TEOLOGI EKONOMI KONTEKSTUAL SEBAGAI RESPON TERHADAP KEMISKINAN MASYARAKAT SUKU AKIT DI PULAU RUPAT

Abstract

There are contrast social phenomena being in Rupat Island i.e. (a) thephenomenon of the chronic poverty of Akit ethnic people; and (b) thephenomenon of the building of Rupat Island as an economic growth zona.Meanwhile, since 1969, HKBP, Christian Batak Protestant Church, had doneZending ministry in Rupat Island among Akit ethnic people, as known theindigeneous people. But, to face the acceleration of the change in Rupat Island,Church, as a community of the followers of Jesus Christ, had not given manyattentions to the struggling of life of Akit ethnic people yet. Instead of serving theeconomic life of the poor people, Church had lived the paradigm of Zendingmilieu that Church services only the human needs of a spiritual life. By the veryfact of chronic poverty and the heavy struggling of life of Akit ethnic people,Church was challenged to live her faith, to build her theology of contextualeconomy and to empower the poor people.