Coaching POST-MARITAL GUIDANCE BASED ON CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: A STUDY OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
Lack of Post-Marital Guidance as a Reality of Church Ministry
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58983/jmurai.v7i1.237Keywords:
Pembinaan Pascanikah, Pendidikan Agama Kristen, Teologi Praktika, Keluarga Kristen, GerejaAbstract
Christian marriage is understood as a calling of faith that demands lifelong fidelity and responsibility, so that the integrity of the household is an important part of the church's witness. However, the reality of church ministry shows that postmarital guidance is still minimal, incidental, and tends to be reactive, while married couples face various relational, economic, spiritual, and cultural challenges after several years of marriage. This study aims to examine postmarital guidance based on Christian Religious Education (PAK) from a practical theology perspective as an integrative framework for church family ministry. The study used a qualitative approach with a literature study method and theological reflection on the literature on practical theology, PAK, family pastoral care, and scientific research. The analysis was conducted descriptively and theologically by interpreting the findings within an integrated framework between postmarital guidance, PAK, and practical theology. The research findings indicate that postmarital development in many churches has not yet become a systematic and sustainable program, necessitating a paradigm shift in service from a reactive approach to an educational-formative approach. PAK plays a strategic role as a pedagogical basis for family development, placing the family as the primary space for faith education, while practical theology provides a reflective and contextual framework for integrating family life experiences with theological reflection and pastoral action. In the Papuan context, the integration of Gospel values ??with local wisdom through an inculturative approach strengthens the relevance of postmarital development for Christian families. Therefore, postmarital development based on PAK and practical theology needs to be reconstructed as a sustainable, contextual, and transformative church service to strengthen family unity and the church's witness of faith in society.
References
Aritonang, Jan S. (2017).Teologi Kristen di Indonesia. Jakarta: BPK Gunung Mulia.
Bevans, S. B. (2018). Models of contextual theology (Revised and expanded ed.). Orbis Books.
Boehlke, R. R. (2020). Sejarah perkembangan pikiran dan praktik Pendidikan Agama Kristen. BPK Gunung Mulia.
Cahyadi, I. (2020). "Model Pendampingan Pastoral Berkelanjutan bagi Keluarga di Era Disrupsi." Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan Kristiani 2, no. 2
Fonataba, V. (2020). Pendidikan Kristen dan transformasi sosial dalam konteks budaya Papua. Jurnal Teologi Kontekstual Indonesia, 5(2).
Groome, Thomas H. (1980). Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Hiebert, P. G. (2019). Anthropological insights for missionaries. Baker Academic.
Homrighausen, E. G., & Enklaar, I. H. (2019). Pendidikan Agama Kristen. BPK Gunung Mulia
Lando, J., & Pepayoza, E. (2023). Pendampingan pastoral keluarga Kristen dalam menghadapi konflik rumah tangga. Jurnal Teologi Praktika Indonesia, 4(1).
Ndruru, S., & Susanto, H. (2021). Pendidikan iman keluarga sebagai basis ketahanan rumah tangga Kristen. Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Kristen, 12(2).
Osmer, R. R. (2008). Practical theology: An introduction. Eerdmans.
Rumansara, E. H. (2018). Nilai-nilai budaya Papua dan implikasinya bagi kehidupan gereja. Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora Papua, 3(1), 1–14.
Sawo, M. (2024). Konseling pastoral dan keutuhan keluarga Kristen di Indonesia. Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan, 23(1).
Swinton, J., & Mowat, H. (2016). Practical theology and qualitative research (2nd ed.). SCM Press.
Tampubolon, Y.(2022). "Dinamika Pendampingan Pastoral Terhadap Keluarga Bermasalah di Indonesia." Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan 5, no. 1.
van Aarkel, A. G. J. "Care to the Family: Contemporary Perspectives on Family Ministry." Practical Theology in South Africa 15, no. 1 (2015): 25-38.
Wright, H. Norman. (2015).The Complete Guide to Christian Marriage. Bloomington: Bethany House Publishers.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Henny Verra Fonataba
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
