Taron Shekara-shekara na 223 na Cocin Yan'uwa
San Diego, California - Yuni 27, 2009
Phyllis Tickle na Tennessee ta kasance malamin fasaha, shugaban makarantar fasaha, editan kafa sashen addini a cikin Makonnin Mawallafa, mahaifiyar 'ya'ya bakwai, kuma ƙwararriyar marubuciya. Wata Episcopalian kuma ƙwararriya akan addini da coci, ta yi magana cikin hikima da fara'a a abincin dare na ranar Asabar.
Da take magana da kanta a matsayin "ilimi mai murmurewa," yana mai cewa "ba za ku taɓa yin nasara ba," ta gargadi masu sauraronta da su shirya don cizon sauti na minti hamsin.
Ta nuna godiya ga jigon Taron Shekara-shekara, “Tsoffin sun shuɗe, sababbi sun zo, duk wannan daga wurin Allah yake,” sai ta kwatanta abin da ke faruwa da coci a matsayin wani ɓangare na “sayar da garmaho” na shekara 500 na yau da kullun. A halin yanzu a cikin wani kowane lokaci na ƙarni biyar na canje-canje mai tsauri, Ikklisiya tana kawar da ɓarna da yawa, in ji ta. Amma yayin da take share ɗaki, ta ƙara da cewa, babu makawa ka sami wata taska da ka manta da ita.
Yayin da yake ishara da sake fasalin shekaru 500 da suka gabata da kuma koma bayan wayewar yammacin duniya shekaru 500 kafin hakan, Tickle ya ce, “Muna fuskantar daya (na irin lokutan canji) a yanzu.” Kamar yadda gyara ya kasance canji na tarihi, siyasa, addini, da al'adu, haka ma ta ce muna fuskantar wani lokaci na canji a cikin al'umma. "Kowace nau'i na Kiristanci da ke da rinjaye lokacin da aka fara sayar da jita-jita zai rasa rinjaye kuma wani nau'i zai maye gurbinsa," in ji ta.
Tickle ya ba da shawarar cewa a yanzu an sami Babban Hakuri-mafi yawan mutane ba sa rayuwa a cikin iyali na gargajiya, tsofaffin ikon siyasa ba su da rinjaye, mutane suna canza sana'a sau da yawa kuma suna rayuwa fiye da mil 25 daga inda suka girma. Yawancin bayanai sun mamaye su. "Babu wani abu da muka girma da shi yanzu," in ji ta.
Kiristanci da ke fitowa daga wannan canji wani lokaci ana kiransa Ikklisiya mai tasowa ko mai gaggawa. Wannan sabon nau'i na coci ya ƙunshi Kiristoci da suke son dangantaka da Allah. Suna da manufa ta mishan, suna azumi, suna shirya kansu, suna adawa da gine-gine da kuɗin gine-ginen coci, kuma suna sa gicciye, in ji Tickle. Wataƙila suna iya ko a'a na cocin babban layi. A cikin bangaskiyar Ikklisiya mai tasowa ya biyo bayan karɓa da aiki, in ji ta, kuma bangaskiya ba ta da matsayi.
Sa’ad da ƙura ta lafa, bayan wannan babban canji a cikin ikilisiya da kuma jama’a, tambayoyi masu muhimmanci za su kasance: “Ina iko yanzu? Yaya za mu rayu yanzu?” Tare da ƙarin fahimtar kimiyya game da sararin samaniya a cikin shekaru 150 da suka gabata, Tickle ya ce a karon farko Ruhu Mai Tsarki yana da mahimmanci kamar rubutacciyar Kalmar idan ya zo ga wa'azi, koyarwa, da iko tsakanin Kiristoci.
A cikin sanarwar da aka yi a wurin cin abincin, editan Messenger Walt Wiltschek ya ce daga shekara ta 2010 za a fitar da mujallu guda 10 maimakon 11, inda za a hada watan Janairu da Fabrairu zuwa fitowa guda kamar yadda aka riga aka yi a watan Yuli da Agusta.
- Frank Ramirez fasto ne na cocin 'yan'uwa na Everett (Pa.).
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Ƙungiyar Labarai don taron shekara-shekara na 2009 ya haɗa da masu daukar hoto Glenn Riegel, Ken Wenger, Justin Hollenberg, Keith Hollenberg, da Kay Guyer; marubuta Karen Garrett, Frank Ramirez, Frances Townsend, Melissa Troyer, Rich Troyer; ma'aikatan Becky Ullom da Amy Heckert. Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, edita. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org.