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This research examines the journey and leadership transformation of King Solomon, who was initially known as the wisest leader in history, but later became a despotic leader. This research analyzes the role of theology in the narrative of the Story of King Solomon, focusing on aspects of pride and prosperity that contributed to the root of Solomon's downfall. In this context, this research explains how Solomon's initial wisdom was replaced by luxury and the negative influence of wealth, so that he fell into various sins against his people and God. And all the mistakes he made were related to changes in the leadership paradigm. The results of this research provide insight into the importance of morality and spiritual values ​​in maintaining leadership quality, as well as illustrating how the fall of a leader can be a valuable lesson in a theological context.

This study aims to explore the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday at MAS Yaspend Muslim Pematang Tengah, focusing on its impact on student character development. This research used a qualitative approach with a case study design, involving students, teachers, and the activity organizing committee as research subjects. Data were collected through interviews and direct observation during the celebration activities. The results showed that the celebration of the Prophet's birthday at MAS Yaspend Muslim not only serves as a commemorative event, but also as a means of character building through creative educational activities. The Dai, Cerdas Cermat, Azan, and Sholawat competitions held play an important role in enhancing students' creativity, deepening their understanding of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad SAW, and internalizing moral and spiritual values such as discipline, cooperation, honesty, and respect. This activity also serves as a medium to address the social challenges of the younger generation, such as drugs and radicalism, by instilling positive values. Overall, the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday at MAS Yaspend Muslim succeeded in creating a supportive environment for students' character development, equipping them with social and leadership skills, and strengthening spiritual bonds among students. This study suggests that other educational institutions can implement similar activities with more creative and meaningful approaches.

This study aims to describe the principle of perseverance taught by Elijah through his exemplary life, explain Elijah's strategies in facing life's challenges, and identify the meaning of Elijah's faith and its relevance to everyday life. Elijah demonstrated extraordinary perseverance in his obedience to God, as seen in his story in 1 Kings 17:1-6. He remained faithful to the mission given by God, despite facing various challenges, including spiritual conflict, physical threats, social isolation, and inner turmoil. The pinnacle of Elijah's faith is seen in his confrontation with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, where Elijah challenged idol worship with a strong conviction in God's power. Elijah's experience teaches the importance of maintaining faith in the midst of challenges, consistency in pursuing goals, and nurturing a personal relationship with God as a source of strength. Elijah's life also has relevance in the modern context, especially in terms of empowering leadership, spiritual integrity, moral courage, and commitment to divine truth..

This article was written with the aim of identifying spiritual leaders in the development of Islamic education. This research uses a certain type of library research. Reviewing various periodicals and relevant reference volumes is known as library research. The research findings show that spiritual leadership is a strategy to persuade other people to carry out activities in accordance with the ideals and principles taught by the Prophet Muhammad SAW to achieve a certain goal. Spiritual leadership is the process of persuading others to take beneficial actions to achieve certain goals. The Prophet Muhammad is considered an influence in Islam because of his leadership style. Loyalty is one of the main characteristics that characterizes spiritual leadership. In this context, loyalty shows that both leaders and followers must obey Allah SWT in terms of goals, uphold Islamic law and values, maintain integrity, be disciplined, be consistent, and not be arrogant. In Islamic educational institutions, spiritual leadership is implemented through instilling ideals that are focused on both life in this world and the afterlife. To fulfill their responsibilities, madrasah principals and teachers must do more than fulfill their administrative and instructional duties; they must also serve Allah SWT. By emulating the leadership qualities exemplified by the Prophet Muhammad SAW, such as effective communication between the head of the madrasah and its members, the head of the madrasah as a motivator, fairness, honesty, trustworthiness, deliberation, and applying the principles of discipline, madrasahs can also implement spiritual leadership.  

This study aims to analyze the role of the Articles of Association and Bylaws (AD/ART) in realizing an orderly and growing church. The Church as a spiritual and social organization needs an orderly system to achieve its ministry goals effectively and sustainably. Through a qualitative-descriptive approach, data was collected through literature studies, observations, and interviews with leaders and congregation members in several local churches. The results of the study show that AD/ART plays a role as a structural guideline that regulates the duties, authorities, and responsibilities of the ministry, as well as as the foundation of ministry ethics that maintains integrity and order in the church body. In addition, AD/ART has also proven to be a strategic instrument in encouraging church growth through long-term planning, leadership regeneration, congregation participation, and accountable financial management. Consistent implementation of AD/ART creates organizational stability, strengthens the church's identity, and increases the trust and involvement of congregation members. Thus, AD/ART is a crucial element in the construction of a healthy, orderly, and sustainable growing church.

