Union of Indonesian Baptist Churches (UIBC) has missionaries who serve in the mission fields in Indonesia and abroad. UIBC cooperates with Indonesian Baptist churches to support the missionaries in finance, supervising, and mentoring. However, specific situations, like the COVID-19 pandemic, cause pastoral care services are not optimal. The purpose of this study is to provide an alternative proposal on virtual pastoral care for the missionaries of the UIBC. This study used the descriptive qualitative method and was based on library research. The conclusion drawn from this study is that UIBC and the sending churches should optimize the utilization of technology to provide virtual pastoral care to their missionaries, which is programmed periodically and intensively. Besides, the strategy to reach the nointernet areas can be realized through partnerships with local churches in the areas closest to the mission fields as extensions to provide the missionaries support and care effectively. Research Contribution: This research contributes to knowledge in pastoral ministry and missiology, in particular, to provide insight into alternative ways for churches and pastors to do pastoral care by utilizing the sophistication of technology in the digital era to missionaries they send to the mission field, which transcends geographic and cultural boundaries.
Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui tepat tidaknya terminologi kosmos dalam teks Yohanes 3:16 digunakan sebagai dasar acuan untuk menjadikan Yohanes 3:16 sebagai salah satu teks Alkitab dalam kajian tentang ekoteologi. Disajikan dalam bentuk kualitatif deskriptif dengan metode studi literatur, penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa meskipun terminologi kosmos juga dipakai untuk menyebutkan “dunia sejagat” atau “langit dan bumi”, namun dalam teks Yohanes 3:16 terminologi kosmos bukan merujuk kepada alam atau lingkungan melainkan kepada “manusia”. Makna ini sesuai dengan konteks Yohanes 3:16 sebagai tempat terminologi atau kata tersebut berada. Penafsiran yang memaksakan interpretasi kosmos sebagai alam atau lingkungan lalu dikaitkan dengan doktrin penebusan Yesus Kristus yang mencakup seluruh ciptaan akan menghasilkan penafsiran yang tidak sesuai konteks teks tempat terminologi itu berada. Makna sebenarnya teks Yohanes 3:16 menjadi kabur oleh subjektifitas penafsir dalam menafsirkan teks. Maka, mengacu kepada makna terminologi kosmos sebagai manusia, penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa teks Yohanes 3:16 tidak tepat dijadikan sebagai dasar bagi kajian ekoteologi.
The decision of several Baptist churches to start using contemporary singing and music in the early 2000s has caused controversy and has become a polemic in the Association of Indonesian Baptist Churches (GGBI). However, the trend of worship using contemporary songs and music is getting more widespread in Indonesian Baptist churches. This is the background of this research, which is to comprehensively investigate the factors behind the widespread trend of worship using contemporary songs and music in Indonesian Baptist churches. Thus, the formulation of the research problem is a study of the factors behind the widespread trend of worship using contemporary songs and music in Indonesian Baptist churches. This type of research is classified as a descriptive qualitative variety with a literature study. Data were obtained from various document sources such as books, magazines, articles, and scientific journals about worship, spiritual songs, and music. The results of the research found that the congregational government system, church planting, seminars and writings on worship and music, Baptist youth worship, and technological developments are factors behind the increasingly widespread trend of worship with contemporary singing and music in Indonesian Baptist churches.AbstrakKeputusan beberapa gereja Baptis yang mulai menggunakan nyanyian dan musik kontemporer di awal tahun 2000an telah menimbulkan kontroversi dan menjadi polemik di Gabungan Gereja-Gereja Baptis Indonesia (GGBI). Meskipun demikian, trend ibadah menggunakan nyanyian dan musik kontemporer justru semakin meluas di gereja-gereja Baptis Indonesia. Hal inlah yang melatarbelakangi dilakukannya riset ini, yaitu hendak menyelidiki secara komprehensif faktor-faktor yang melatarbelakangi semakin meluasnya trend ibadah menggunakan nyanyian dan musik kontemporer di gereja-gereja Baptis Indonesia. Dengan demikian, rumusan masalah riset ini adalah kajian tentang faktor-faktor yang melatarbelakangi semakin meluasnya trend ibadah menggunakan nyanyian dan musik kontemporer di gereja-gereja Baptis Indonesia. Jenis riset tergolong dalam ragam kualitatif deskriptif dengan studi literatur. Data diperoleh dari berbagai sumber dokumen seperti seperti buku, majalah, artikel dan jurnal-jurnal ilmiah tentang ibadah, nyanyian dan musik rohani. Hasil riset menemukan bahwa sistem pemerintahan kongregasional, perintisan jemaat, seminar dan karya tulisan tentang ibadah dan musik, ibadah kaum muda Baptis, serta perkembangan teknologi merupakan faktor-faktor yang melatarbelakangi semakin meluasnya trend ibadah dengan nyanyian dan musik kontemporer di gereja-gereja Baptis Indonesia.
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