Taron Shekara-shekara na 223 na Cocin Yan'uwa
San Diego, California - Yuni 29, 2009
Michael Kinnamon, babban sakatare na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Kirista (NCC), shi ne fitaccen mai jawabi a wajen taron Ecumenical Luncheon na shekara-shekara wanda kwamitin Cocin ’yan’uwa kan dangantakar Interchurch (CIR) ke shiryawa.
Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger da Kinnamon duka sun yi bikin dangantakar da ke tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu. Noffsinger dai ya taba yiwa hukumar ta NCC ayyuka da dama, ciki har da sabon nadin da aka yi masa a matsayin mataimakin shugaban NCC. Kinnamon ya gode wa darikar saboda rawar da take takawa a fannin ilmin dabi’a, ya kuma yabawa Jordan Blevins, memba na Cocin Brothers, saboda rawar da ya taka a cikin Shirin Eco-Justice Program na NCC.
CIR ta kuma karbi bakuncin shugabannin cocin Roman Katolika, Episcopal, Episcopal Methodist na Kirista, Cocin Armenia na Arewacin Amurka, da kungiyoyin Presbyterian a yankin San Diego.
"Ƙungiyar ecumenical ainihin motsi ne na zaman lafiya," in ji Kinnamon a cikin jawabinsa. Ya yi nuni da kasar Sri Lanka, wadda ta shafe sama da shekaru ashirin tana fama da yakin basasa. Kashi shida na al'ummar Sri Lanka Kirista ne, wanda ya ƙunshi al'adun bangaskiya daban-daban. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa al'ummomin Kirista a Sri Lanka ba su kai ga bangarorin biyu na yakin basasa ba don taimakawa wajen sulhuntawa, saboda sun shiga tsakani tare da bangarorin biyu, wani shugaban Kirista ya gaya wa Kinnamon cewa ba su iya ko da yin aiki a fadin kasar. ya raba tsakanin Kiristoci a kasar.
"Raba yana kashe rayuka," in ji Kinnamon. Ya yi ƙaulin manazarcin Mennoniyawa John Howard Yoder yana cewa: “Inda aka raba coci, bisharar ba gaskiya ba ce a wurin.”
Kinnamon ya ce: "An ba cocin alhakin sulhuntawa, kuma zaman lafiya babban batu ne da ba za a iya magance shi ba a ware." Ya bayyana cewa tun farkonsa yunkuri ne na samar da zaman lafiya, wanda aka tsara shi ta hanyar kokarin da majami'u su hadu a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu da yakin cacar baka.
"A cikin shekaru 60 da suka gabata, Kiristoci sun sami babban ci gaba tare," in ji Kinnamon, yana mai da'awar cewa akwai manyan maganganun zaman lafiya guda uku da aka yi a cikin shekaru 60 da suka gabata daga hukumomin Ecumenical kamar NCC da Majalisar Coci ta Duniya: yaki ya saba wa tsarin mulki. nufin Allah; akwai wasu nau'ikan tashin hankali da Kiristoci ba za su shiga ba; kuma zaman lafiya ba ya rabuwa da adalci. A wannan yanayin, ya bayyana mahimmancin yin aiki tukuru don samar da zaman lafiya.
Kinnamon ya ce yayin da "ikklisiyoyi na zaman lafiya na tarihi suka kafa aikin samar da zaman lafiya," ya ce watakila ya kamata mu "ba da lakabinmu na Cocin Zaman Lafiya ta Tarihi domin mu kawo wasu cikin fagen da alhakin samar da zaman lafiya." Ya ambaci Afisawa, yana cewa, “Haɗin kai baiwa ce ta Allah…. Idan za mu zama abin da muke, jiki ɗaya na Kristi, zai zama shaida mafi girma ga zaman lafiya.”
–Melissa Troyer memba ce ta Middlebury (Ind.) Church of the Brothers kuma tana aiki a Kwamitin Alakar Interchurch.
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Ƙungiyar Labarai don taron shekara-shekara na 2009 ya haɗa da marubuta Karen Garrett, Frank Ramirez, Frances Townsend, Melissa Troyer, Rich Troyer; masu daukar hoto Kay Guyer, Justin Hollenberg, Keith Hollenberg, Glenn Riegel, Ken Wenger; ma'aikatan Becky Ullom da Amy Heckert. Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, edita. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org.