The urgency of instilling a spirit of religious moderation among students has been echoed by the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia since 2019. With reference to research results related to the high level of intolerance and radicalism among the young generation, even among elementary school students, through Decree of the Minister of Religion number 93 of 2022, the Government has declared the importance of instilling a spirit of religious moderation among the young generation. Bina Nusantara University as a higher education institution that is committed to contributing to build the good character of Indonesia is called upon to encourage the students in Bina Nusantara University to have a spirit of religious moderation. For this, of course, competency of lecturers are needed, because the Ministry of Education and Culture has announced the need for project-based learning for mandatory curriculum subjects where religion education is included. With this background, this research aims to show that lecturers' competence in delivering project-based learning in religion education has a significant influence in triggering students to uphold the spirit of religious moderation. And from the results of the research data processing, it was found that the influence of lecturer competence in delivering project-based learning was very significant on efforts to trigger students to have a spirit of religious moderation. And the conclusion is that in triggering the spirit of religious moderation among students, the adequate lecturer competence is needed in delivering religious education using a project based learning system. [For the complete proceedings, see ED672804.]