The Role of Non-Civil Servant Religious Instructors to Improve Community Religiosity: Case Study in Cianjur District, West Java, Indonesia

The Indonesian government has considerable attention on efforts to improve the religious community, because there are still many understandings and practices of religion that are not in accordance with Islamic law, in the community. Related to this, the Indonesian Ministry of Religion adopted a policy of recruiting religious leaders and religious guides who preach in the community to make them religious counselors, both government and non-government employees. This research is limited only to describe the role of non-civil servant religious instructors in improving community religiosity, with locus study in Cianjur District, West Java, Indonesia. Use qualitative method with case study strategy, the study results show that the role of educators and advisors is relatively dominant. Related with supporting factors, are as follows: (1) Condition of socio, economic, and political quite exist in society, (2) The existence of a strong kinship network, and (3) Knowledge of non-civil servant religious instructors have been recognized by the public. Through the statements of members of the majelis taklim who is guided and the statements of those who is interact a lot (especially through cooperation in implementing activities), such as the police and local government. Another finding is that non-civil servant religious instructors make a number of innovations in their preaching activities which have a positive impact on the wider segment of the community that can be preached.