THE ROLE OF THE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION OF CHRISTIANITY TEACHERS IN IMPROVING THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF GRADE IX STUDENTS IN SMP NEGERI 2 SIANTAR

The aim of this research is to find out the Role of the Interpersonal Communication of PAK Teacher in improving spiritual growth of Grade IX Studnets in SMP Negeri 2 Siantar. The number of samples is 53 students. This research applies descriptive method; meanwhile data analysis used for hypothesis testing is Pearson‘ product-moment correlation, of which the instruments of data collection are questionnairs for variable X (Role of interpersonal communication of PAK Teacher) and variable Y (the spiritual growth of students). To examine the Role of the Interpersonal Communication of PAK Teacher in improving spiritual growth, correlation product moment of Pearson was used as the statistical measurement. The data analysis showed that correlation (r) was 0,33 with the determination value at 10.89%; and to know whether the correlation coefficient was significant or insignificant at the level of (α) = 0,05, t- test was conducted of which the criterion was if tcount got from the measurement was (>)higher than ttabel at the significant level of 1 – 0,05 with dk = n – 2, the hypothesis was accepted and vice versa. Seen from the result of data analysis, it was found that tcount > ttabel( 2,49> 1,67 ), it meant that the hypothesis was accepted. Therefore, it could be stated that there was a significant effect of the Interpersonal Communication of PAK Teacher in improving spiritual growth at IX class at SMP Negeri 2 Siantar