"Amma fadar gaskiya cikin ƙauna, dole ne mu girma ta kowace hanya a cikinsa..." - Afisawa 4:15a
Gundumomi suna hulɗa da rarrabuwar kawuna akan jima'i, IKON LITTAFI
An sami rarrabuwar kawuna a kan batutuwan jima'i, ikon nassi, da sauran batutuwa masu alaƙa a cikin 'yan watannin nan aƙalla gundumomi uku a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Gundumomin Arewa Plains, Kudu/Central Indiana, da Illinois da Wisconsin suna fuskantar rarrabuwa ta hanyoyi daban-daban.
Gundumar Arewa Plains
A Arewacin Plains, "Hukumarmu tana ƙoƙarin magance wannan ta hanyar da za mu tattauna da juna," in ji tsohuwar ministar zartaswa Connie Burkholder, a wata hira da aka yi yayin da take hidimar gundumar. Batutuwan rarrabuwar kawuna ga gunduma ba wai kawai game da jima'i ba ne, har ma da ikon nassi, Yesu Kiristi a matsayin mai ceto kaɗai, da rashin jituwa kan amfani da kuɗi.
Wani abin damuwa, in ji Burkholder, shine ko sabbin ayyukan coci za su yi maraba da 'yan luwadi ba tare da tsammanin za su canza ba. Open Circle Church of the Brothers a Burnsville, Minn., sabuwar ikilisiya a gundumar, ta zama wurin da aka fi mayar da hankali ga damuwa.
Wani abu a cikin lamarin shi ne shawarar da hukumar gundumar ta yanke na ba da lamuni – da aka karbo a wani bangare na kudaden da aka samu a sayar da Camp Mon-Dak – zuwa Bude Circle don biyan jinginar gida. ’Yan’uwa da ke yankin sansanin sun yi watsi da ikirarin mallakar sansanin, duk da cewa wasu na jin suna da alaka da sansanin, in ji Burkholder.
Ikilisiyoyi shida sun aika wasiƙu zuwa gundumomi kan batutuwa dabam-dabam da suka shafi waɗannan batutuwa. An tsara ɗaya azaman tambayoyin taron gunduma. Gundumar kuma ta karɓi sadarwa daga “mutane a kishiyar mahangar tauhidi,” in ji Burkholder, gami da wasiƙa daga Open Circle da ke bayyana ra’ayinta.
Hukumar gunduma ta gayyaci ikilisiyoyin zuwa ranar addu’a a tsakiyar watan Mayu, kuma a cikin gayyatar ta bayyana muhimman batutuwan da suka ji a gundumar. Hukumar gundumomi ta kuma fara shirin tattaunawa ta gaba da gaba.
Wannan taron ya faru Oktoba 7-8 a Camp Pine Lake. Babban abin da aka fi mayar da hankali kan tattaunawar da ke da alaka da luwadi da shugabancin coci, in ji Tim Button-Harrison, wanda a halin yanzu yake aiki a matsayin shugaban gundumar riko. "Hakika taron yana baiwa mambobin gundumar damar kasancewa cikin tattaunawa cikin mutunci da juna, kuma su saurare su kuma su raba ra'ayoyin da ake wakilta a gundumarmu," in ji shi. Fiye da mutane 150 ne suka halarta, waɗanda ke wakiltar yawancin ikilisiyoyi.
Gundumar ta amfana daga taron "don tattara mu a matsayin coci da kuma sauraron addu'a da kuma rabawa juna," in ji Button-Harrison. Har ila yau, hukumar gundumomi ta sami takarda mai shafi 15 na ra'ayoyin mahalarta game da taron, gami da martanin mutum ɗaya da wasu martanin rukuni daga ikilisiyoyi. Bayanin ya fito ne daga godiya ga taron, fahimtar sirri da aka samu, da fa'idodin da aka samu ga gundumar, zuwa gano abubuwan takaici da rashin jin daɗi, fatan warwarewa ga bambance-bambance, da ra'ayoyin menene matakan da hukumar gundumar za ta ɗauka.
Mutane da yawa a gundumar "suna son yin aiki a waɗannan batutuwa ta wata hanya dabam da ke ƙarfafa coci da kuma girmama hanyoyin fahimta iri-iri da ke cikin majami'u," in ji Button-Harrison. "Muna jin an kira mu don zana daga mafi kyawun wanda za mu yi koyi da wata hanya."
