Evaluasi Terhadap Implementasi Pendidikan Kristiani dalam Konteks Gereja Kristen Sumba Jemaat Uma Manu

Abstract

The church has the task of teaching the member of the congregation through Christian Education. Christian Education includes all teaching and learning activities in the church with the aim that members of the congregation can know God and through that knowledge, they can experience life renewal. The implementation of Christian Education must take into account the context in which the church lives. The approaching model in Christian Religious Education helps the church to carry out its duties according to the context. This article focuses on the description and analysis of the implementation of the Christian Religious Education approach model in the Christian Church of Sumba, Congregation Uma Manu and offers a Christian Education strategy that is appropriate to the context of the congregation. By using a qualitative approach in research through observation and in-depth interviews, it is concluded that the implementation of Christian Education with a religious instruction approach is appropriate for the context of this congregation, but strategic efforts are needed in its implementation.

Abstrak

Gereja memiliki tugas melakukan pengajaran kepada warganya melalui Pendi-dikan Kristiani (PK). PK mencakup semua aktifitas belajar mengajar dalam gereja dengan tujuan agar warga jemaat dapat mengenal Allah dan melalui pengenalan itu, mereka dapat mengalami pembaruan hidup. Implementasi PK oleh gereja haruslah memperhatikan konteks di mana gereja itu hidup. Model pendekatan dalam PK menolong gereja untuk melakukan tugasnya sesuai dengan konteks. Artikel ini berfokus pada deskripsi dan analisa terhadap implementasi model pendekatan PK dalam Gereja Kristen Sumba Jemaat Uma Manu dan menawarkan strategi PK yang sesuai dengan konteks jemaat. Dengan meng-gunakan pendekatan kualitatif dalam penelitian melalui observasi dan wawancara mendalam disimpulkan bahwa implementasi PAK dengan pendekatan instruksi religius su-dah tepat bagi konteks jemaat ini, namun perlu adanya upaya strategis dalam penera-pannya.