The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education offers significant opportunities to transform learning processes, including in Catholic Religious Education (CRE) at the senior high school level. This article aims to identify effective and ethical strategies for integrating AI into CRE instruction by considering Catholic faith values and students’ character development. The study uses a qualitative literature review approach to analyze scholarly sources and current practices of AI application in education. Findings indicate that AI can enhance personalized learning, provide real-time feedback, and create more interactive and context-rich learning experiences. Practical implementations such as adaptive learning systems, chatbots, and AI-based simulations have shown positive impacts on students' comprehension. However, challenges including teacher readiness, technological infrastructure, and ethical concerns must be addressed seriously. Therefore, integrating AI in CRE must be done thoughtfully, responsibly, and in harmony with religious and moral contexts. With careful planning, AI can become a valuable tool to deepen students' faith understanding and support holistic character formation in the digital age.

Christian education, which is based on the teachings of the Christian religion, has an important role in forming individual character and morals. This education system aims to instill Christian moral and ethical values in students as a guide throughout their lives. However, in the modern era which is full of dynamics and change, Christian education faces big challenges in overcoming moral decline in society. Technological developments, cultural changes, and greater access to information create an increasingly complex moral landscape. Thus, Christian education has a key role in shaping individual character and morals and providing a solid ethical foundation, although there are a series of challenges that hinder its effectiveness. This research explores how Christian ethical principles guide interactions within families and communities, as well as their role in facing moral challenges in the modern era. The family is the main center in the formation of individuals and society, where values and ethics are practiced and passed from one generation to the next. This study emphasizes the importance of respecting parents as a spiritual basis that shapes the character and morality of Christian families. Generations, born in the digital era, are faced with various moral and ethical challenges. Christian education in the family environment can provide a strong moral foundation to face the pressures and temptations around them. Character is not a fixed trait, but rather the result of various influences in a person's life. Christian education provides a deep spiritual dimension, teaching ethical values, compassion, and commitment.

This interpretation discusses Zephaniah 2:1-3 with the aim of revealing the main message of the passage and how its meaning can be applied to contemporary life. This verse contains God's invitation to His people to immediately gather and repent before His wrath comes. The method used in this interpretation is a historical and contextual approach, by tracing the background of Zephaniah's time, the meaning of key words in the text, and their relationship to modern life. The results of the interpretation show that Zephaniah invites the people to seek God, live a life of justice, and be humble. This is not only a call for the Israelites at that time, but also a warning for modern humans who live in a situation of moral crisis, disaster, and social chaos. This verse invites everyone not to delay repentance, live righteously before God, and maintain good relations with others. The message is very relevant to modern life which often forgets spiritual values ​​and social justice.

Educational management in the Islamic perspective is not only administrative but also spiritual and scientific. Hadis Tarbawi, as part of the Islamic heritage, offers managerial principles that can be applied in education, ranging from planning and implementation to evaluation. This study aims to reveal the managerial content in Hadis Tarbawi that can serve as a guide for Muslim educators. Using a qualitative approach and literature review method, this research analyzes selected hadiths related to educational values. The findings show that Hadis Tarbawi contains key principles such as just leadership, effective communication, character development, continuous evaluation, and spirituality in managing the educational process. These insights enrich the scientific literature in the field of Islamic educational management and offer a more holistic approach to managing education. The study recommends integrating Hadis Tarbawi into the Islamic education curriculum and providing training for educators to apply these principles in practice.

One of the challenges often faced by church leaders is the inability to set a consistent example, which results in the dependence of the ministry and the declining trust of the congregation. This is caused by the imbalance between spirituality and integrity, the influence of lust, and weak spiritual discipline. This study aims to exmine the qualifications of church leaders in general, and analyze their relevance for God’s service in the present era. The method used is qualitative with a hermeneutic descriptive-analytical approach, accompanied by a literature study sourced from theological literature, tafsir, and related articles. The result show that church leaders must have moral integrity, self-control, loyalty, wisdom, skill, teaching, and a good reputation. These criteria become the foundation of spiritual leadership eligiblity. The conclusion of this study emphasizes that servants of God must live in love, live simply, be authoritative, humble and able to adjust to the dynamics of today’s ministry.

