Abstract :
Tesis ini disusun sebagai upaya revitalisasi program visitasi gereja dalam meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan agama Kristen remaja di Gereja Kristus Teluknaga Tangerang. Program visitasi bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi kebutuhan dan persoalan jemaat, mendidik dan melayani jemaat, membangun relasi yang akrab dengan jemaat, dan untuk mensosialisasikan program gereja. Pelaksanaan visitasi yang teratur dan merata bermanfaat memaksimalkan kualitas Pendidikan Agama Kristen remaja, membangun spiritualitas remaja dan menghasilkan persekutuan yang solid. Pertanyaan yang akan dijawab dalam tulisan ini ialah (1) Bagaimana pelaksanaan program visitasi remaja di Gereja Kristus Teluknaga Tangerang? (2) Bagaimana kualitas Pendidikan Agama Kristen remaja di Gereja Kristus Teluknaga Tangerang? (3) Bagaimana revitalisasi program visitasi remaja dalam meningkatkan kualitas Pendidikan Agama Kristen remaja di Gereja Kristus Teluknaga Tangerang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif yang bersifat deskriptif, yaitu metode penelitian yang meneliti kondisi objek yang bersifat alamiah sesuai fakta lapangan untuk memahami fenomena yang dialami seperti perilaku, persepsi, motivasi, tindakan dengan cara mendeskripsikan dalam bentuk kata-kata. Teknik pengumpulan data penelitian ialah wawancara dengan informan yang berjumlah 9 orang, yaitu: 1 orang gembala sidang, 1 orang majelis, 4 orang pengurus remaja dan 3 orang jemaat remaja. Teknik analisis data menggunakan model Miles dan Huberman yang terdiri dari reduksi data, menyajikan data lalu menarik kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh yaitu gereja tidak melakukan visitasi secara rutin dan merata, pengurus remaja kurang memahami mengenai program visitasi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian tersebut, upaya revitalisasi program visitasi di Gereja Kristus Teluknaga Tangerang sangat penting dilakukan, karena program visitasi gereja berperan dalam meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan agama Kristen remaja./ This thesis was prepared as an effort to revitalize the church visitation program in improving the quality of Christian religious education for youth at Christ Church Teluknaga Tangerang. The visitation program aims to identify the needs and problems of the congregation, educate and serve the congregation, build close relationships with the congregation, and to socialize church programs. Implementation of regular and equitable visitations is beneficial in maximizing the quality of youth Christian Religious Education, building youth spirituality and producing solid fellowship. The questions that will be answered in this paper are (1) How is the youth visitation program implemented at Teluknaga Christ Church, Tangerang? (2) How is the quality of Christian Religious Education for teenagers at Teluknaga Christ Church, Tangerang? (3) How is the revitalization of the youth visitation program in improving the quality of Christian Religious Education for teenagers at the Teluknaga Christ Church, Tangerang. The research method used is descriptive qualitative, namely research methods that examine the condition of objects that are natural in nature according to field facts to understand experienced phenomena such as behavior, perception, motivation, action by describing in the form of words. The technique of collecting research data is interviews with 9 informants, namely: 1 pastor, 1 presbyter, 4 teen administrators and 3 youth congregations. The data analysis technique uses the Miles and Huberman model which consists of data reduction, presenting the data and then drawing conclusions. The results of the study were that the church did not conduct regular and evenly distributed visits, and the youth administrators did not understand the visitation program. Based on the results of this study, it is very important to revitalize the visitation program at the Church of Christ Teluknaga Tangerang, because the church visitation program plays a role in improving the quality of Christian religious education for teenagers.