Gundumar Indiana ta Kudu/Tsakiya
Gundumar Kudu/Central Indiana ta kuma yi ƙoƙarin aiwatar da hanyar tattaunawa don mayar da martani ga Ikilisiyar Manchester na Brotheran’uwa, ikilisiya “buɗe kuma mai tabbatarwa” a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., a cewar ministan zartarwa Allen Kahler. Koyaya, tarurrukan gundumomi don tattaunawa da tattaunawa ba su magance rarrabuwa ba.
Madadin haka, a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, wani taro na musamman da ake kira gunduma ya mayar da martani ga Manchester ta gudanar da bikin alkawari na jima'i ta hanyar yanke shawarar sanya takunkumi ga kowace coci da ke da hidimar alkawari a nan gaba. Shawarar ba ta ja da baya ba, kuma Manchester ba ta cikin takunkumi a wannan lokacin.
Matakin da taron gunduma ya yi, wanda hukumar gunduma ta ba da shawarar, ya bayyana cewa ikilisiyar “da ta ba da izinin yin hidimar alkawari tsakanin jinsi ɗaya a kan kadarorin coci ko kuma tare da taimakon shugabancin masu hidima na coci za a ba da wa’adin shekaru uku a kan halartarsu. a zaɓaɓɓu da ofisoshin gundumomi da aka naɗa, gami da wakilai wurin zama a taron gunduma.”
Har ila yau, ya haɗa da ayyukan da za a biyo baya da za a buƙaci ikilisiyar da ke ƙarƙashin takunkumi don "mika wuya," mai yiwuwa ya haɗa da aiki tare da hukumar gunduma, Ma'aikatar Sulhunta na Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya, da Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara; da umarnin dakatar da gudanar da ayyukan alkawari a kan kadarorin coci ko tare da taimakon ministocin cocin.
Rikici a gundumar ya kasance yana tasowa shekaru da yawa, tun daga farkon 1996 lokacin da Manchester ta yanke shawarar zama "buɗewa da tabbatarwa." Tsarin yanke shawara na ikilisiya ya haɗa da dogon nazari na jima'i ta fuskar Littafi Mai-Tsarki da kimiyya. Tare da mambobi 605, Manchester ita ce babbar ikilisiya a Kudancin/Central Indiana District - mafi girma na gaba yana da mambobi 264 (ƙididdiga daga 2006 "Church of the Brotherbookbook").
A shekara ta 2002 gundumar ta aika da tambaya zuwa taron shekara-shekara, wanda aka amsa a shekara ta 2004 ta takarda “Rashin Ra’ayin Ikilisiya tare da Shawarwari na Taron Shekara-shekara.” (Don cikakken amsar tambayar jeka www.brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/2004DisagreeAC.html.)
Gundumar ta kuma ƙirƙiri majalisar shawara wacce ta haɗa da membobi daga Manchester. Majalisar ba da shawara ta yi aiki na tsawon shekara guda ko fiye da haka, in ji Kahler, kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin nemo hanyar tattaunawa tsakanin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, ta taimaka wajen sanar da hukumar gundumomi halin da ake ciki, kuma ta taimaka wajen kula da yanayin rikici yayin da hukumar gundumomi ta ci gaba. don yin sana'ar yau da kullun na gundumar.
Daga nan sai labari ya zo na bikin alkawari na jima'i a Manchester a watan Oktoban bara. Shugabannin gundumomi sun gana da shugabannin ikilisiya. An yi jerin tattaunawa a rubuce tsakanin ikilisiya da hukumar gundumomi, kuma hukumar ta samu sanarwa daga wasu ikilisiyoyin game da batun.
Wasikar karshe daga hukumar gundumar zuwa ga ikilisiyar Manchester, wacce aka aika a farkon wannan shekarar, an bayar da rahoton cewa gundumar da kuma ikilisiyar sun gane ta ta hanyoyi daban-daban, a cewar Kahler: Hukumar gundumar ta gane a matsayin sanarwa na matakai na karshe a cikin Tsarin Taron Shekara-shekara ya bayyana a yayin da aka sami sabani a cikin ikilisiya, amma ƙila ikilisiyar ta ɗauke shi a matsayin barazana.
A ranar 11 ga Yuni, Manchester ta sake tabbatar da matsayinta na "buɗewa da tabbatarwa" a cikin taron kasuwanci na ikilisiya. Ta bayyana hakan ne a wata wasika da ta aike wa hukumar gunduma, wacce kuma ta bukaci gundumar ta shiga wani tsari na sulhu.
