(Afrilu 2, 2007) — An shirya liyafar liyafar shugaban makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany Eugene F. Roop a ranar Lahadi, 29 ga Afrilu, daga 2-4 na yamma a makarantar hauza a Richmond, Ind. liyafar za ta gabatar da shirin da karfe 3 na yamma.
Roop zai yi ritaya a ranar 30 ga Yuni, bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Bethany tun 1992. Ya jagoranci makarantar hauza ta manyan sauye-sauye da ci gaba, gami da ƙaura daga Oak Brook, Ill., zuwa Richmond a 1994, da alaƙa da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham Richmond.
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. Duk malaman koyarwa na cikakken lokaci na makarantar sun haɗu da ma'aikatan Bethany a lokacin aikin Roop. Daga cikin shirye-shiryen da aka samar a shekarunsa na shugaban kasa akwai Connections, shirin ilimi da aka rarraba; Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ma'aikata, shirin takaddun shaida don horar da ma'aikata da aka dauki nauyin haɗin gwiwa tare da Cocin of the Brother General Board; Cibiyar Ma'aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa Manya; da kuma karatun digiri na waje da aka shirya a Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a Pennsylvania.
Roop ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Manchester, Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany, da Jami'ar Graduate Claremont. A cikin 2001 an ba shi lambar yabo ta DD daga Manchester. 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 Believer’s: “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.
Wadanda ke shirin halartar liyafar na iya samun ƙarin bayani a www.bethanyseminary.edu/?page=news_roopreception.php. Tuntuɓi Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany, 615 National Rd. W., Richmond, A 47374; ko kira 765-983-1823.