"Bikin cikar Cocin 'yan'uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008"
(Afrilu 8, 2008) - Kwamitin Amintattun Seminary Seminary na Bethany sun taru a harabar Richmond, Ind., don taron shekara-shekara na Maris 28-30. Kwanaki biyu da na tarurrukan sun haɗa da tattaunawa mai zurfi da tattaunawa game da abubuwa masu mahimmanci da suka shafi manufa da shirin makarantar hauza, gami da tattaunawa kan “shaidun shaida” na Cocin ’yan’uwa.
Malamai da gudanarwa sun shiga hukumar don cin abincin yamma wanda ya biyo bayan lokacin hangen nesa game da manufar makarantar hauza. Shugaban hukumar Ted Flory ya bayyana tattaunawar a matsayin tattaunawa game da, "Yadda za mu sake mayar da hankali kan wannan manufa a kusa da Cocin 'yan'uwa ainihin shaida domin biyan bukatun darika da fadin coci, da kuma duniya, na karni na 21." Shugaba Ruthann Johansen ya ƙara da cewa, “Abin da ainihin shaidar Cocin ’yan’uwa za ta ba duniya da kuma ikilisiya a wannan lokacin muhimmin abu ne na fahimi.” Ba a yanke shawara ba face yarjejeniya don ci gaba da tattaunawa tare da gina ƙarfin ƙirƙira da aka kunna yayin taron.
Hukumar ta amince da wasu mutane 16 da za su kammala karatunsu a ranar 3 ga watan Mayu, har sai sun kammala karatunsu cikin nasara. Hukumar ta kuma samu rahoto daga shugaban jami’ar ilimi Stephen Breck Reid cewa kashi 51 na daliban makarantun hauza a Amurka mata ne, kuma a shekarar karatu ta 2007-08, kashi 57 na daliban Bethany mata ne. Wani sabon kwas mai taken "Mata a cikin Ma'aikatar" za a kara da shi a cikin manhajar karatu a shekarar karatu ta 2008-09, wanda Tara Hornbacker, mataimakin farfesa na Samar da Ma'aikatar ya koyar.
An amince da kasafin kuɗin shekara na ilimi na 2008-09 don ayyukan Bethany, Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci, da Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta Brothers. Kasafin kudin ayyukan Bethany shine $2,406,280, kusan $186,500 karuwa.
Kwamitin harkokin ilimi ya ba da rahoton cewa, ana ci gaba da gudanar da takardu da dama don magance shawarwarin kungiyar Makarantun Tauhidi (ATS) da Hukumar Koyon Ilimi ta Arewa ta Tsakiya ta Kwalejoji da Makarantun Sakandare (HLC), wadanda suka shafi sake gina makarantar hauza a shekarar 2006. amincewa. Za a gabatar da shirin kima na farko ga ATS a watan Afrilu, shirin daukar ma'aikata zuwa HLC nan da Oktoba 1, da kuma cikakken tsarin tantancewa na HLC ta 2010-11.
Hukumar ta saurari rahoton ci gaba kan adana tarin littattafai uku mallakar makarantar hauza: Abraham Cassel Collection, Huston Bible Collection, da John Eberly Hymnal Collection. Aikin kiyayewa yana samun tallafi ta hanyar tallafi daga Gidauniyar Arthur Vining Davis. Tarin ya haɗa da ɗakin karatu na tauhidi na shugaban ’yan’uwa na ƙarni na 19 Abraham Cassel, da kuma ɗimbin kundila masu yawa kan tsattsauran ra’ayi da ayyukan ɗarika na farko. Ana ƙirƙira murfin kariya na musamman ga kowane littafi, kuma ana adana tarin abubuwan a cikin sashin adana kayan tarihi na Kolejin Earlham na Lilly Library. Za a haɗa lakabi a cikin injin bincike na Intanet WorldCat, da kuma a shafin yanar gizon da Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta 'Yan'uwa ke kiyayewa.
