Abstract
Superficiality in contemporary church life is often read merely as an excess of digital technology, so responses stop at technical adjustment. This article reformulates the authenticity of Christian leadership as relational faithfulness to God, the community of faith, and the call to ministry, rather than as expressive self-consistency judged by a digital public. This library research employs a descriptive-analytical and critical-constructive approach, placing theological sources, organizational leadership studies, and digital religion scholarship in correlative dialogue. Three findings emerge. First, the four components of authentic leadership in organizational literature require a different foundation, namely self-awareness as the fruit of existing before God and a moral perspective received from the community formed by the gospel. Second, in the Indonesian context, superficiality is rooted in a logic of quantified success, prosperity theology, and paternalistic authority that precedes the algorithm. Third, authenticity can be tested only when supported by functioning accountability structures and intentional formative practices. Church leadership renewal therefore demands theological correction, not technological adaptation alone.
Abstrak
Superfisialitas dalam kehidupan gereja kontemporer kerap dibaca sebagai ekses teknologi digital semata, sehingga jawaban terhadapnya berhenti pada pembenahan teknis. Artikel ini bertujuan merumuskan ulang autentisitas kepemimpinan Kristiani sebagai kesetiaan relasional kepada Allah, komunitas iman, dan panggilan pelayanan, bukan sebagai konsistensi ekspresif diri yang penilaiannya diserahkan kepada publik digital. Penelitian kepustakaan ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif-analitis dan kritis-konstruktif dengan menempatkan sumber teologis, studi kepemimpinan organisasional, dan kajian agama digital dalam dialog korelatif. Hasil kajian menunjukkan tiga hal. Pertama, empat komponen kepemimpinan autentik dalam literatur organisasional memerlukan dasar teologis yang berbeda, yakni kesadaran diri sebagai buah keberadaan di hadapan Allah dan perspektif moral yang diterima dari komunitas Injil. Kedua, dalam konteks Indonesia, superfisialitas berakar pada logika kuantifikasi keberhasilan, teologi kemakmuran, dan pola otoritas paternalistik yang mendahului algoritma. Ketiga, autentisitas hanya dapat diuji apabila ditopang oleh struktur akuntabilitas yang berfungsi dan praktik pembentukan yang disengaja. Pembaruan kepemimpinan gerejawi menuntut koreksi teologis, bukan sekadar penyesuaian teknis.
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