The Role Of Christian Religious Education In Educating Traditional Marriage Couples

Messakh, Jefrit Johanis and Sianipar, Desi (2024) The Role Of Christian Religious Education In Educating Traditional Marriage Couples. In: TITLE OF CONGRESS AHI EVRAN 4.International Conference on Scientific Research. Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, Kirsehir, Türkiye, pp. 666-670.

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Abstract

In general, people in Indonesia are tribal customary societies so that marriage is still regulated based on tribal customary law. However, legal marriages recognised by the Indonesian state are primarily religious marriages and civil marriages (marriages legalised by the state). Customary marriage alone is not valid in Indonesia. At present, there are still people who only conduct customary marriages, without religious and civil marriages. This happens because they consider that customary marriage is more important than religious and civil marriage. In the context of Christianity, if this is allowed, then couples who only conduct customary marriages will suffer losses in the future, namely they do not get their rights as members of the church and do not get their rights as citizens whose marriages are protected by the state. Therefore, the church, which functions to conduct Christian religious education for its people, must educate the customary marriage couple so that they understand the rules or laws of marriage that apply in Indonesia. Based on these problems, the purpose of this study is to describe the role of the church through Christian religious education in educating customary marriage couples so that they are able to understand the applicable marriage laws in Indonesia. The method used in this research is literature study. The result of this study is that the church through the Christian religious education programme provides theological understanding of the meaning and purpose of Christian marriage and civil marriage based on the study of Christian faith. The church also provides an understanding of the impact of customary marriage without religious and civil marriage. This education should be conducted in a structured and sustainable manner. Keywords: Christian religious education; traditional marriage

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