(Jan. 18, 2007) - Jeff Bach, masanin farfesa na Nazarin 'yan'uwa a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., Ya yarda da alƙawari a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Matasa na Anabaptist da Nazarin Pietist, mai tasiri a wannan lokacin rani.
Cibiyar Matasa, dake harabar kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, tana gudanar da bincike da koyarwa tare da daukar nauyin tarukan da suka shafi nazarin wadannan kungiyoyi musamman a mahallinsu na Arewacin Amurka.
Shugaban Bethany Eugene F. Roop da shugaban malamai Stephen Breck Reid sun amince da murabus din Bach da rashin son rai tare da sanin asarar da ta zo tare da ficewar babban malami da babban jami'in Bethany, a cewar wata sanarwa daga makarantar hauza.
"Sha'awar Jeff don kyakkyawan koyarwa ya bayyana a cikin balagaggen aikinsa tare da ɗalibai," in ji Roop. “Ya baiwa dalibai damar girma a cikin tsantsan karatu, wanda wani lokaci yakan baiwa daliban mamaki. A lokaci guda, Dean Reid da ni mun yarda cewa wannan wata muhimmiyar dama ce ga Jeff. Ya rubuta kasidarsa akan tushe da muhimmancin sufanci a cikin al'umma a Ephrata Cloisters, wanda ba shi da nisa da Elizabethtown. Matsayin zai ba shi damar fadadawa da fadada bincike da rubuce-rubucensa, tare da samar wa Cibiyar Matasa jagorancin gudanarwa."
Bach ya sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Bethany a 1983 kuma ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru bakwai a matsayin Fasto na Cocin Prairie City (Iowa) na 'Yan'uwa kafin karatun digirinsa a Jami'ar Duke. Tare da matsayinsa na koyarwa a makarantar hauza, ya ba da tarurrukan tarurrukan ilimi a gundumomi da ikilisiyoyi a duk faɗin ɗarikar. A halin yanzu kuma yana aiki a matsayin shugaban kwamitin cika shekaru 300 na taron Cocin ’yan’uwa na shekara-shekara.
Mai suna Galen S. Young da Jesse M. Young, Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist tana haɓaka da haɓaka nazarin ƙwararrun ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist da Pietist. Bincike na ilimi da tafsiri na rayuwa, al'adu, da imani na ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist da Pietist, musamman a mahallinsu na Arewacin Amirka, ana gudanar da su ta hanyar malamai masu ziyara da kuma daliban da suka kammala karatun digiri da na digiri a karkashin kulawar cibiyar. Bugu da kari, cibiyar tana fassara al'adun gargajiya da na addini na al'ummomin Anabaptist da Pietist ga sauran jama'a tare da zama gidan share bayanai ta hanyar shirye-shirye iri-iri.