Aktivitas Religius dan Hidup Menggereja: Studi Teologi Praktis-Empiris di Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI)

Handi Hadiwitanto; Hani Handayani Tjahjadi

doi:10.30648/dun.v11i1.2502

Aktivitas Religius dan Hidup Menggereja: Studi Teologi Praktis-Empiris di Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI)

Handi Hadiwitanto, Hani Handayani Tjahjadi

Abstract

Abstract. Post–COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many assumptions that church members' participation in worship and church activities has declined, but in reality, these assumptions are not always supported by adequate data and discussion. This study aims to describe the religious activities of members of the Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI), as a case study of an urban Protestant church, and to analyze the social characteristics of church member participation by examining its association with religiosity, spirituality, and sense of community. Using a practical theological approach and deductive quantitative survey, this study collected data from 2645 GKI church members in West Java, Central Java, and East Java using stratified random sampling. The research findings show that the church remains an important space for the expression and communication of faith. The level of church member participation in religious activities remains high. However, a closer examination of the characteristics of religious activity reveals that sense of community is the strongest attribute, surpassing mere ritual compliance or adherence to traditional rules.

Abstrak. Pasca pandemi COVID-19 ada banyak asumsi bahwa partisipasi warga gereja dalam ibadah dan kegiatan gerejawi menurun, tetapi sebenarnya asumsi tersebut tidak selalu ditopang oleh data dan diskusi yang memadai. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan aktivitas religius warga Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI), sebagai kasus gereja Protestan di perkotaan, serta menganalisis karakteristik sosial dari partisipasi warga gereja melalui pemeriksaan asosiasi dengan religiositas, spiritualitas, dan rasa berkomunitas. Dengan pendekatan teologi praktis dan survei kuantitatif deduktif, penelitian ini mengumpulkan data dari 2.645 orang warga gereja GKI di Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, dan Jawa Timur menggunakan stratified random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa gereja masih menjadi ruang penting bagi ekspresi dan komunikasi iman. Tingkat partisipasi warga gereja pada aktivitas religius menunjukkan angka yang masih tinggi. Tetapi lebih jauh pemeriksaan karakteristik aktivitas religius memperlihatkan bahwa rasa berkomunitas menjadi atribut yang muncul paling kuat melampaui sekadar kepatuhan ritual atau aturan tradisional.

Keywords

community of faith; congregation; komunitas iman; religiositas; religiosity; rite; ritual; spiritualitas; spirituality; warga gereja

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30648/dun.v11i1.2502