In this era of globalization, women as leaders are not only in the secular world. Women's leadership in the spiritual world has emerged, one of which is when a woman is appointed as a pastor. To become a good leader, you can prepare yourself by learning about leadership. However, there are also those who have not had the chance to learn about leadership but have been appointed as leaders. This happens when a pastor's wife is suddenly appointed as a church leader in urgent conditions due to the death of her husband. This case was experienced by several pastors of the JKI Synod of the Semarang Regional Coordination as pastors replacing their husbands who died. In this study, the author aims to find out when a leadership transition occurs, is the pastor's wife ready to lead? How does the congregation respond to the transition of leadership from husband to pastor's wife? When the transition occurs, is there progress or decline in terms of the number of congregations, church management systems. In this study, the author uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. Where the author collects data by interviewing participants as a source of information. In addition to interviews, literature related to leadership is also used. Thus, it is expected that the results of this study can provide a solution when there is a transition of leadership in the church, the wife is ready to shepherd by having leadership skills so that it will not cause problems when someone accepts the transition of leadership and can be applied in Christian leadership

Leadership as an important aspect that influences a person's behavior specifically in the relationship between the leader and the person being led. Servant leadership implied by the pastor as the leader of the congregation through guidance, direction and encouragement given, has an effect on increasing the spirituality of the congregation. The training activity uses a presentation method, starting with the presentation of material to explain various things related to spiritual leadership in moving the organization. The method used is question and answer and sharing with participants about various things related to spiritual leadership. Training Implementation Time The training was carried out online on August 30, 2024. Participants in the Training for Prospective Pastors were 26 people. The participants' understanding and knowledge of servant leadership increased in the sense that the participants' knowledge increased after participating in the training, this was evidenced by the results of interviews with participants, 90% of participants said that their knowledge and insight increased after participating in the training. Participants said they practiced servant leadership so that leadership was successful effectively and efficiently. Thus, this training is said to be successful because it provides increased knowledge and insight to participants about something that participants need in running an organization, namely servant leadership.

Teachers are a primary factor in determining the quality of education. The high qualifications, competence, and dedication of teachers will produce students who are academically, skillfully, emotionally, morally, and spiritually mature. PAI is a conscious and planned effort to prepare students to know, understand, appreciate, believe, be devout, and have noble morals in practicing Islamic religious teachings with the primary sources of Al-Qur’an and Hadith. Through KKG, teachers have the opportunity and potential to discuss solving problems in class.Transformational leadership is a way in which leaders strengthen attitudes of mutual cooperation and believe in collective self-improvement and team learning. The research aims to find out how transformational leadership is possessed by the PAI SD KKG at Ciracas district in East Jakarta. The qualitative research method used was observation, interviews, and documentation with five KKG members, namely deputy chairman, secretary, treasurer I, treasurer II, coordinator for creativity and arts as the primary informant and two members as supporting informants.The research concluded that transformational leadership in the PAI SD KKG at Ciracas district in East Jakarta is excellent because the members are very satisfied with the chairman's leadership.    

This Research Explores The Importance Of Anointing In Hebrew And Greek Traditions, As Well As The Role Of Anointing In The Old Testament Which Gave Authority And Power To Kings, Priests, And Prophets. Anointing, Which Uses Oil As A Symbol Of The Holy Spirit, Creates A Special Relationship With God And Is A Sign Of Divine Authority. This Study Highlights The Journey Of Samuel Who Was Chosen By God To Anoint Saul And David As Kings Of Israel, Showing Samuel's Obedience To God's Call As Well As The Impact Of The Anointing In Building Spiritual And Political Leadership.

The foundation of education is a universal human aspiration; therefore, in addressing educational issues, complex solutions with philosophical foundations are necessary to ensure that the resulting solutions benefit all segments of society. One of the figures with strong philosophical views on education is Ki Hadjar Dewantara. Ki Hadjar Dewantara, a nobleman from the Yogyakarta Sultanate, firmly held a high concern for the development of education. The philosophical views put forward by Ki Hadjar Dewantara have become the basis for educational development in Indonesia. Ki Hadjar Dewantara expressed that the essence of education is an effort to internalize cultural values ​​into the souls of children with the aim of shaping them into complete human beings, both spiritually and mentally. This educational philosophy is known as the "Sistem Among," which emphasizes the basic ability of children to overcome the problems they face by providing them with broad freedom of thought. Ki Hadjar Dewantara formulated his philosophy by applying indigenous Indonesian culture, selectively adopting Western values ​​to fit the trikonic theory, and then adapting them wisely. Ki Hadjar Dewantara also made several contributions to Indonesian education, including the implementation of the leadership trilogy in education, the three educational centers, and the paguron system. Education is an effort to develop the human potential of learners, both physically, intellectually, emotionally, and morally, so that this potential can be realized and beneficial to their lives.

