A Program For The Encouragement Of Christian Disciplines For Spiritual Growth At Kingsway Christian Church

This research is titled " The influence of sermon, church music and church facilities on the level of attendance”. The purpose of research is to identify and analyze whether sermon, church music and church facilities have influence on the the level of attendance. The target population in this study is a Christian church members who live in the city of Surabaya.. Sample required is equal to 47 respondents. Through sampling stratified Random techniques.These influence was measured using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis, t-test and analysis of variance. Descriptive analysis were taken to analyze the level of attendance according to demographic groups.The hypothesis in this study are the sermon, church music and church facilities have positive and significant on the level of attendance. The results showed that collectively, there are positive and significant correlation among the sermon, church music and church facilities on the level of attendance 96,2%. It means that 96,2 % of level of attendance influenced by sermon, church music and church facilities and the other 28,9% by others. All of the variable partially have significant correlation to level of attendance.

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The Incorporation of American Religion: The Case of the Presbyterians

Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation ◽

10.1525/rac.1991.1.1.03a00060 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 101-118

Author(s):

Louis Weeks

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Voluntary Associations ◽

The United States ◽

Colonial Period ◽

American Religion ◽

Cultural Patterns ◽

Christian Church ◽

Non Profit ◽

Protestant Denominations ◽

Family Groups

The Christian church, including all its various branches, has been consistently susceptible to the forces that form or change cultures. Scholars claim that this adaptability has been extremely important in the rise and spread of the religion. In the American environment, Protestants formed voluntary associations that attracted people individually and by family groups. This environment actually shaped “denominations” even during the colonial period. One such denomination was the Presbyterians, who pioneered in the formation of a communion that existed as neither a “state church” nor a “dissenting” church body. As the United States experienced industrialization and growing complexity in economic and cultural patterns, the Protestant denominations were affected by those same forces. Thus, denominations naturally became what came to be termed “non-profit corporations,” subject to the limitations and problems of such organizations but also the beneficiaries of that system as well.

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Conflict and Financial Scandal on History, Culture, and Politic

International Journal of Contemporary Research and Review ◽

10.15520/ijcrr/2018/9/03/476 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (03) ◽

pp. 20628-20638

Author(s):

Anik Yuesti ◽

I Made Dwi Adnyana

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Church Leaders ◽

Christian Church ◽

Spiritual World ◽

Political Interests ◽

The World ◽

Financial Scandals ◽

Financial Transparency ◽

The Church ◽

Transparency And Accountability

One of the things that are often highlighted in the world of spirituality is a matter of sexual scandal. But lately, the focus of the spiritual world is financial transparency and accountability. Financial scandals began to arise in the Church, as was the case in the Protestant Christian Church of Bukti Doa Nusa Dua Congregation in Bali. The scandal involved clergy and even some church leaders. This study aims to describe how the conflict occurred because of financial scandals in the Church. The method used in this study is the Ontic dialectic. Based on this research, the conflict in the Bukit Doa Church is a conflict caused by an internal financial scandal. The scandal resulted in fairly widespread conflict in the various lines of the organization. It led to the issuance of the Dismissal Decrees of the church pastor and also one of the members of Financial Supervisory Council. This conflict has also resulted in the leadership of the church had violated human rights. Source of conflict is not resolved in a fair, but more concerned with political interests and groups. Thus, the source of the problem is still attached to its original place.

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