Kekuatan dalam Kelemahan: Gereja Perdana yang Resilien dan Rapuh sebagai Model Menggereja secara Pentakostal
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46929/graciadeo.v8i1.250Kata Kunci:
early church, fragile churches, resilient church, The Acts, Pentecostal churches, pneumatological ecclesiology, eklesiologi pneumatologis, gereja perdana, gereja yang rapuh, gereja yang resilien, gereja Pentakostal, Kisah para RasulAbstrak
This article examines the paradox of the early church, which simultaneously exhibits both resilient and fragile characteristics in its development. Through the lens of contemporary Pentecostal theology, this study examines how the early Christian community persisted and flourished amid external challenges, such as persecution, and internal pressures exemplified by identity conflicts. The analysis demonstrates that the early church's resilience was rooted precisely in its acknowledgment of fragility. This ecclesiological model provides valuable insights for the contemporary church as it confronts an increasingly complex world. This article proposes that Pentecostal theology can offer a fresh interpretive framework for understanding the dynamics of strength in weakness that characterize the apostolic church by integrating pneumatological readings of the Book of Acts.
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Artikel ini mengeksplorasi paradoks gereja perdana yang sekaligus menampilkan karakter resilien dan rapuh dalam perkembangannya. Melalui lensa teologi Pentakostal kontemporer, tulisan ini menelaah bagaimana komunitas Kristen awal bertahan dan berkembang di tengah tantangan eksternal berupa penganiayaan dan tekanan internal berupa konflik identitas. Analisis ini menunjukkan bahwa resiliensi gereja perdana justru berakar pada pengakuan atas kerapuhannya, sebuah model eklesiologi yang dapat memberikan wawasan berharga bagi gereja kontemporer dalam menghadapi dunia yang semakin kompleks. Dengan mengintegrasikan pembacaan pneumatologis atas kitab Kisah Para Rasul, artikel ini mengusulkan bahwa teologi Pentakostal dapat memberikan kerangka interpretatif yang segar untuk memahami dinamika kekuatan-dalam-kelemahan yang menjadi karakteristik gereja apostolik.
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