Christian Dress Code during Online Worship
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220207.033How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Christian Dress Code; Christian Ethics; Exegetical Theology; Online Worship
- Abstract
Churches in Indonesia have been conducting online worship for more than a year (2020-2021). Research done by Indonesia Preaching Ministry has shown that only around 20% of the church members faithfully follow the worship service from beginning to end. Christian attitude while attending online worship is also problematic. Some Christians are cooking, and others are lying on their bed while attending online worship. Another problem is the dressing code for Christians who attend online worship. How should Christians dress themselves during online worship would be the research question of this article. This article uses exegetical theology as a research method. And the main argument of this paper is that, while the Bible sufficiently attends to the dressing code of the people of God (Deut. 22:5; Ezek. 44:17; 1 Cor. 11:6; 1 Tim. 2:9-10; 1 Pet. 3:3-5); 1 Cor. 11:4-7 could be the most relevant starting point for ethical-theological discussions on the matter. It exhorts Christians to dress appropriately not just for the sake of others but as an expression of honoring God when participating in worship. Toward that goal, this paper will be written under this sequence: first, it will present the context of the Corinthian church; second, it will elaborate the interpretation of 1 Cor. 11:4-7; third, it will seek to apply 1 Cor. 11:4-7 to the present context; then conclude.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - CONF AU - Nurmalia Pardede AU - Evinta Hotmarlina AU - Garry Kurniawan AU - David Kristanto PY - 2022 DA - 2022/02/17 TI - Christian Dress Code during Online Worship BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Humanity and Public Health (ICOSHIP 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 203 EP - 206 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220207.033 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220207.033 ID - Pardede2022 ER -