THE EFFECT OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZATION ON JUVENILE SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN THE BATAK KARO PROTESTAN CHURCH (GBKP) CILILITAN

The purpose of this study are to explain and determine the influence of spiritual leadership on the juvenile spiritual growth, explain the influence of social media utilization on the juvenile spiritual growth, and determine the influence of spiritual leadership and social media utilization on the juvenile spiritual growth in the Batak Karo Protestant Church (GBKP) Cililitan. This study used quantitative method. The population of this study was juveniles at the GBKP Cililitan Church, East Jakarta. The sampling technique used in this study was a nonprobability sampling technique in the form of saturated sampling. There is a positive and significant influence of spiritual leadership on the juvenile spiritual growth. Social media utilization has no significant effect on the juvenile spiritual growth. There is a significant positive influence of spiritual leadership and social media towards the spiritual growth of GBKP Youth Ministry Cilitan, East Jakarta. The novelty of this study was the study location which was different from previous studies. This study was conducted at the Youth Ministry of Protestant Batak Karo Church (GBKP) Cililitan. This study wants to examine spiritual leadership and the factors that use social media to influence the spiritual life of adolescents.