"Bikin cikar Cocin 'yan'uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008"
(Mayu 29, 2008) — James Beckwith, shugaban Cocin ‘yan’uwa na shekara ta 2008, kwanan nan ya dawo Najeriya daga ziyarar kwanaki 12 da ya yi da Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya (EYN–Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria) ). Ya koma Amurka a ranar 12 ga Mayu.
A Najeriya, Beckwith ya yi tafiya tare da David da Judith Whitten. David Whitten yana aiki a matsayin kodinetan mishan na Cocin 'yan'uwa a Najeriya. Kungiyar ta ziyarci wasu manyan jagorori a cocin Najeriya. A halin yanzu dai kungiyar ta EYN tana karkashin jagorancin shugaba Filipus Gwama, mataimakin shugaban kasa Samuel Shinggu, da babban sakatare Jinatu Wamdeo.
Beckwith ya je wurare dabam-dabam masu muhimmanci ga ’yan’uwa a Nijeriya, ciki har da babban birnin ƙasar, Abuja, inda EYN ke da babban taro; hedkwatar EYN da Kulp Bible College da Comprehensive Secondary School kusa da birnin Mubi; birnin Jos, da kuma Kwalejin Tauhidi na Arewacin Najeriya; da kuma kauyen Garkida, inda shekaru da dama da suka gabata aka gudanar da ibadar ’yan’uwa na farko a Najeriya a waje a karkashin bishiyar tamarind.
Beckwith ya ruwaito cewa Whittens za su kawo iri daga wannan bishiyar tamarind zuwa Amurka don bikin cika shekaru 300 na coci a taron shekara-shekara na wannan shekara. Beckwith ya kuma gabatar da kalandar Cikar Shekaru 300, bisa ga Lardin Michigan, a duk inda ya je a Najeriya, in ji shi.
A Garkida, ya sami zarafin yin wa’azi a cocin da ya yi bauta sa’ad da yake matashi, sa’ad da iyayensa suka yi hidima a matsayin masu wa’azi na Cocin ’yan’uwa a ƙasashen waje. Ya yi magana da wani mai fassara a kan jigon nassi na Yohanna 12 da jigon Bikin Cika Shekaru 300. “Wannan na musamman ne,” in ji shi, kuma ya daɗa cewa ya yi amfani da lokaci tare da yaran ikilisiya a azuzuwan makarantar Lahadi. Ya kuma yi wa'azi a Abuja. Kowace hidima ta ɗauki kimanin sa’o’i uku da rabi, in ji shi, kuma ɗaruruwan mutane sun halarta, kuma ikilisiyar da ke Abuja ta kai kusan 1,000.
A Najeriya, Beckwith ya sami wata majami'a da ke fuskantar "gagarumin gwagwarmaya tare da matsalar kudi," gami da babban bambanci tsakanin membobin da ke da arziki da waɗanda ke cikin talauci. Ikilisiya kuma tana fuskantar aikin shawo kan kabilanci–EYN ya hada da membobin kabilu daban-daban – da kuma batutuwan da suka shafi ilimi da tarbiyyar shugabannin coci.
A Kulp Bible College, ya ji cewa makarantar na iya sanya kaso ga yawan ɗalibai, domin EYN tana da ƙwararrun fastoci fiye da matsayi da ake da su. Aikin tiyoloji “dama ce mai ban sha’awa” a Najeriya, in ji Beckwith. A lokaci guda kuma, an yi watanni a baya-bayan nan da cocin ba ta iya biyan albashin malamai a KBC, in ji shi. Kuma karuwar adadin wuraren wa'azi a EYN shima yana raguwa, Beckwith ya ruwaito. Fastoci da masu koyar da Littafi Mai Tsarki a Najeriya dole ne su kasance “a cikinta domin aikin Ubangiji,” in ji shi.
EYN na tsara wani tsari na bai daya domin biyan fastoci albashi, maimakon a rika biyan majami’un limaman cocin su kai tsaye, domin yin aiki a kan banbance-banbance tsakanin majami’u masu wadata da talakawa. Ikklisiya tana fatan yin shirin yin aiki ta hanyar sabon buƙatu na kashi 70 na abubuwan bayarwa ga ikilisiyoyin da za a ba da su ga ɗarika. Wani fata na shirin shi ne samun damar biyan fansho ga fastoci da suka yi ritaya.
EYN kuma tana aiwatar da wani kyakkyawan shirin raya makiyaya, in ji Beckwith.
Yayin da Beckwith yake kasar, shugabannin kungiyar EYN sun shiga wani babban taro na shugabannin addini a yankin arewacin Najeriya, wanda aka gudanar a Maiduguri inda rikicin addini tsakanin musulmi da kiristoci suka hallaka mutane da dama tare da lalata wasu gine-ginen coci a shekarun baya. Shugaban da mataimakin shugaban EYN sun halarci tare da sarakunan musulmi da sauran shugabannin cocin Kirista.
A cikin ziyarar da abokan aikin ecumenical daga Ofishin Jakadancin 21, wata hukuma ta Turai da ta yi aiki tare da EYN da Cocin ’yan’uwa na shekaru da yawa, Beckwith ya ji wani kyakkyawan rahoto game da aikin hakar rijiyoyin da ke amfani da hasken rana da tsarin bututun ruwa na hedkwatar EYN. . Ofishin Jakadancin 21 yana aiki tare da Ilimin Tauhidi ta Tsawaitawa, da kuma aikin HIV/AIDS. Beckwith ya ce: "Abin takaici ne sosai don jin labarin duka ƙauyuka, iyalai masu yara biyar zuwa bakwai, waɗanda a cikin shekaru da yawa ba za su kasance ba tare da iyaye ba."
Ya kuma shiga ziyarar fastoci da ma’aikatan mishan suka kai don yin addu’a ga wani jariri mai suna Mikah – sabon ɗan wani majami’a wanda ya rasa manyan ’ya’yansa biyar saboda rashin lafiya.
Beckwith ya ce: "Yana da mahimmanci a ci gaba da dangata ta 'yan uwantaka da EYN." "Ina sha'awar rayuwa da bangaskiya da suke da ita a tsakiyar mutuwa akai-akai."
Kyakkyawan mutunta juna ne, in ji Beckwith. Sakatare Janar na EYN Jinatu Wamdeo “ta yi addu’a a gare ni da kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa, cewa za mu sami salama, tsabta, ci gaba, da kuma iko.”
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