Eksplorasi Matius 25:14-30 untuk Memberdayakan Kewirausahaan Pemuda Gereja St. Dimitrius Medan

Abstrak

Entrepreneurship is generally understood as the work of economists, traders, or simply people who have special skills in doing business, even though everyone likes to have money. Life requires a lot of spending, so humans need a source of income, including the entrepreneurial activities. Doing business requires a strategy that is based on knowledge and skills. In the context of research texts, businessmen are God's business partners with certain qualifications. Focusing on the church's youth as entrepreneurs need to be equipped with Christian business principles. The principle in question is based on the interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew 25:14-30. Financiers provide financial capital or talents to business partners to be developed. Allah is a creditor and a partner of man as a debtor.  This research uses two models: thematic exposition and practical research of 15 young people of the Agios Demetrios Medan Orthodox Church with data collection techniques through interviews. The interview focused on three main elements in the research text, namely God-given capital, opportunity, and responsibility. The results of the interview showed that 60% of the youth admitted that work is a gift from God, namely human capital without business capital. There 75% of youth who take advantage of opportunities to work on their economic activities, and 75% carry out entrepreneurial activities responsibly. The results show that the youth need Church-based entrepreneurship training and research financial capital sources to strengthen independent businesses. Training materials in the form of integration between the gospel and the world of work need to be improved. The contribution of research will practically make the youth do their work in accordance with the values of the gospel.