THE INFLUENCE OF USING BANGGAI LANGUAGE IN SERMON DELIVERY ON THE UNDERSTANDING AND SPIRITUAL APPRECIATION OF THE TENMAS MANDOK CONGREGATION
Keywords:
Cultural identity , local language, sermon, spiritual appreciation, understandingAbstract
The use of the Banggai language in sermon delivery has been implemented at the Tenmas Mandok Congregation, a local church in Banggai Islands Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, as an effort to contextualize ministry. This study aims to measure the influence of using the local language in sermons on the level of congregational understanding and spiritual appreciation. A quantitative research method was employed, involving 78 proportionally selected respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using a simple linear regression test via the SPSS application. The results indicate a very strong relationship (78.8%) between the use of the Banggai language and congregational understanding. The coefficient of determination analysis shows that 62.1% of the variation in understanding and appreciation is influenced by the use of the local language, while the remaining 37.9% is influenced by other factors. The primary findings of this research confirm that the use of the mother tongue has a significant impact on the spiritual and cognitive depth of the congregation. This study recommends that the church maintain the use of the local language within the liturgy as an instrument for cultural identity preservation as well as for the effective delivery of theological messages within the local congregational scope.
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