Digital Interactions in Church Communities Attributable to Covid-19 Pandemic

Julianti Kasih, Yenni Djajalaksana, Doro Edi

2021

Abstract

COVID-19 significantly the church communities in Indonesia. After the Large-Scale Social Restrictions, churches can no longer conduct face-to-face services at church premises and turn to digital interactions. Interactions with the Congregation are carried out through live streaming, mainly on YouTube Channel, mobile applications specifically made for this need, website, and social media channels. This research was conducted within the broader area without restrictions on Indonesia’s territory. The survey method, distributed online questionnaires targeted towards church communities, was used for this research. For this reason, we distributed questionnaires to congregations from various Christian and Catholic Churches in Indonesia using purposive sampling. We collected 159 responses for this study. The results were calculated with descriptive statistical analysis using AMOS 24 software tools. The research and analysis found no influence from the use of digital interactions on the condition of the church mass. Although there was a sense of loss of kairos moment, the respondents stated that they had no problem with digital interactions regardless of whether it was not as good as face-to-face interaction. This situation needs to be a concern for preachers to make digital interactions enjoyable and intimate. This study found that respondents still prefer face-to-face interactions to digital interactions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kasih J., Djajalaksana Y. and Edi D. (2021). Digital Interactions in Church Communities Attributable to Covid-19 Pandemic. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS, ISBN 978-989-758-604-0, pages 642-648. DOI: 10.5220/0010756200003112

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-hums21,
author={Julianti Kasih and Yenni Djajalaksana and Doro Edi},
title={Digital Interactions in Church Communities Attributable to Covid-19 Pandemic},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,},
year={2021},
pages={642-648},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010756200003112},
isbn={978-989-758-604-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,
TI - Digital Interactions in Church Communities Attributable to Covid-19 Pandemic
SN - 978-989-758-604-0
AU - Kasih J.
AU - Djajalaksana Y.
AU - Edi D.
PY - 2021
SP - 642
EP - 648
DO - 10.5220/0010756200003112