Newsline Church of Brother
Aug. 27, 2010
Kusan mutane 1,600 sun ƙi zama membobin Cocin na Brotheran’uwa a cikin 2009, bisa ga bayanai daga littafin “Church of the Brethren Yearbook,” kuma ya ci gaba da raguwar zama memba na tsawon shekaru tun daga 1960s. Jimillar membobin ƙungiyar sun kai 122,810 a shekara ta 2009, inda suka ragu daga mambobi 124,408 da ikilisiyoyin suka bayar a shekara ta 2008. Ƙungiyar ta ba da rahoton adadin yawan waɗanda suka halarci ibada a mako-mako na 58,830 na shekara, kuma an samu raguwa daga 59,084 na shekarar da ta gabata.
Adadin littafin shekara sun dogara ne akan bayanan da ikilisiyoyin suka bayar waɗanda ke juya rahotannin ƙididdiga. A cikin 2009, kashi 686 ko 65.5 na Ikilisiyar ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa sun juya cikin rahoton ƙididdiga - adadin da ya yi daidai da mafi yawan 'yan shekarun nan yana ba da madaidaiciyar hanya don kwatanta ƙididdiga. Kimanin kashi 66 cikin 2008 ne aka ruwaito a shekarar XNUMX.
Atlantic Northeast ya ci gaba a matsayin gundumar mafi girma, tare da mambobi 14,336 a cikin 2009, kuma ita ce kan gaba a gundumomi dangane da raguwar membobin da ta rasa membobi 335. Gundumar mafi girma ta biyu ita ce gundumar Shenandoah tare da mambobi 14,189 a cikin 2009, wakiltar riba na mutane 33 akan 2008. Na uku mafi girma shine gundumar Virlina tare da membobin 10,947, raguwar 69. Yankin tsakiyar Atlantic ya sami mafi yawan membobin, 37, don isa. a jimlar membobin 9,694 na 2009.
Adadin ikilisiyoyin da ke cikin ƙungiyar, waɗanda suka haɗa da Amurka da Puerto Rico, su ma sun ragu da biyar zuwa 994 a shekara ta 2009, ya ragu daga 999 a 2008. Akwai haɗin gwiwa da ayyuka 53 a 2009, haɓaka uku daga shekarar da ta gabata. .
Adadin baftisma da ikilisiyoyi suka bayar, 1,394, ya nuna raguwa sosai daga na 1,714 na shekarar da ta gabata, amma ya fi 1,380 da aka ruwaito a shekara ta 2007.
Bayar da ma'aikatun gama-gari na darikar - wanda adadinsu ya kai $3,519,737 a 2009 - ya fadi da fiye da $91,000 daga jimillar 2008 na $3,611,474. Bayar da kuɗi na musamman kamar Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa ko wasu kyaututtuka na musamman na aikin ƙungiyar, ya kai $1,401,454 a shekara ta 2009, raguwar kusan $354,000 daga jimilar shekarar da ta gabata na $1,755,359. Irin wannan bayarwa, musamman ga EDF, galibi ana ƙaddara ta yanayi da girman bala'i ko wasu abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin.
Bayar da wasu hukumomin taron shekara-shekara guda biyu waɗanda ke samun tallafin kuɗi daga ikilisiyoyi suma sun ragu a cikin 2009, tare da Bethany Theological Seminary ganin raguwar sama da $22,000, kuma A Duniya Aminci ya ga raguwar sama da $52,000. A cikin 2009, Bethany ya ba da rahoton bayar da ainihin bayar da $414,988 kuma Amincin Duniya ya ba da rahoton $51,878.
Littafin Yearbook na 2010 zai kasance a wannan faɗuwar a cikin sabon tsarin lantarki akan CD, akan farashin $21.50 kuma za a tura shi kai tsaye zuwa ga abokan cinikin da ke cikin jerin oda tare da Brotheran Jarida. Wasu kuma su sayi littafin Yearbook a www.BrethrenPress.com ko kira 800-441-3712.
Ka tafi zuwa ga www.brethren.org/Newsline don biyan kuɗi zuwa Cocin Brothers Newsline sabis na labarai na e-mail kyauta da karɓar labaran coci kowane mako.