A cikin wasu rahotanni, hukumar ta ji sabuntawa game da sabon tsarin daidaitawa don Haɗin kai, hanyar rarraba ilimi don Jagoran Divinity; rahoto game da shirin Jakadan Bethany wanda, a yau, mutane 100 sun amince su zama jakadun Bethany a ikilisiyoyinsu; da kuma sabuntawa kan shirye-shiryen Dorewa Pastoral Excellence na Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista, wanda Lilly Endowment, Inc. Tallafin kuɗi daga tallafin zai ƙare a 2009, kuma ana ci gaba da tsare-tsaren don samun ci gaba da kuɗi. Steve Clapp na Community Kirista yana aiki tare da makarantar don bincikar fastoci na Cocin Brotheran'uwa game da tasirin shirye-shiryen Dorewa Pastoral Excellence. Amsoshin su za su sanar da tsari da alkiblar ci gaba da tsare-tsaren ilimi na gaba.
Hukumar ta kuma ba da lokaci mai mahimmanci ga tattaunawa game da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Bethany da Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley (SVMC) tare da ofisoshi a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.). Donna Rhodes, babban darektan SVMC, ya raba tarihin cibiyar. Tattaunawar ta mayar da hankali ne kan al'amurran da suka shafi tsari da na shirye-shirye, tare da binciko hanyoyin da za a fayyace da karfafa hadin gwiwa.
A cikin al’amuran ma’aikata, hukumar ta amince da daukaka Daniel W. Ulrich zuwa farfesa na Nazarin Sabon Alkawari. Ulrich minista ne da aka naɗa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma ya kammala digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) da Bethany. Ya sami digirinsa na digiri a cikin karatun littafi mai tsarki daga Union Theological Seminary a Virginia kuma yana da takardar shaidar haɓaka ƙwararru a Ilimi mai nisa daga Jami'ar Wisconsin a Madison. Ya fara koyarwa a Bethany a cikin 1994 a matsayin malami mai koyarwa, ya shiga jami'a a 1996 a matsayin mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin Sabon Alkawari, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kuma darektan Ilimin Rarraba daga 2002-06.
Hukumar ta koyi nadin koyarwa uku da na gudanarwa na shekarar ilimi ta 2008-09 (duba sanarwar ma'aikata a ƙasa) kuma ta amince da hidimar Christine Larson, Delora Roop, da Jonathan Shively. Larson ta bar matsayinta a matsayin ma'aikaciyar laburare na Kwalejin Earlham, Makarantar Addini ta Earlham, da Makarantar Bethany, a ƙarshen wannan shekara ta ilimi. Roop ya yi ritaya a wannan bazarar a matsayin mai gudanarwa na Ofishin ci gaban cibiyoyi da mai karbar bakuncin makarantar hauza, bayan shekaru 25 na hidima. Shively ya bar mukaminsa na darekta na Makarantar Brethren don Jagorancin Ministoci don farawa a matsayin babban darekta na Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya tare da Church of the Brothers General Board a ranar 1 ga Yuli.
Hukumar ta rike jami'anta na yanzu na 2008-09: Ted Flory na Bridgewater, Va, ya zama kujera; Ray Donadio na Greenville, Ohio, a matsayin mataimakin kujera; Frances Beam na Concord, NC, a matsayin sakatare; Carol Scheppard na Dutsen Crawford, Va., A matsayin shugaban Kwamitin Harkokin Ilimi; Elaine Gibbel na Lititz, Pa., A matsayin shugaban kwamitin ci gaban ci gaba; da Jim Dodson na Lexington, Ky., A matsayin shugaban Kwamitin Al'amuran Dalibai da Kasuwanci.
Yawancin membobin hukumar sun halarci taron Inaugural wanda nan da nan ya biyo bayan taron, wanda ya yi bikin kiran Ruthann Knechel Johansen a matsayin shugabar makarantar hauza da kuma rawar da makarantar hauza ta zama tushen tushen coci da duniya. Siffofin gidan yanar gizon bidiyo daga dandalin suna a http://cobwebcast.bethanyseminary.edu/.
–Marcia Shetler darektan Hulda da Jama'a na Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany.
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