Disamba 3, 2008
“Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a 2008”
“…Kuma ku yi wa juna addu’a…” (Yakubu 5:16b).
YAN UWA YAN NIGERIA SUN YI KIRA GA SALLAH BAYAN TASHIN HANKALI A TSAKIYAR NIGERIA.
'Yan'uwa a Najeriya sun bukaci addu'a bayan barkewar rikicin addini da ya barke sakamakon takaddamar zaben siyasa a garin Jos da ke tsakiyar Najeriya. An kashe daruruwan mutane, kuma an kona gine-gine da dama da suka hada da coci-coci da masallatai. Rahotanni sun ambato sanarwar da kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta yi cewa mutane kusan 25,000 ne suka tsere daga gidajensu zuwa matsuguni a sansanonin wucin gadi, gine-ginen gwamnati, barikin sojoji, coci-coci, da masallatai.
“Mun samu rahotanni da yawa daga Najeriya. Mun damu sosai,” in ji babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brothers Stan Noffsinger. "Muna ci gaba da tuntubar ma'aikatanmu a Najeriya da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa shugaban Najeriya. An bukaci mu daga cocin EYN cikin addu’a.”
Wasu fusatattun matasa ne suka tayar da rikicin, kamar yadda rahotanni suka bayyana – kuma Kiristoci da Musulmai sun sha fama da tashin hankalin. Tsakiyar Najeriya yanki ne da rarrabuwar kawuna na addini da kabilanci tsakanin arewaci da kudancin kasar ke haduwa a wasu lokutan kuma su kan yi karo da juna. Irin wannan tarzoma ta faru a Jos a shekara ta 2001, inda aka kashe mutane kusan 1,000.
Jos wuri ne na majami'u na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) da kuma wasu gine-ginen gudanarwa na cocin dake a harabar guda biyu da suka hada da gidan baki da wata kadara mai suna Boulder Hill. Coordinator mission Church of the Brothers David Whitten da matarsa, Judith, suna zaune a filin Boulder Hill. A lokacin da rikicin ya fara a daren Juma’a, 28 ga watan Nuwamba, ‘yan Whittens na tafiya daga garin, kuma har yanzu ba su koma Jos ba.
Jos kuma shine wurin makarantar Hillcrest, makarantar mishan tsakanin addinai da Cocin 'yan'uwa ta fara. Kusa da Jos akwai Kwalejin Tauhidi ta Arewacin Najeriya (TCNN), wacce EYN da Cocin ’yan’uwa suka yi haɗin gwiwa a fannin ilimin tauhidi ga fastoci da shugabannin coci.
Rahoto kan halin da EYN ke ciki a Jos ya sha banban da juna. R. Jan Thompson, darektan riko na Cocin of the Brethren's Global Mission Partnerships, kusan kullum yana tuntuɓar shugabannin EYN a Jos kuma yana sa ido sosai akan lamarin. Markus Gamache, manajan EYN a Jos, ya fara ziyarce-ziyarce da kansa zuwa dukan ikilisiyoyi da dukiyoyin EYN a cikin ’yan kwanaki masu zuwa. Yana fatan zai iya ba da cikakken rahoto game da matsayin ikilisiyoyin da membobinsu a ƙarshen mako.
A halin da ake ciki, Noffsinger ya maimaita kiran addu'a ga Najeriya bayan tattaunawa da ma'aikatan mishan a safiyar yau. "Ku yi addu'a don zaman lafiya," ya tambaya.
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