Hukumar gunduma, duk da haka, ta mayar da martani ta wajen ba da shawararta ga ikilisiyoyi masu tsauri, kuma ta tsara taron gunduma na musamman da ake kira. A wancan taro na ranar 21 ga watan Oktoba, yunƙurin gyara shawarar ya ci tura kuma ya samu rinjayen kashi biyu bisa uku.
Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin
A cikin gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin, shugabanni suna aiki ta hanyoyi da yawa don haɗa ikilisiyoyin da ke wurare daban-daban kan batutuwan jima'i. Ƙoƙari iri-iri sun haɗa da ziyartar dukan ikilisiyoyin da mai gudanarwa gunduma ya yi, gayyata ga ikilisiyoyi don amsa daftarin “Wa’adi na Gundumar,” da kuma lokacin addu’a a buɗe don matsalolin gunduma a taron gunduma na wannan shekara.
Gundumar tana tattaunawa game da batutuwan jima'i aƙalla shekaru biyu. Gundumar ta ƙunshi ikilisiyoyi uku waɗanda ke “buɗewa kuma suna tabbatarwa” ko kuma suna da kalaman maraba ga mutanen kowane irin yanayin jima'i.
A watan Yuni na shekara ta 2004, ikilisiyoyi biyar sun ba da shawara mai jigon “Matsayin Cocin ’yan’uwa kan Luwadi da Madigo.” An karɓi tambayar a cikin shekara guda na canji a gundumar. Tawagar canjin gunduma ta yi ƙoƙarin yin taro da yawa tare da wakilai ko membobin ikilisiyoyi biyar, sannan suka yanke shawarar cewa ba a yi wannan tambayar ta hanyar da ta dace ba. Ikilisiyoyi biyar sun sake tsara kuma sun sake gabatar da tambayar, kuma wasu ikilisiyoyi biyar sun shiga rukunin farko.
Bayan an yi nazari na watanni da yawa, ƙungiyar nazarin gunduma ta tantance cewa taron shekara-shekara ya riga ya amsa tambayar. An mayar da tambayar tare da cikakken martani da ke ba da bayanan da ke goyan bayan amsoshin tambayar, a cewar Kevin Kessler, wanda aka nada a matsayin ministan zartarwa na gunduma da zai fara a sabuwar shekara.
A halin yanzu, Springfield (Ill.) Church of the Brothers ya sanar da matsayinsa a matsayin “buɗewa kuma mai tabbatarwa.”
Shugabannin gundumomi suna ci gaba da tattaunawa da ikilisiyoyin 10, waɗanda ba su sake gabatar da tambayar ba kuma ba su shigar da ƙarar ƙarar gunduma ba, da kuma ikilisiyar Springfield. Astoria (Ill.) Church of Brother, duk da haka, ya aika da wasiƙar korafi kai tsaye zuwa ga jami'an taron shekara-shekara.
Shugabannin gundumomi sun yi ƙoƙarin yin taka-tsan-tsan wajen amsa tambayar, da ikilisiyoyi 10 da suka kawo ta, da kuma ikilisiyar Springfield, in ji tsohon ministan zartarwa na gunduma Jim Yaussy Albright, da aka yi hira da shi don wannan labarin yayin da yake hidima a gunduma. "Rundunar binciken sun daidaita, (ciki har da) mutanen da suke tunanin liwadi zunubi ne da wadanda ba su yi ba," in ji shi. A cikin mu'amalarta da Springfield, gundumar ta yi taka tsantsan, kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin bin ƙa'idodin Babban Taron Shekara-shekara.
“Kristi ya mai da mu ’yan’uwa maza da mata,” in ji Albright. “Ba mu zabe shi ba. Mun yi alkawarin mu’amala da juna duk da bambance-bambancen”.
(Don maganganun taron shekara-shekara masu dacewa da aka ambata a cikin wannan labarin, duba www.brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/83HumanSexuality.htm don 1983 "Jima'i na Dan Adam daga Ra'ayin Kirista"; www.brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/79BiblicalInspiration%26Authority .htm don 1979 “Inspiration da Iko na Littafi Mai Tsarki”; www.brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/98NewTestament.htm don 1998 “Sabon Alkawari a matsayin Dokar Bangaskiya da Aiki”; da www.brethren.org/ac/ ac_statements/2004DisagreeAC.html don 2004 "Rashin Yarjejeniyar Ikilisiya tare da Yanke Shawarwari na Shekara-shekara.")
–Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin Babban Hukumar Yan'uwa. Ita memba ce ta Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin, a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers.