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This study examines the role of teachers as influencers in 21st-century education, particularly in developing students’ intelligence and character through the use of digital media and technology. The digital transformation requires teachers to serve not only as transmitters of knowledge but also as public figures capable of providing positive influence through digital behavior and communication. The purpose of this study is to analyze how teachers perform their roles as educational influencers and how this impacts students’ intellectual and character development. This research employs a literature study method by reviewing scientific sources such as books, articles, journals, and relevant research reports. The analysis was conducted using a descriptive-analytical approach to identify patterns, ideas, and strategies used by teachers in integrating character values and digital literacy. The findings indicate that teachers with strong digital competence and personal integrity are able to create positive influence through educational content, digital role modeling, and ethical communication. The implications highlight the importance of strengthening teachers’ digital literacy, educational policy support, and continuous professional training to create a digital learning ecosystem that is character-based, adaptive, and responsive to contemporary challenges.

With the development of the times, the lives of today's young people have a way of getting along and a communication style that is greatly influenced by the environment. In fact, it is also inseparable from the influence of technology which is very rapidly developing in this era, where young people are now more active in using or utilizing the development of technology through communication tools in which there are social media such as mobile phones, laptops, and others that are connected to the internet network. Without having to meet and interact in person, they will get a very extraordinary influencer, which will shape their character to be good or even vice versa. The influence of the development of technology and community has a great influence on the lives and future of young people. Both in general and especially God's children who are lay and those who are involved in the ministry. No less important is when they start thinking about their future with various family backgrounds and their current conditions. Sometimes worries arise about their future, making them do something that seems good, but actually makes them start to move away from God. The author's hope is to create a young generation who fear God.