EKSEGESA YOHANES 4:4-14 STRATEGI PENGINJILAN KEPADA ANAK JALANAN DAN IMPLEMENTASINYA DI GEREJA PRESBITERIAN INJILI INDONESIA JEMAAT AGAPE MELATI MAS TANGERANG

Abstract

Street children are children who are immature physically and psychologically. In general, street children come from poor and economically weak families. Street children are often forgotten by some churches and even street children are considered the trash of society whose lives seem to have no future and their situation will remain like that. Street children are creatures created by God who have the same right to receive salvation from God. In the process of evangelizing street children, a contextualized model of evangelism is needed, the aim being to be able to understand in as much detail as possible the conditions of the area that will be the object of evangelization. This research aims to find out which evangelism strategies for street children, analyzed based on the Gospel of John 4:4-14, can be implemented in the GPII Agape Melati Mas Tangerang congregation. The method for measuring research data is a closed questionnaire method.

The research results show that the evangelism strategy for street children analyzed based on the Gospel of John 4:4-14 is to break through the social context, understand needs, build friendships, and have a sense of empathy. there is an application of evangelism strategies to street children which are analyzed based on the Gospel of John 4:4-14 at GPII Agape Melati Mas Congregation Tangerang. This is proven by the results obtained being 75.7%, so it can be concluded that the implementation has been proven to be carried out well.