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The digital era has brought profound transformations in religious life, creating both opportunities and challenges for the younger generation of Christians in maintaining their faith. The Toraja Church Youth Fellowship (PPGT) of the Buntu Masakke Congregation is one such community struggling to maintain the steadfastness of its youth's faith amidst the tide of globalization, the temptations of materialism, worldly positions, and the increasingly prevalent dynamics of interfaith romance. This reality drives the need for a faith training strategy that is relevant, contextual, and utilizes the potential of digital technology wisely. This study aims to implement an effective faith training strategy for PPGT through the use of digital media to produce church youth who not only unleash strength in faith, but also grow spiritually and are able to serve in creative and impactful ways in the modern era. This study used a four-month practicum method involving 22 active participants. Three training modules were implemented in stages: (1) Rooted in God's Word in the Digital Age, which encourages the use of Bible applications and digital devotionals; (2) Growing in Christ's Character Amidst Worldly Temptations, which emphasizes the values of integrity, faithfulness, and holiness; and (3) Serving with Creativity and Relevance in the Digital Age, which invites young people to produce digital content with spiritual value. The results of the study showed significant success, with 95% achieving “rootedness,” 80% achieving “growth,” and 86% achieving “serving.” In fact, 63.6% of participants experienced spiritual transformation and are now active as digital ministry drivers. These findings confirm that digital media, when utilized strategically and in harmony with Christian values, can be an effective tool in fostering the faith of the younger generation. Therefore, the church needs to develop a sustainable and contextual digital training model to strengthen the role of young people in current and future ministry.

The church is a community, like organizations in general, the church has an important role in the lives of its congregation members. In the organizational structure, each church has an intra-ecclesiastical administrator. The Administrators of each congregation will be representatives of each congregation. OIG category PPGT Klas Rembon Sado'ko' held an entrepreneurship seminar with the aim of providing knowledge, motivation and finding business opportunities. Entrepreneurship seminar activities in the Sub Theme: The Role of Christian Youth and finding opportunities in the era of society 5.0. This activity was attended by more than ± 100 people.  

The implementation of this Mentoring activity is carried out by assisting in Marketing, Financial Management and Independent Business Development which is carried out by the Toraja Church Youth Fellowship of the Buntu Lemo Congregation which is managed independently for the needs of the PPGT organization. This community service activity method has several stages, including initial surveys, interviews with partner groups to find problems and solutions offered as well as assistance with marketing and financial management. The PPGT Buntu Lemo Congregation's independent business includes several types of business, including: tent rental, sound system rental and dance studio and decorations. Strengthening the marketing strategy of the PPGT Mandiri Business of the Buntu Lemo Congregation to be able to compete in marketing products and managing finances correctly and regularly will make the business better.

The church is a community, like organizations in general, the church has an important role in the lives of its congregation members. In the organizational structure, each church has an intra-ecclesiastical administrator. The Administrators of each congregation will be representatives of each congregation. PPGT Class PPGT OIG Nonongan Salu conducted an entrepreneurship seminar with the aim of providing knowledge, motivation and preparing Christian youths who are independent and become agents of change for themselves, the congregation and the nation. Entrepreneurship seminar activities in the Sub Theme: Smart Ways to Turn Problems into Business Opportunities. This activity is attended by more than ± 30 people.  

This activity aims to provide counseling about turning hobbies into profits at PPGT Klasis Nonongan Salu, which is one of the organizational/community activities within the intra-ecclesiastical management. This seminar was carried out with the aim of providing knowledge to teenagers that hobbies can be turned into profits. Apart from that, it provides insight and motivation to teenagers and prepares Christian young people to be independent and become agents of change for themselves, the congregregation and the nation. This activity was attended by around 30 people.

This community service aims to provide comprehensive education about trichiasis, a condition in which eyelashes grow into the eye as well as provide an explanation of the definition, causes, symptoms, and risks associated with trichiasis and eye health. This counseling also provides education on various available treatment methods, ranging from medical treatment and prevention that can be taken to keep the eyes healthy. The form of community service is counseling using the media in the form of powerpoint slides and brochures accompanied by pre-test and post-test to assess the level of public knowledge. information about trichiasis. The level of knowledge before counseling regarding trichiasis and eye health was obtained by all respondents who were still lacking and after counseling there was an increase in the level of knowledge of respondents as much as 89% with a good level of knowledge.