TRAINING PROGRAM OF LAYMAN ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 28: 19-20 TO REACH THE SIMALUNGUN BATAK TRIBE COMMUNITY

Sonny Marlen Sipayung, Donald Muntu

Abstract


Training for Church members is important to fulfill Christ's command as stated in Matthew 28:19-20. This is something that is absolute and must be the main task for a Pastor in carrying out his duties. Specifically in the North Sumatra Region where the head office is in the Batak Simalungun region, however, the growth of the 3 Angels message has not shown any real results compared to the message that has been carried out to other Batak tribes such as Toba and Karo. The purpose of this study is to strengthen the North Sumatra Regional Leadership and the Surya Nusantara Adventist College and all Pastors who serve in the Simalungun land to realize that training for Church members is one way out to reach the Batak Simalungun tribe and at the same time to strengthen Church members to be fully involved in the work of preaching the gospel to others.

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