Newsline Church of Brother
Yuni 4, 2009
Membobin Cocin ’Yan’uwa a Amurka da Puerto Rico sun ragu ƙasa da 125,000 a karon farko tun cikin 1920s, bisa ga bayanan 2008 daga littafin “Church of the Brethren Yearbook.”
Memban ƙungiyar ya tsaya a 124,408 a ƙarshen 2008, bisa ga bayanan da ikilisiyoyin suka ruwaito. Jimlar adadin ikilisiyoyin da ke cikin cocin su ma sun taka rawar gani, inda suka ragu da bakwai zuwa 999. Haka kuma akwai abokan tarayya da ayyuka 50, wanda ya karu daga shekarar da ta gabata.
Gundumomi goma sha shida sun ba da rahoton raguwar yawan mambobi a cikin 2008; bakwai sun ruwaito sun karu. Mafi muni shine gundumomi a yankin Midwest da Plains, inda kowace gunduma sai Michigan ta ba da rahoton raguwa.
Gundumomin da aka fi samun raguwar kaso mafi girma sune Kudancin Kudancin (kashi 17.1), Oregon/Washington (kashi 7.8), Kudancin Pennsylvania (kashi 5.6), da Western Plains (kashi 5.3). Mafi girman raguwar lambobi sun kasance a Kudancin Pennsylvania (asara mai yawan membobi 391) da Western Pennsylvania (ƙasa da membobi 182).
Abin sha'awa, da yawa daga cikin ƙananan gundumomi na ƙungiyar suna cikin waɗanda suka ba da rahoton nasarorin. Missouri/Arkansas (kashi 1.6, zuwa membobi 564), Idaho (kashi 1, zuwa mambobi 598), da Michigan (kashi 1.7 cikin dari, zuwa membobin 1,347) duk sun ga ƙaramin ƙaruwa. Sauran gundumomin da suka sami nasarar zama memba sune Pacific Southwest (kashi 1.7), kudu maso gabas (kashi 1.3), Atlantic kudu maso gabas (kashi 0.5), da Pennsylvania ta tsakiya (0.2%). Pacific Kudu maso Yamma, tare da samun riba membobi 42, suna da girma mafi girma na lambobi.
Gabaɗayan raguwar ɗarika na kashi 1.24 ya yi kama da na ƴan shekarun da suka gabata kuma yana ci gaba da yanayin tun farkon shekarun 1960. Yawancin ƙungiyoyin “mainline” a cikin Amurka suna fuskantar irin wannan yanayin a wancan lokacin. Nazarin ya danganta raguwar haɓakar ilimin addini, haɓaka a cikin majami'u masu zaman kansu, da canje-canjen hanyoyin da ake rubuta membobinsu, da sauran dalilai.
Jimlar adadin yawan halartar ibada na mako-mako ya ragu da fiye da 2,000 daga shekarar da ta gabata, zuwa 59,084, amma adadin masu yin baftisma a shekara ta 2008 ya yi tsalle sosai zuwa 1,714, sama da 334 daga shekarar da ta gabata kuma mafi girma tun daga 2004. Ba da gudummawa ga yawancin hukumomi da shirye-shirye. ya ƙi.
Ƙididdigar Littafin Shekarar da aka sabunta sun dogara ne akan bayanan da ikilisiyoyin suka bayar waɗanda ke juya rahotannin ƙididdiga. A shekara ta 2008, kashi 66.2 na ikilisiyoyin sun ba da rahoton; wannan yayi kama da na baya-bayan nan, yana samar da madaidaiciyar hanya don kwatanta kididdiga. Kimanin kashi 64 cikin 2007 ne aka ruwaito a shekarar XNUMX.
Littafin Yearbook ya kuma ba da jerin bayanan tuntuɓar mutane da ƙididdiga na ikilisiyoyi, gundumomi, da hukumomin ƙungiyar, da kuma ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa da ke da alaƙa. Ana samun bugu na 2009 daga Brotheran Jarida; don yin oda kira 800-441-3712.
— Walt Wiltschek editan Mujallar “Manzon Allah” ne na Cocin ’yan’uwa.
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan sabis na labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne ya samar da Cocin of the Brothers Newsline. Za a iya sake buga labaran labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Tuntuɓi cobnews@brethren.org don karɓar Newsline ta imel ko aika labarai ga editan a cobnews@brethren.org. Don ƙarin labarai da fasali na Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa, ku yi rajista ga mujallar “Manzo”; kira 800-323-8039 ext. 247.