The foundation of education is a universal human aspiration; therefore, in addressing educational issues, complex solutions with philosophical foundations are necessary to ensure that the resulting solutions benefit all segments of society. One of the figures with strong philosophical views on education is Ki Hadjar Dewantara. Ki Hadjar Dewantara, a nobleman from the Yogyakarta Sultanate, firmly held a high concern for the development of education. The philosophical views put forward by Ki Hadjar Dewantara have become the basis for educational development in Indonesia. Ki Hadjar Dewantara expressed that the essence of education is an effort to internalize cultural values ​​into the souls of children with the aim of shaping them into complete human beings, both spiritually and mentally. This educational philosophy is known as the "Sistem Among," which emphasizes the basic ability of children to overcome the problems they face by providing them with broad freedom of thought. Ki Hadjar Dewantara formulated his philosophy by applying indigenous Indonesian culture, selectively adopting Western values ​​to fit the trikonic theory, and then adapting them wisely. Ki Hadjar Dewantara also made several contributions to Indonesian education, including the implementation of the leadership trilogy in education, the three educational centers, and the paguron system. Education is an effort to develop the human potential of learners, both physically, intellectually, emotionally, and morally, so that this potential can be realized and beneficial to their lives.

Toxic leadership in church contexts is not merely an organizational problem; it can become a psychospiritual wound when pastoral authority is used to shame, silence, manipulate, or control congregants in the name of God. This article examines pastoral counseling for congregants who experience inner wounds caused by toxic leadership in the church. The study addresses a gap in previous research: leadership studies have clarified the concepts of abusive supervision and destructive leadership. In contrast, religious trauma research has described spiritual abuse, yet fewer works have developed a constructive pastoral counseling synthesis that integrates both fields. Using a conceptual and integrative literature review design, this article draws on peer-reviewed studies on toxic leadership, spiritual abuse, institutional betrayal, moral injury, trauma-informed care, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy. The synthesis proposes that pastoral counseling in this context must be trauma-informed, spiritually competent, ecclesially accountable, and clinically humble. Three findings are advanced: toxic church leadership wounds identity, agency, and God-image; pastoral counseling must begin with safety, validation, narrative reconstruction, and protection of conscience; and recovery requires individual care and institutional repair through accountability, referral pathways, and anti-retaliatory church culture. The article concludes that pastoral counseling is most constructive when it becomes a ministry of truth-telling, non-coercive accompaniment, and communal restoration rather than a tool for preserving abusive systems.

This study explores the integration of Islamic economic education with green economy principles, focusing on environmental stewardship and sustainability. Islamic education plays a pivotal role in fostering ecological awareness, integrating values such as khalifah (stewardship), maslahah (public welfare), and adl (justice), which align with green economic practices. The research investigates how these values are taught in Islamic educational settings, particularly in pesantren (Islamic boarding schools), and how they promote sustainable practices such as tree planting and livestock cultivation. The study highlights the role of Islamic financial mechanisms, such as zakat, waqf, and green financing, in supporting sustainable development and equitable resource distribution. It also examines how Islamic education instills eco-spiritual values and encourages sustainable behaviors among students. The findings suggest that Islamic universities emphasize ethical economic principles more than secular institutions, while secular institutions focus more on sustainability content. The study calls for a more integrated approach, where both ethical economic practices and sustainability principles are harmonized to equip students for leadership roles in a green economy. This integration is crucial for fostering responsible global citizens capable of addressing the intertwined challenges of economic growth and environmental preservation.

The Prophet Muhammad was a complete human figure in terms of his humanity and spirituality. The Islamic morals of the Prophet Muhammad are important to practice because they can convey a more essential understanding of Islam because the Prophet Muhammad is an ideal representation of Islam. This research uses qualitative research methods with a library research approach. Qualitative research focuses on a variety of methods, including interpretive and naturalist approaches to the subject of study. The aim of this research is to study the Prophet Muhammad SAW in the Al-Qur'an and increase enthusiasm in emulating the morals of the Prophet Muhammad SAW which are still low among Muslims because they are considered very difficult to use as a guide. The results of this research discuss the morals of the Prophet Muhammad and the perfection of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. In Hadith. The Prophet's honesty, the Prophet's gentleness towards sinners, the Prophet's love for children, the poor and his people, the Prophet's never patient nature, the Prophet's forgiving nature towards people who hated and were hostile to him, the Prophet's democratic nature, the Prophet's humility, the Prophet's generosity, the Prophet's leadership, the Prophet always honored guests, the Prophet's face was always radiant. This research confirms the Islamic morals of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. Aisyah said that the Prophet's morals were the Koran

