Religiosity and Spirituality on Evangelism Readiness in Indonesian Evangelical Millennial

Abstract

The concept of religiosity and spirituality in this study was tested in conjunction with the concept of evangelism for millennial evangelicals in Surabaya, Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to find out if there is an influence of religiosity and spirituality on evangelism readiness in today's millennial Evangelicals. This study involved the millennial Evangelical population in Surabaya, Indonesia. The approach used is quantitative methods and uses multiple regression analysis to measure the influence, partially and simultaneously, between religiosity and spirituality on evangelism readiness. Respondents involved were millennials members of evangelical churches in Surabaya. As many as 299 people were selected by purposive random sampling. The instruments used are the Central Religiosity Scale (CRS), the spiritualism scale and the evangelism readiness scale. The results showed a strong relationship between spirituality and evangelism readiness but there is not a strong relationship between religiosity and evangelism readiness. Simultaneously, the two showed a positive relationship. This research proves that there is an influence between religiosity and spirituality to evangelism readiness. Research Contribution: The contribution of this research is as the primary material for reconstructing evangelistic methods and teaching about evangelism in evangelical churches and for developing the approaches and teaching of evangelistic doctrines appropriately on the target, especially for the millennial evangelical generation.

Considering Organizational Commitment and the Spirituality Effect on Evangelism Readiness in Church Congregations in Surabaya

“…The criteria for respondents were (1) around 21-70 years old, (2) registered as a member of a church in the city of Surabaya, (3) registered for at least 3 years, (4) at least high school education. There were 3 instruments used in data collection, namely the Commitment Organizational Scale (COS) developed by Allen & Meyer (1990) the spirituality instrument using a scale developed by Hardt et al (Hardt et al, 2012), and the Evangelism Readiness (ER) scale which developed by Lontoh (2022). Samples were taken in April 2023 in the city of Surabaya.…”