Yan'uwa a Labarai
"Alkali ya wanke masu zanga-zangar bindiga," Philadelphia (Pa.) Labaran yau da kullun (Mayu 27, 2009). An wanke mutane 12 da aka kama da laifin tayar da zaune tsaye a wani katafaren kantin sayar da bindigogi da ke Philadelphia a lokacin taron cocin zaman lafiya na "Ji kiran Allah" a watan Janairu. An yi shari’ar ne a ranar 26 ga Mayu. Cikin waɗanda aka kama har da wasu mambobi biyu na Cocin ’yan’uwa: Phil Jones da Mimi Copp. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20090527_Judge_acquits_gun_protesters.html
Don haka duba:
"Monica Yant Kinney: Roko ga lamiri yana ɗaukar ranar," Philadelphia (Pa.) Mai tambaya (Mayu 27, 2009). http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/monica_yant_kinney/20090527_Monica_Yant_Kinney__
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"Sauraron kiran Allah yana kaiwa ga fitina," Labaran gundumar Delaware, Pa. (Mayu 27, 2009). http://www.newsofdelawarecounty.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/SingleWeekly;!-1640719862?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_wk_article&r21.pgpath=/NDC/Home&r21.content=/NDC/Home/Top
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"An kafa shari'ar zanga-zangar bindiga a cikin gida," Philadelphia (Pa.) Tribune (Mayu 26, 2009). http://www.phillytrib.com/tribune/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4203:guns052609&catid=2:the-philadelphia-tribune&It%20emid=3
"Kyauta kyauta," Mai Suburbuda, Akron, Ohio (Yuni 3, 2009). A ranar 13 ga watan Yuni, za a ba da kyauta kyauta a Cocin Hartville (Ohio) Church of the Brother, don mayar da martani ga tabarbarewar tattalin arziki da ya shafi mutane da yawa a cikin al'umma. http://www.thesuburbanite.com/lifestyle/calendar/x124606834/Free-clothing-give-away
Littafin: Robert R. Pryor, Zanesville (Ohio) Times (Yuni 3, 2009). Robert R. Pryor, mai shekaru 76, ya mutu ranar 1 ga watan Yuni a gidansa da danginsa masu kauna suka kewaye shi. Ya halarci cocin 'yan'uwa na White Cottage (Ohio). Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai aikin lantarki na Armco Steel, kuma ya yi ritaya bayan shekaru 33 yana hidima; kuma tsohon ma'aikaci ne a Imlay Florist kuma tsohon ma'aikacin kashe gobara ne. Mai rai shine matarsa, Marlene A. (Worstall) Pryor, wadda ya aura a 1953. http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20090603/OBITUARIES/906030334
"Masu Sa-kai Suna Taimakawa Sake Gina Cocin Erwin," TriCities.com, Johnson City, Tenn. (Yuni 2, 2009). Rahoton da ke dauke da faifan bidiyo da hotuna na yadda aka fara sake gina cocin Erwin (Tenn.) Cocin Brothers, wanda gobara ta lalata shekara guda da ta wuce. Tawagar magina masu aikin sa kai da ake kira kafinta don Kristi ne suka fara aikin ginin. http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/volunteers_help_rebuild_an_erwin_church/24910/
"Ayyukan kulab ɗin mota na yanki," Altoona (Pa.) Madubi (Mayu 29, 2009). Woodbury (Pa.) Cocin ’Yan’uwa sun gudanar da wani jirgin ruwa na Babura da Gasa a ranar 30 ga Mayu. “Mahaya za su iya shiga a kan baburansu manya-manyan hogs, choppers, masu taya 3, ko babur duk ana maraba da su ko kuma kawai su zo ganin wurin. zagayawa iri-iri kuma ku ji daɗin nishaɗin,” in ji sanarwar jaridar. http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/519468.html?nav=726
"Tawagar miji da mata fasto Carlisle Church," Carlisle (Pa.) Sentinel (Mayu 28, 2009). An shigar da Jim da Marla Abe a matsayin fastoci a Cocin Carlisle (Pa.) na 'Yan'uwa. Jaridar ta yi bitar rayuwarsu da hidimarsu tare. http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/05/28/news/religion/doc4a1ebfbaa8b5c257924859.txt
Littafin: Andrew W. Simmons, Staunton (Va.) Jagoran Labarai (Mayu 27, 2009). Andrew Wesley Simmons, mai shekaru 16, ya rasu ne a ranar 25 ga Mayu a gidansa. Ya kasance memba na Cocin Sangerville na 'yan'uwa a Bridgewater, Va. Ya kasance dalibi a aji 10 a Fort Defiance High School kuma dan marigayi Mark Wesley Simmons da Penni LuAnn Michael, wanda ya tsira daga gare shi. http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090527/OBITUARIES/90527013/1002/news01
Dubi kuma: "Iyali da Abokai Suna Tuna Wanda Harbin Hatsari Ya Faru," WHSV Channel 3, Harrisonburg, Va. (Mayu 26, 2009). http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/46096682.html
Littafin: Phoebe B. Garber, Staunton (Va.) Jagoran Labarai (Mayu 26, 2009). Phoebe Grace (Botkin) Garber, mai shekaru 88, ta rasu ne a ranar 25 ga Mayu a gidanta. An gudanar da taron tunawa a Cocin Timberville (Va.) na ’yan’uwa. Ta yi aure a 1943 zuwa Virgil Lamar Garber, wanda ya riga ta rasu a 2006. Aikin jinya ya fara ne a asibitin Waynesboro, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya a Presque Isle, Maine; kuma a matsayin ma'aikaciyar kula da dare a yankin Rockingham County har zuwa 1963. http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090526/OBITUARIES/905260339