Pastoral ministry is a divine calling that demands faithfulness, vigilance, and wholehearted love in caring for God’s flock. However, in the reality of ministry, many church shepherds face complex and burdensome challenges in fulfilling this responsibility. A failure to understand and implement authority based on the character of Christ often becomes the root problem in pastoral ministry. This study aims to explore the dynamics of pastoral ministry in the context of today’s church, particularly in light of 1 Peter 5:1–4. The approach used is qualitative descriptive, based on a literature review, with a focus on relevant theological and pastoral works. The findings reveal that many pastors experience spiritual and emotional exhaustion, especially when their ministry lacks support from an adequate organizational structure, or when the congregation’s expectations are misaligned with the church’s mission. In this context, true shepherding—as explained by figures such as Bill Lawrence and Phil Pringle—must be rooted in Christ as the Head of the Church. A pastor is called to serve with humility, not to dominate or pursue personal interests. Furthermore, a deep understanding of the biblical metaphor concerning the relationship between shepherd and sheep is essential to avoid distortions in meaning and deviant ministry practices. An emphasis on love, responsibility, and exemplary conduct becomes the foundational framework for building an integrous pastoral ministry. This study concludes that pastoral ministry will be more effective when supported by clear church organizational policies, a deep theological foundation, and pure ministry motivations. Thus, pastoral ministry is not merely an administrative task, but a manifestation of God's love expressed through the lives of His servants.

Does the presence of Facebook social media make changes in interactions, which are usually active housewives gossiping (light discussions) on the porch of the house, after the presence of Facebook social media, housewives choose to interact online rather than face to face. This research was conducted in Partali Toruan Village using qualitative research methods and informants who became informants were housewives in Partali Toruan Village. Data collection techniques were carried out by observation, interviews, documentation and drawing conclusions. The results of the study indicate that Facebook has an impact on changes in interaction patterns in mothers in Partali Toruan Village, North Tapanuli Regency and these changes are planned changes or come from one's own will. Meanwhile, the conclusions based on the researcher's sub-problems are as follows: Most of the core of the negative impact of Facebook on changes in interaction patterns with family and the Partali Toruan community environment on mothers in Partali Toruan Village, North Tapanuli Regency is making Facebook social media a money field, namely by selling online, and eliminating boredom. Facebook has a negative impact if its users misuse Facebook as a life regulator.

The purpose of this study was to determine the Economic Independence of the Nias Ethnic Group as a survival strategy in the face of social exclusion in Tarutung District, North Tapanuli Regency. The research method used was qualitative research. Data collection using techniques, observation, interviews and documentation. From the results of the study obtained. The economic independence of the Nias ethnic group can be seen from the existence of barbershops and tailors that have developed in Tarutung District. Social exclusion occurs among the Nias ethnic group which results in the Nias ethnic group preferring to create their own businesses. The economic adaptation strategy of the Nias ethnic group in Tarutung District, North Tapanuli Regency, that the economic adaptation strategy carried out by the Nias Ethnic Group is generally by utilizing social networks by utilizing social networks of family, friends, and communities. The Nias ethnic group who migrated to Tarutung, some of them have family or relatives who have migrated to Tarutung. Through the use of this network, the Nias ethnic group is able and easy to get information opportunities regarding job opportunities and business opportunities. Managing their own business is adjusted to their interests or skills, this business is limited in scale and managed by one individual. The Nias ethnic group establishes their own business because they have capital, either from capital collected by themselves or capital assistance from their families. adapting to existing jobs and in accordance with their respective skills. The development of the barbershop or sewing business of the Nias ethnic group in Tarutung greatly influences the development of the economic progress of the Nias ethnic group in Tarutung.

This paper explains the Deviations of Ma'had Al-Zaytun's Teachings Against Islamic Law, where the activity is in a ma'had or pondok in Indramayu, Central Java. During the leadership of Prof. Dr. KH. Abdusallam Rasyidi Panji Gumilang has recently reaped a lot of controversy because the teachings applied at the education center are contrary to Islamic religious laws or teachings, such as the prayer rows that are spaced apart and the mixing of male and female rows, Hajj can be carried out in Indramayu, adheres to Bung Karno's and Ma'had's understandings also say that sins can be redeemed with money. It also describes rebuttals regarding teachings in Al-Zaytun which are considered deviant and far from Islamic values ​​and law. to discuss related to deviant teachings in ma'had Al-Zaytun that are contrary to Islamic religious law, and the author will also look for what are the factors that underlie the ma'had carrying out teachings that are not in accordance with religious law or Islamic Shari'a which should.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan  manajemen konflik dalam meningkatkan produktivitas sekolah di MAS Masyithah Jember. Subyek penelitian ini adalah kepala sekolah. Metode penelitian adalah deskriptif dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualititaif, yaitu mendeskripsikan data yang telah didapat di lapangan. Tehnik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah dengan cara wawancara , observasi dan studi dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data adalah reduksi data, display data, jarak, kesimpulan, dan ferifikasi data. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa strategi penyelesaian konflik yang digunakan kepala madrasah di MAS Masyithah Jember dengan cara silaturrahmi, tabayyun, islah agar konflik didalam madrasah tidak mempengaruhi produktivitas sekolah.