totaling 198 people and the sample was taken 25% of 196 people, totaling 48 people. The instrument of this research is a closed questionnaire. The result of a simple linear equation is Y = 36.9 + 0.608x. The t test results show the value of tcount = 2.753 and ttable = 1.679, so it can be obtained tcount = 2.753> ttable = 1.679. Furthermore, data analysis for hypothesis testing with the f test obtained the value of Fhitung> Ftabel (5.94> 3.20) so it can be concluded that the hypothesis is accepted and based on the results of the coefficient of determination obtained the magnitude of the influence of the Probing Prompting model on the activeness of learning Christian Religious Education and Budi Pekerti Class XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Laguboti School Year 2023/2024 is 14.13% and another 85.87% is obtained from other inherent factors that are not examined in this study.

The research aims to determine the influence of the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model on the learning motivation for Christian Religious Education and Character Education of class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 Academic Year. The research hypothesis is that there is a positive influence between the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model on the learning motivation for Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year. Quantitative and descriptive research methods. The population of all class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year who are Protestant Christians is 62 people. This research is population research. The research instrument is a closed number. The results of data analysis obtained: a) The value of rcount=0.561>rtable=0.254 shows that there is a positive influence between the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model and students' motivation to learn Christian Religious Education and Character. b) Regression equation. c) The determination test shows that the magnitude of the effect is 31.47%. d) Hypothesis testing obtained Fcount=26.756>Ftable=3.15 so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The research concludes that there is a positive influence between the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model on the learning motivation for Christian Religious Education and Character Education of class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 Academic Year  

The research aims to determine the influence of the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model on the learning motivation for Christian Religious Education and Character Education of class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 Academic Year. The research hypothesis is that there is a positive influence between the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model on the learning motivation for Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year. Quantitative and descriptive research methods. The population of all class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 academic year who are Protestant Christians is 62 people. This research is population research. The research instrument is a closed number. The results of data analysis obtained: a) The value of rcount=0.561>rtable=0.254 shows that there is a positive influence between the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model and students' motivation to learn Christian Religious Education and Character. b) Regression equation. c) The determination test shows that the magnitude of the effect is 31.47%. d) Hypothesis testing obtained Fcount=26.756>Ftable=3.15 so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The research concludes that there is a positive influence between the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) learning model on the learning motivation for Christian Religious Education and Character Education of class V students at SD Negeri 3 Pasar Pangururan for the 2023/2024 Academic Year  

The study aims to determine the positive and significant influence between the use of image media on the motivation to learn Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon for the 2023/2024 Learning Year. Descriptive and inferential quantitative research methods. The population of all grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon for the 2023/2024 Learning Year who are Protestant Christians is 160 people. Random sampling is 25% of the total population, which is 40 people. The research instrument is in the form of a closed questionnaire. The results of the data analysis were obtained: a) The value of rhitung=0.553>rtabel=0.312 and thitung=4.091>ttabel=2.021 shows a relationship between the use of image media and learning motivation Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon Learning Year 2023/2024. b) Regression equation . c) The determination test is known to have an effect of 30.58%. d) Test the hypothesis obtained Fcalculate = 16.693 > Ftable = 3.23 then H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The study concluded that there is a positive and significant influence between the use of image media on the motivation to learn Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon for the 2023/2024 Learning Year.

The study aims to determine the positive and significant influence between the use of image media on the motivation to learn Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon for the 2023/2024 Learning Year. Descriptive and inferential quantitative research methods. The population of all grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon for the 2023/2024 Learning Year who are Protestant Christians is 160 people. Random sampling is 25% of the total population, which is 40 people. The research instrument is in the form of a closed questionnaire. The results of the data analysis were obtained: a) The value of rhitung=0.553>rtabel=0.312 and thitung=4.091>ttabel=2.021 shows a relationship between the use of image media and learning motivation Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon Learning Year 2023/2024. b) Regression equation . c) The determination test is known to have an effect of 30.58%. d) Test the hypothesis obtained Fcalculate = 16.693 > Ftable = 3.23 then H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The study concluded that there is a positive and significant influence between the use of image media on the motivation to learn Christian Religious Education and Ethics of grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Sipoholon for the 2023/2024 Learning Year.

The research aims to determine the positive and significant influence of the use of audio-visual media in Christian Religious Education learning on the learning interest of class VIII students at SMP Negeri 1 Pakkat for the 2023/2024 academic year. The research hypothesis is that there is a positive and significant influence between the use of audio-visual media in Christian Religious Education learning on the learning interest of class VIII students at SMP Negeri 1 Pakkat for the 2023/2024 academic year. Descriptive and inferential quantitative research methods. The population of all class VIII students at SMP Negeri 1 Pakkat for the 2023/2024 academic year who are Protestant Christians is 152 people. Random sampling (random sampling) was 35% of the total population, namely 53 people. The research instrument is a closed questionnaire. The results of data analysis obtained: a) The value rcount=0.501>rtabel(n=53)=0.297 and tcount=4.134>ttable(n-2=51)=2.000 shows that there is a relationship between the use of audio-visual media in Christian Religious Education learning and interest studying class VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Pakkat for the 2023/2024 academic year. b) Regression equation. c) The determination test shows that the magnitude of the effect is 25.10%. d) Hypothesis testing obtained Fcount=16.794>Ftable(n-2=51)=3.15 so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The research concluded that there was a positive and significant influence between the use of audio-visual media in Christian Religious Education learning on the learning interest of class VIII students at SMP Negeri 1 Pakkat for the 2023/2024 academic year.