Shugaban Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany Eugene F. Roop ya sanar da yin murabus daga ranar 30 ga Yuni, 2007, a taron kwamitin amintattu na makarantar na Maris 24-26. Roop ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Bethany tun 1992.
Shugabar hukumar Anne Murray Reid na Roanoke, Va., ta raba sanarwar ga al'ummar Bethany. “Hukumar ta amince da sanarwar Dr. Roop cikin nadama, kuma tare da nuna godiya ga sadaukarwar shekaru 15 da ya yi wa wannan cibiya ta Brothers,” in ji ta.
Roop ya jagoranci makarantar hauza ta manyan sauye-sauye da nasarori da yawa, gami da ƙaura daga Oak Brook, Ill., zuwa Richmond, Ind., A cikin 1994, da alaƙa da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham. Tare da siyar da kadarorin Bethany's Illinois da kafa ayyukan kuɗi masu hankali, makarantar hauza ta yi ritaya duk bashi kuma ta gina babbar kyauta. Kamfen ɗin kuɗi na dala miliyan 15.5 na yanzu, "Ƙaƙwalwar Ruhu-Ilimantarwa don Hidima," ya ƙara ƙarin ƙarfin kuɗi. Bethany ya cimma burin farko na kamfen a watan Satumba na 2005, kuma hasashe ya nuna cewa a ƙarshen yaƙin neman zaɓe a ranar 30 ga Yuni, jimilar za ta iya haura dala miliyan 17.
Duk membobin koyarwa na cikakken lokaci da membobin gudanarwa sun haɗu da ma'aikatan Bethany a lokacin aikin Roop. Daga cikin shirye-shiryen da aka samar a shekarunsa na shugaban kasa akwai haɗin gwiwar ilimi da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham; Haɗin kai, shirin ilimi da aka rarraba; Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci, shirin horar da ma'aikatar da ba ta kammala karatun digiri ba wanda aka gudanar tare da haɗin gwiwar Cocin of the Brother General Board; Cibiyar Bethany don Ma'aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa Manya; Ƙirƙirar Ma'aikatar, ƙira na musamman ga shirin Jagora na Allahntaka tare da haɗin gwiwar ikilisiyoyin coci da hukumomi; Bankin Al'adu na Cross-Cultural, shirin don taimakawa wajen ba da kuɗin nazarin al'adu ga ɗaliban Bethany; da darussan karatun digiri na waje da aka shirya a Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a Pennsylvania.
Roop ya kammala karatun digiri ne a Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.; Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany; da Claremont (Calif.) Jami'ar Graduate. A cikin 2001 an ba shi DD "honora causa" daga Kwalejin Manchester. Roop ya fara koyarwar tauhidi a Makarantar Addini ta Earlham a 1970. Aikinsa a Bethany ya fara a 1977 a matsayin mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Shi ne marubucin labarai da littattafai da yawa, waɗanda suka haɗa da “Rayuwa Labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki” da sharhi guda biyu a cikin jerin Sharhin Cocin Muminai: “Farawa” da “Ruth, Yunana da Esther.” Ya kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga "Seminary Theological Seminary: A Centennial History," wanda aka buga a 2005.
Memba na Kwamitin Amintattu Carol Scheppard na Bridgewater, Va., zai jagoranci kwamitin neman sabon shugaba. Kwamitin zai bude bincike ne a karshen bazara, yana duba masu neman takara har sai an nada, tare da fatan kawo wanda zai amince da hukumar a watan Maris na 2007. Kwamitin ya yi hasashen cewa sabon shugaban zai fara aiki ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2007. Sauran kwamitin binciken. Membobin mambobin kwamitin ne Jim Dodson, Connie Rutt, da Philip Stone, Jr.; Ed Poling, Fasto na Hagerstown (Md.) Church of the Brother; Elizabeth Keller, ɗalibin Bethany; da membobin Bethany Stephen Breck Reid da Russell Haitch.
A cikin sauran kasuwancin:
Hukumar ta bayyana godiya ga mutane da dama da suka yi ritaya ko kuma sun kammala aikinsu a makarantar hauza.
- Theresa Eshbach za ta yi ritaya a ranar 30 ga watan Yuni. Ita ce babbar darektar ci gaban makarantun hauza daga 1993-2004, kuma abokiyar ci gaba na wucin gadi daga 2004-06.