This study critically examines the semantic and symbolic depth of khanti (patience or forbearance) as expressed in Dhammapada verse 184: “Forbearance is the supreme ascetic practice (khanti parama tapo titikkhā), Nibbāna is supreme.” Through a qualitative hermeneutic approach that integrates classical semantics, modern linguistics, and Gadamerian interpretation, khanti is reinterpreted not merely as passive tolerance, but as an active moral and spiritual strategy within Buddhist ethical thought. The findings show that khanti functions as a multi-layered sign linguistically rich, symbolically resonant, and culturally embedded supporting inner transformation and ethical agency. In the Indonesian Buddhist context, khanti is reframed as a pedagogical and communicative tool for cultivating resilience, conflict resolution, and ethical leadership. This research contributes to interdisciplinary discourse on moral education and religious communication by emphasizing the strategic potential of Buddhist ethical concepts in contemporary society.

This research aims to conduct a comparative study of the concept of servant leadership put forward by Stephen R. Covey and its application to the Sister Head of Sang Timur Catholic Kindergarten in Malang City. Servant leadership is a leadership approach that emphasizes service to others as the main foundation of leadership. Stephen R. Covey explains this concept through his famous books, especially those related to the principles of effective and ethical leadership. This research uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. Data was obtained through in-depth interviews, observations, and analysis of articles related to the leadership activities of the Head Sister of the Sang Timur Catholic Kindergarten. Data analysis was carried out using a comparative study of Stephen R. Covey's servant leadership with the Head Sister's leadership style. The research results show that the Head Sister of Sang Timur Catholic Kindergarten consistently applies the concept of servant leadership. They highlight aspects of service, characteristics, potential development, and attention to the needs of team members as the main foundations of their leadership. Even though there may be contextual differences in its application, the concept of servant leadership remains the basis for Head Sisters in carrying out leadership responsibilities in the educational environment. This research provides further understanding regarding the application of servant leadership in the context of non-profit organizations, especially in early childhood education. This research can form the basis of practical implications for the development of more effective leadership models in educational institutions and similar organizations.

Harmonization of traditional leadership, especially through the figure of David, opens up opportunities and challenges in the context of modern pastoral ministry. Values ​​such as courage, perseverance, and integrity serve as inspiration for church leaders. A strategic approach, involving coaching and training, is crucial to integrating these values. Despite challenges and resistance, a deep understanding of these factors helps design effective strategies. By applying values ​​in daily practice, church leaders create enduring, relevant, and inspiring ministries, guiding people toward spiritual growth.

This article explores in depth the theological view of Ephesians 4:11-16, which details the role of leadership in ministry in the midst of the dynamics of the digital age. This article provides a strong foundation for understanding the importance of leaders in the development and guidance of trust communities in the era of modern technology. By blending biblical analysis and contemporary perspectives, this article presents the idea that effective ministry leaders in the digital age need to find a balance between spiritual wisdom and technological understanding. Ephesians 4:11-16 opens the door to in-depth reflection on the role and responsibility of ministry leaders in facing the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. Today's leaders are required not only to have solid spiritual wisdom, but also a profound understanding of technology. They need to be able to guide the trust community through the ever-expanding digital world. This article suggests that ministry leaders should blend Bible principles with contemporary understanding of technology. Leaders who can respond wisely to social and technological dynamics will be better able to build and guide their communities. This balance creates room for spiritual growth while remaining connected to the reality of the digital world. Thus, this article stimulates thinking about how service leaders can be effective agents of change in the digital age, by combining intellectual wisdom and technological understanding to empower community beliefs towards sustainable relevance and impact.

The story of Joshua's leadership in the Bible provides valuable insight for modern church leaders. Through vision analysis, relational leadership, handling challenges, conflict management, and Joshua's mentoring, this paper explores leadership principles that can be applied in today's spiritual ministry. Case studies and interviews with church leaders provide concrete examples of the application of these principles in practical contexts. The relevance of Joshua's leadership strategy in facing contemporary dynamics and the need for contextual adjustments is explained. The conclusion states that Joshua's story provides a foundation for inspired and practical church leadership, promoting the continuity of spiritual ministry in changing times.

This research method uses descriptive qualitative research. Data collection techniques use observation, interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique uses data collection, reduction, display and verification. Meanwhile, data validity testing uses triangulation of sources, techniques and time. The research results show that 1) The concept of spiritual leadership of the madrasa head in realizing student discipline is a household concept. In a household, trust, commitment, responsibility, and full affection and sincerity are needed; 2) the implementation of the madrasah head's spiritual leadership in realizing student discipline is by articulating a vision, learning programs, non-academic programs, programs in the field of spiritual development activities.