PENGARUH USIA DAN TINGKAT PENDIDIKAN DA'I MUHAMMADIYAH TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN JAMA'AH PENGAJIAN MASJID DARUL ARQOM PIMPINAN CABANG MUHAMMADIYAH PANGGUNGREJO KOTA PASURUAN

The role of Muhammadiyah’s da’i is to deliver da’wah to their congregation. The da’wah strategy needed to create quality muballighs (religious preachers) is by evaluating the transferability of their da’wah messages; of how the messages can be understood by the congregation. This research aims at identifying the correlation of the age and education of Muhammadiyah’s da’i on the understanding of Darul Arqom mosque congregation of Muhammadiyah branch Panggungrejo Pasuruan city. The research method applied for this research was quantitative. The results showed that there was no correlation between the age and the education level of Muhammadiyah’s da’i on the congregation’s understanding evidenced by the rtest < rtable (0,576). Thus, Ha was rejected and H0 was accepted. The result also proved that the understanding level of the mosque congregation of Darul Arqam PCM Panngungrejo Pasuruan city was considerably good with the average percentage of understanding at 40-45%.