PERANAN GEREJA DALAM MENYIKAPI KEHADIRAN ANGGOTA PERSIAPAN DALAM BERIBADAH DI GEREJA ALKITAB ANUGERAH JEMAAT SINGKIL MANADO

Abstract

Communion of worship is an important thing that must be done by every Christian in order to increase the spiritual spirituality possessed by a Christian, as well as to form good and right characters according to what has been taught by Jesus Christ as an example for Christians. The church in its existence is very necessary to play an active role in the spiritual growth of the church congregation, both full congregations and preparatory members. The aims and objectives of this study were to determine the role of the church in responding to the presence of preparatory members in worship at the Anugerah Bible Church Singkil Manado. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative research, namely research that produces various data in the form of spoken words and data in the form of writing and every observed behavior of each person being studied. The conclusion of this study is that there is a lack of role for church members in this case pastors, evangelicals, church administrators and full congregations, in responding to the presence of preparatory members in worshiping at the Anugerah Jamaat Singkil Manado Bible Church, for example, the lack of direct response from the church in welcoming the arrival of members preparation for worship in church. Therefore, the church needs to pay more attention to the preparatory members in this regard, namely to involve themselves in making visits to the homes of the preparatory members in order to create a close relationship between the full congregation and the preparatory members.