- Becky Muhl, kwararre a fannin lissafin kudi, zai yi ritaya a ranar 31 ga Agusta. Muhl ya shiga ma'aikatan Bethany a 1994.
- Warren Eshbach ya yi murabus a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a wannan bazarar. Hukumar ta amince da gudunmawar da ya bayar don inganta shirin Bethany ta hanyar cibiyar.
- Wakilin kwamitin Ron Wyrick na Harrisonburg, Va., zai kammala hidimarsa ga hukumar a ranar 30 ga Yuni.
Taron hukumar ya kuma kasance a matsayin taron kaddamar da sabon tambarin makarantar hauza a hukumance. Wannan shine canjin ƙira na farko tun 1963, lokacin da aka ƙirƙiri tambarin baya don alamar ƙaura zuwa wurin tsohon Oak Brook (Ill.).
Shugaba Roop ya bayyana sabon tambarin a matsayin mai jan hankali. "Yana da siffofi waɗanda suke a bayyane kuma masu ikirari da sauran waɗanda ba su da ma'ana, suna gayyata tunani da al'ajabi. Yana aiki azaman gayyata don shiga cikin al'ummarmu, wanda ke fasalta waɗannan nau'ikan duka biyun. "
“Ya dace da manufar Bethany na ilimantar da masu shaida bisharar Yesu Almasihu, gicciye ya shahara a tsakiyar tambarin, wanda ya taso daga ruwan baftisma kuma ana karantawa a cikin aikin wanke ƙafafu, duka muhimman ayyukan ibada a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. ” in ji sanarwar daga makarantar hauza. "Ƙasashen alamar alamar tana nuna da'irar, ba a rufe ba amma buɗewa zuwa haske daga sama da sababbin muryoyi daga sama. Yana wakiltar alamar al'umma kuma yana bayyana tsarin ilimin Bethany, wanda ke ba da ilimin tauhidi a cikin samuwar ruhaniya tare da rayuwa da hidimar al'ummomin bangaskiya. A ƙasan ruwa akwai kifi, alamar da Kiristoci na farko suka yi amfani da su wajen bayyana sadaukarwarsu ga Yesu Kristi, ɗan Allah. A saman ruwan wani nau'i ne wanda ke ba da damar dama ta alama. A matsayin littafi, yana nuna tushen tushen Littafi Mai-Tsarki na Bethany da ƙoƙarin neman ƙwararrun ilimi. A matsayin kurciya, layukan suna ɗaga kurciya na kasancewar Allah a lokacin baftisma da kurciyar salama, suna wakiltar ɗaya daga cikin rayayyun shaidun Cocin ’yan’uwa.”
Ƙirƙirar sabon tambari wani ɓangare ne na aikin tantance cibiyoyi na makarantar hauza. Tsarin ci gaban, ƙarƙashin jagorancin Hafenbrack Marketing na Miamisburg, Ohio, ya ɗauki watanni da yawa kuma ya ƙunshi bayanai daga wakilan duk mazabun Bethany. Za a sabunta kayan bugu na makarantar hauza da gidan yanar gizon don nuna sabon tambari da abubuwan ƙira na zamani.
Hukumar ta kira jagoranci don shekarar karatu ta 2006-07. Anne Reid za ta ci gaba da zama kujera, kuma Ray Donadio na Greenville, Ohio, zai ci gaba da zama mataimakin kujera. Frances Beam na Concord, NC, zai yi aiki a matsayin sakatare. Ted Flory na Bridgewater, Va., zai jagoranci Kwamitin Harkokin Ilimi; Connie Rutt na Quarryville, Pa., za ta jagoranci kwamitin ci gaban ci gaba; da Jim Dodson na Lexington, Ky., za su jagoranci Kwamitin Al'amuran Dalibai da Kasuwanci.
Hukumar ta amince da kasafin kudi na dala miliyan 2.15 na kasafin kudi na shekarar 2006-07, sannan ta amince da ’yan takara 11 da za su sauke karatu, inda aka kammala dukkan bukatu kafin ranar 6 ga watan Mayu.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Bethany Theological Seminary, je zuwa http://www.bethanyseminary.edu/.