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Proses reformasi birokrasi yang dimulai dengan penyusunan Desain Besar (grand design) mengenai Reformasi Birokrasi 2010-2025 (Grand esign Administrative Reform 2010-2025) telah dituangkan ke dalam Peraturan Presiden No. 81 tahun 2010 dengan tujuan besarnya untuk menciptakan birokrasi berkelas dunia di tahun 2025. Reformasi birokrasi merupakan sebuah proses politik yang di desain untuk menyesuaikan hubungan antara birokrasi dan elemen-elemen lain dalam masyarakat, seperti masyarakat sipil dan swasta, maupun di dalam birokrasi itu sendiri. Dalam desain besar tersebut, Road Map reformasi telah dibagi ke dalam 3 (tiga) tahap setiap lima tahunan yang memuat sasaran-sasaran strategis. Tidak terasa Grand Design Reforrmasi Birokrasi tersebut telah memasuki pada tahap terakhir atau periode ketiga, pada periode terakhir ini sasaran yang ingin dicapai adalah peningkatan secara terus menerus kapasitas birokrasi sebagai kelanjutan dari reformasi birokrasi pada tahap II hingga akhirnya tujuan akhir untuk mewujudkan pemerintah kelas dunia. Namun banyak berpendapat bahwa pada Tahap I dan Tahap II dinilai belum ada dampak yang signifikan, apakah Reformasi Birokrasi di Indonesia bisa dikatakan “Jalan di Tempat”. Pada tahap ketiga iniKementerian PANRB mencanangan Reformasi Birokrasi Temtikdengan empat focus yaitu: 1. Pengentasan Kemiskinan; 2. Peningkatan Investasi; 3. Percepatan Prioritas Aktual Presiden; 4. Digitalisasi Administrasi Pemerintahan. Reformasi Birokrasi diharapkan menjawab keinginan dan amanat Bapak Presiden Joko Widodo untuk Reformasi Birokrasi yang berdampak pada masyarakat dan pembangunan.

This study aims to find out how the people’s participation  in following the deepening of Scriptures in the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul Ampah.   This research is based on the phenomenon that occurs in the field that the deepening activities of Scripture are still less desirable to the people. The involvement of people in participating in the deepening activities of Scripture in Santo Petrus and Paulus Ampah Parish is still lacking, both before the Covid-19 pandemic and during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The  type  of  research  used  in  this  research  is  descriptive  qualitative research. This research was conducted on May at the parish of Saints Peter and Paul Ampah in particular in four neighborhoods: the neighborhood of Saint Sicily, the neighborhood  of Santa  Maria,  the  neighborhood  of Saint  Joseph  and  the neighborhood of Saint Francis. The informants are 14 people consisting of   1 Parish Priest, 3 Catechists, 4 environmental chairmen and 6 parishioners. Data Collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. The data analysis techniques used  is the model of Miles and Huberman wich consist of three stages, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing.

This study aims to determine the people‟s understanding of the Eucharist, the involvement of the people in the celebration of the Eucharist and to incerease the people‟s understanding of the Eucharist through catechesis at the Santa Maria Assupta Rungun Parish Ave Maria Tanjung Station. Through catechesis, people are expected to understand the Eucharist as the source and peak of Christian life. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. Data obtained by using interviews and documentation. The research was conducted in May at the Santa Maria Asumta Rungun station. There were 10 informants in this study consisting of 1 parish priest, head  of the congregation and 8 people. The data analysis technique uses Miles and Huberman which consists of 3 stages, namely reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions.

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.

ABSTRACT The use of mobile devices with the Android operating system which are used as supporting media and supplements in improving learning outcomes combined with demonstration methods and discovery learning or demon-disco learning is needed to help students improve learning outcomes in hydroponic plant cultivation vocational competency subjects at SMK. Kristen Terang Bangsa, because the use of android-based applications can provide new experiences regarding the use of information and communication technology, as well as provide opportunities for students to be able to learn more independently. The concept chosen as a learning medium is to present material about understanding, introduction to parts, types, and quizzes containing questions about hydroponic cultivation of plants. This research uses the Research and Development (RnD) product development method, using 6 out of 10 research stages, namely potentials and problems, data collection, product design, design validation, design improvement, product testing. The result of this research is to produce learning media in the form of android-based applications. The validity value of the media expert is 2.6 which is declared feasible, while the validity value of the material expert is 3.6 which is declared feasible, and is able to increase the average value in the hydroponic plant cultivation vocational competency subject at the Terang Bangsa Christian Vocational School which Initially 67 (with 13 students who had not reached the KKM) to 80 (with 4 students who had not reached the KKM).

This study aims to describe the role of spiritual intelligence in increasing the professionalism of Christian Religious Education teachers. The professionalism of Christian Religious Educationteachers plays an important role in the success of giving birth to students with Christ's character. Spiritual intelligence is the result of an intimate and intense relationship with God. Through this research, the author conveys that through spiritual intelligence, God actually speaks and guides teachers in living their professional lives and responsibilities. The indicators of spiritual intelligence presented in this study help to understand how spiritual intelligence actually works. The research method used is qualitative. Collecting data using the method of observation and literature study. The results of the study concluded that when a teacher has spiritual intelligence, the ability to understand the nature of oneself is created, able to understand God's will so that the spirit to move his life is the Holy Spirit. Thus his existence both body and soul (all thoughts and feelings) is directed to become a teacher similar to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education is very vital to improve the quality of human resource. Therefore moral and spiritual education is very important for men in order to change the mindset, character, and increasing intelligence. Jesus startyed his ministry educating or teaching (Matthew 4:23). Every one who heard his teaching and believed him always experiences a change of attitude from bad to good (the apostles, Zaccheus, Samaritan woman). The Lord Jesus understood very well that education consists of very important teachings for one’s life. Teaching the Word of God contributed to the growth of the faith of the early church. It even contributed to the growth in quantity (Acts 2:41-42). The first and major Education agent here is the family. Parents are the main teacher for their children. Not only family, but then there is the church for the believers. As one of the assignments of the church is teaching (didache). The church has to teach or educate the people according to the Bible. Christian education needs to have the basic understanding that God is the source of knowledge or the Truth.3 The most important purpose of a Christian education is helping the students to know God through Jesus Christ, through His Word. To be able to achieve this, we need to have educators who deeply know God, through Jesus Christ and have experienced spiritual renewal.Keywords:; ;

Apologetics as a branch of Theology is based on the main purpose that is to bring people to maturity and spread the Gospel. Reading the Bible in a holistic way, apologetics has been executed since the very beginning of the world’s existance and apologetics was started by God Himself when He answered those who opposed Him. Appologetics has continued to the first church and up to now when proofing the truth of the Christian belief during evangelisation and even as an act of counselling. The connection between apologetics and evangelisation is quite close, as apologetics try to answer the questionings of the Chritian beliefs,which could be a direct act of evangelisation. Wilbur Smit wrote “a spoken or written accountability of what we are doing or the Truth we are believing”. Wilbur Smit believes that being accountable is part of our conviction. Very fundamental as an apologetic is that he should have a deep conviction and sanctifies Christ in his life. This is a key factor, because the presuppostion here is that the Jesus Christ is Lord of the thoughts of an apologetic. The apologetic arguments should be towards the Lordship of Jesus Christ and wisdom of God and founded on the fear of the Lord. Foolishnes of unbelief is not to be exposed for apologetic is as neutral as other human activity. Any apologetic argument should have the Truth of God as the presupposition.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana proses pelaksanaan katekese katekumenat sebagai media bagi pembinaan iman calon baptis di paroki Santo Fransiskus Asisi Parenggean. Permasalahannya adalah sebagian umat yang telah dibaptis namun jarang ke Gereja. Kebiasaan umat Katolik di paroki Santo Fransiskus Asisi Parenggean pergi ke Gereja hanya pada saat hari raya besar seperti Natal dan Paskah, sedangkan pada hari Minggu Biasa mereka jarang ke Gereja. Dalam  penelitian  ini,  peneliti  menggunakan  jenis kualitatif. Data yang diperoleh dengan teknik observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis yaitu menyajikan data dan menarik kesimpulan. Tempat pelaksanaan di paroki Santo Fransiskus Asisi Parenggean. Dengan informan yang berjumlah 8 orang yang dikelompokkan menjadi dua yaitu katekumen dan petugas pastoral yaitu pastor paroki, 1 katekis dan 1 pembina sebagai simpatisan yang membantu katekis serta 5 orang katekumen yang telah menerima sakramen baptis.

This study aims to determine the evaluation of the financial performance of the Purworejo District Health Office through a value for money approach. This study used descriptivequalitativemethod. -2027wasdeclaredquiteeconomical,namely88.27%in2017becauseitwasintherangeof80%<90%andfor3(three)years.2018-2020isdeclaredaseconomicalbecauseanaverageof92.47% lies in the range of 90% -100%. However, in 2021 it was again declared quite economical at 89.54%. While the pattern of development of the level of efficiency in the financial management of the Purworejo District Health Office for 5 (five) years 2017-2021 is declared inefficient because the efficiency value is more than 100%. This is due to the existence of different work programs each year with different sources of funds even though they have minimized spending with the target. However, in 2021 it was again declared very effective. The greater the level of effectiveness achieved, the better the performance of the PurworejoHealthOffice. This is because there is realization of the budget lower than the target.

Dian Wacana Demak Christian Kindergarten-Kindergarten School, which is one of the agencies engaged in the science and early childhood education. The type of data used is qualitative and quantitative data. The research objective is to design an effective and efficient school financial administration recording information system and design a school financial administration recording information system that has a system security that can maintain the correctness of the data. The research method used is the Borg and Gall R&D Development Research model, the Prototyping System Development Method to produce a product in the form of a prototype with 6 stages: Research and Data Collection, Planning, Initial Product Development, Product Testing, Product Revision, Final Trial. The conclusion from the results of this study is that this system can facilitate the recording of cash in and cash out transactions so that there are no mistakes in recording, users can easily present cash reports more quickly so that they can minimize recording time and recording errors, and make it easier for users to print. cash reports with accurate results so as to support and speed up decision making.

Tulisan ini bertujuan membantu mengurangi kasus bullying supaya tidak berlanjut. Tulisan ini menggunakan metode studi pustaka yang pengumpulan informasi serta data dari berbagai macam sumber yang ada di buku, jurnal, dokumen, Koran, majalah, internet, dan masih banyak lagi. Semua informasi tersebut dikumpulkan dan terbentuklah landasan teori. Bullying merupakan suatu tindakan dimana seseorang/kelompok melakukan  penindasan  seperti  menyakiti,  menghina,  memukul,  hingga merundungi seseorang dengan kekerasan. Banyak faktor yang menyebabkan aktivitas bullying sering terjadi mulai dari penampilan fisik hingga sifat seseorang yang dianggap berbeda dari yang lainnya. Banyak orang yang menganggap bahwa bullying merupakan hal yang menyenangkan karena hanya sebatas bercanda, namun di balik itu semua, bullying dapat memberikan dampak yang buruk bagi perkembangan. Penulis menawarkan sebuah program yang dapat mendampingi korban bullying serta membantu mengurangi kasus bullying. Adapun program pastoralnya adalah rekoleksi dan konseling. Program rekoleksi diberikan secara umum bagi semua remaja yang duduk di bangku SMP. Sedangkan program konseling diberikan secara pribadi bagi remaja yang menjadi korban bullying. Dengan demikian, program pastoral pendampingan korban bullying dapat menjadi sarana bagi Gereja agar dapat membantu mengurangi kasus bullying supaya tidak berlanjut.

Facing the challenges of an increasingly developing era, changes will continue to occur in all aspects of life, including one in the world of education. A study needs to be conducted to anticipate increasingly rapid developments, both in Christian and secular theological education. The influence of the challenges of the era will create positive and negative changes, for that it is necessary to conduct an investigation in a study. This study was conducted to investigate the influence of technology-based training on improving professional skills in the field of Christian theology. Integrating the influence of technology-based training in Christian theological education can be an effective strategy for developing relevant and competitive professional skills. Professional skills in the field of Christian theology are an important component for the development of Christian theological education and spiritual understanding of Christian theology. This study is expected to contribute to the development of effective curriculum programs in theological education in the future. The research method used is qualitative with an interview system and questionnaires for training participants. This study shows that the influence of formal technology-based training plays an important role in improving professional skills in the field of Christian theology.  

The topic of leadership becomes increasingly important because people are increasingly talking about and fighting over it as a determinant factor of the success of a job. Leadership plays an important role in determining the advance or setback of an organization or group. Joshua can be used as a figure in today's leadership. Speaking of character, Joshua is a very consistent person. This fact can be seen when Joshua became a servant of Moses. His life shows an example of great loyalty, obedience, commitment, determination, communicative and a strong faith. The incident of sending spies to the land of Canaan, Joshua and Caleb were not only determined to do what was assigned, but the determination that was in them was also shown in concrete actions. This event showed when the tasks and responsibilities are completed, the ten spies from the ten tribes of Israel gave exaggerated report about the condition of the land of Canaan and displayed pessimism and an exaggerated impression on the Israelites.

Christianity believes and have faith in the Triune God. Each Person of the Trinity has different role but has the same attribute, namely both Holy, Powerful and worthy of worship. In the Christian life, Holy Spirit is another helper but of one kind as God Himself. The Holy Spirit is the Person promised by the Lord Jesus to His disciples. The Holy Spirit dwells and leads everyone who has believed in Christ and make their lives change drastically. The Spirit-led life is called ‘Life’, in the Greeks term “Peripatusin” (Peripatousin), meaning walking, in this case refers to all activities in the life of the believer.1 1 Corinthians 1:26 shows evidence of the transformation of those who have received and are led by the Holy Spirit in their hearts. Because of the leading of the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of God, the early Church grew very rapidly despite of great persecution. The Holy Spirit also reveals new and fresh truth to each generation. And through the Holy Spirit, people can repent, know and believe in Jesus (1 Corinthians 12:3) so that by the Spirit people can follow Christ’s example (2Corintians 3:18)2. The role of the Holy Spirit in leading the Church today is to liberate the Church as a whole and to give boldness to the Church in witnessing for Him.

Improving living standards is a problem that continues to roll from time to time, both with the theme of poverty alleviation or economic empowerment. In the context of the Christian world the church must provide education about the importance of people doing entrepreneurship in order to improve their economy. This article is a qualitative study with a literary approach to reflect biblically about entrepreneurship and how the church cares to do that as its responsibility. In conclusion, Christian counseling approaches can be used to encourage Christian entrepreneurship activities.

Play and games are an inseparable part of the learning process to develop early childhood skills. Knowledge of arithmetic can be delivered to early childhood, ages 5-6 years, by playing a game. The game is a game of congklak. Congklak is a traditional game that has the benefit of stimulating fine motor skills, and training the child's concentration. Research on Teacher Creativity in Improving Counting Ability of Group B Through the Congklak Game in the Integrated Mahanaim Christian Kindergarten, using the Classroom Action Research methodology. The research model used is the Kurt Lewin model. Four stages are carried out: planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. From the four cycles carried out the results are: of the 20 subjects studied the average achievement value was 6.6. 15 children in the high achievement category, 2 children in the moderate category, and 3 children in the low achievement category. Based on initial observations, it was concluded that there was a significant increase in numeracy skills.

Evangelism must become the lifestyle of all believers. Evangelism agrees to preach the good news about salvation in Jesus Christ and win people to Him, according to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20. We have to be a witness of Jesus Christ and His Gospel as our lifestyle. Being a Christian is like being a witness for Jesus. Evangelism and witnessing are a major part of a believer's life with values that are in accordance with Christ's teachings. The Lord Jesus became a positive example of how evangelism became His lifestyle. In practice, the church develops a discipleship process to help, direct and produce the results of the gospel message and establish new believers in fellowship, holy baptized, discipleship, and practice. Being externally applied in two important parts namely go and make all the tribes become disciples of Christ. These two external parts will be accomplished by an effective compilation that has been disciplined as a disciple of Christ holistically. This external implementation guides and encourages each church to diligently preach the Gospel of Christ as a lifestyle in various life discussions.

This research focuses on the importance of Mandarin language proficiency for active students of Sekolah Tinggi Teologi (STT) Kerusso in the context of global evangelism missions. The urgency of this study lies in the growing role of foreign languages, particularly Mandarin, in reaching unreached communities across different parts of the world. With a large number of Mandarin speakers worldwide, proficiency in this language is essential for those involved in evangelism missions to establish effective communication and expand the mission's reach. The primary objective of this research is to demonstrate the importance of foreign language proficiency, especially Mandarin, for active STT Kerusso students involved in global evangelism missions. This study aims to provide insights for theological education institutions in designing curricula that better support foreign language acquisition as an integral part of mission preparation. This research employs a qualitative method with an approach that includes in-depth interviews, literature review, and participatory observation. Interviews were conducted with active students and alumni of STT Kerusso who have been involved in evangelism missions in Mandarin-speaking communities. The collected data were analyzed descriptively to identify key themes related to the role of foreign languages in evangelism. The findings of this study are expected to provide a deeper understanding of the urgency of foreign language proficiency in global evangelism missions and offer strategic recommendations for STT Kerusso in preparing its students to face future challenges in evangelism.

This research was conducted to find out the understanding of the Meratus Dayak Catholics in the Parish of Ave Maria Tanjung on the Relevance of the Rite of Aruh for the Eucharistic Ceremony in the Catholic Church at Ave Maria Tanjung Parish. Through this study, it is hoped that Meratus Dayak people preserve the local culture that has been handed down and purify it based on Catholic Church teachings and deepen their faith with cultural adjustment in the thanksgiving of the Catholic Church. The method used in this research is qualitative method using phenomenology approach. Data obtained by interview, observation and documentation. The research steps include, conversation with informant, informant profile, theme determination, implication, synthesis, prospect or possibility that will happen.