Da Frank Ramirez
 Paul Alexander, mai son zaman lafiya na Pentikostal kuma farfesa a makarantar hauza daga Majami'ar Allah, shi ne mai magana na 'Yan Jarida da Abincin Abincin Manzo. Hotuna daga Glenn Riegel |
 Lokacin jin daɗi tsakanin Alexander da babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger (a dama a sama). Mai ba da jawabi ya gayyaci babban sakatare ya taimaka masa ya bi da al’adar koyarwar Yesu ta “juya dayan kunci” a Huɗuba bisa Dutse. |
 Paul Alexander (a tsakiyar sama) yana nunawa tare da ƴan'uwa masu zaman lafiya da dama, wasu daga cikinsu suna da mahimmanci ga fahimtar almajiransa ga Kristi: (daga hagu) Matt Guynn da Bob Gross na Amincin Duniya, Jordan Blevins na shaida da kuma Ofishin bayar da shawarwari, Alexander, Bethany Farfesa Farfesa Emeritus Dale Brown, babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger, da Linda Williams, mai zaman lafiya daga San Diego. |
Ga Paul Alexander, mai magana a kungiyar ‘yan jarida da kuma abincin dare a ranar Lahadi da yamma, damar yin magana ita ma wata dama ce ta gode wa ‘yan’uwa saboda darussan da suka taimaka masa ya nisantar da shi daga zindikanci da ya dauka a shekarunsa na jami’a, da kuma koma ga bangaskiya ga Yesu.
A cewar Alexander, wanda memba ne na Majami’ar Allah, yawancin waɗanda suka kafa bangaskiyar Pentikostal ciki har da William Seymour (1870-1922) sun himmatu ga rashin tashin hankali. Sun gaskata ya kamata su ƙaunaci abokan gābansu.
Amma bai taɓa sanin cewa lokacin da ya girma Pentikostal ba. A cikin shekarun da suka wuce an rasa al'adar zaman lafiya. A lokacin da matashin Alexader ya zo, ya kwatanta kansa a matsayin, “Mabiyin Yesu mai son Yesu, mai magana da harshe, tutar Amurka, soja, mai bin kirista mai kishin ƙasa.”
Ya ɗauki lokaci ya gode wa ’yan’uwa waɗanda suka taimaka wajen komo da shi ga Yesu, kuma ya ba da yabo ga John Howard Yoder, masanin tauhidin Mennonite, wanda ya yi tasiri sosai a komowar Iskandari ga bangaskiya ga Kristi.
Alexander ya yaba wa ’yan’uwa da koya masa game da salama da sauƙi. “Na yi odar littattafai 10 game da sauƙi. Ina karanta su. Sai na ga ya kamata in aron wadannan littattafai na mika wa wani!”
Ya kuma yaba da t-shirts Brothers. Abin da ya fi so shi ne wanda ya karanta: “Sa’ad da Yesu ya ce ku ƙaunaci magabtanku, wataƙila yana nufin kada ku kashe su.” Matarsa, in ji shi, ta shiga tattaunawa mai kyau a Texas sanye da nata.
Alexander ya ɗauko daga Frank Bartleman, mai wa'azin Pentikostal wanda ya kwatanta yakin duniya na farko. Ya yi bitar furci na farko na Majami’ar Allah kamar wanda aka yi a shekara ta 1917 da ya bayyana “ka’idodin ‘Salama a duniya, da nufin alheri ga mutane. cewa Pentikostal “su ne.,. an takura mana mu shelanta cewa ba za mu iya shiga cikin yaƙi da imaninmu ba…” Yawancin Pentikostal, kamar ’yan’uwa, sun shiga kurkuku a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya.
’Yan Pentikostal na farko sun kuma yi magana game da kishin ƙasa a matsayin ɓatanci ga bangaskiyar Kirista, amma a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ’yan Majalisar Tattaunawar Allah suna kokawa da lamirinsu game da hanyar da ta dace ta mayar da martani ga yaƙin. “Mafi yawan membobin Majalisar Dokokin Allah sun yi aiki a matsayin mayaƙa da marasa yaƙi.” Amma Iskandari ya yi mamaki da ya gane cewa kakansa ya yi hidima a matsayin wanda bai yi nasara ba saboda imaninsa a ɗaya daga cikin sansanin Hidimar Jama’a a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu.
Shekaru 40 ana binne wannan al'amari na tarihin danginsa kuma an ɓoye shi. Haka yake ga ikilisiyoyin ikilisiya na Allah gabaki ɗaya. Ko da yake akwai ɗaruruwan Pentikostal da ba su yarda da aikin soja ba, wannan ma an manta da shi.
A cikin 1950s Majalisar Dokokin Allah suna ba da shawarar cewa Amurkawa su jagoranci tseren makamai da kuma tara makaman nukiliya.
Menene wannan ya haɗa da tarihin ’yan’uwa? Ya tambaya da karfi. "Ina nan a matsayin Ruhun Futureless Christ." Ya kwatanta wata magana daga 1957 da ainihin ƙa’idodin tsarin Pentikostal a 1917. “Menene ya ɓace daga wannan maganar?” ya tambayi masu sauraronsa da sauri suka kira amsoshin da yake nema: “Yesu!” kuma "Babu littafi!"
Iskandari ya lissafa abubuwa da dama da suka sa dangantakar bangaskiyarsa ta ɓace, kuma ya yi gargaɗin kuma yana barazana ga ’yan’uwa, daga cikinsu: Neman karɓuwa da mutuntawa; son girma; ba da iko ga lamiri ɗaya; canji daga Yesu zuwa lamiri; da nisantar rayuwa da koyarwar Yesu. Iskandari ya nace cewa sadaukarwa ga lamiri ɗaya ya maye gurbin biyayya ga Yesu da kuma bishara, wanda kuma shi ne dalilin canja bangaskiya tsakanin ’yan’uwa a ƙarni na 20. Ya yi kira da a koma ga bishara, kuma a nisantar da jarabawar kishin kasa da soja.
Yanzu shi ne shugaba a tsakanin Pentecostals da masu bishara da suka himmatu ga zaman lafiya. Matsayinsa na ƙa’ida ya sa aka kore shi daga aikin koyarwa a Texas wasu shekaru da suka wuce. Ba da daɗewa ba ya sami wani aiki, amma lokacin ya yi wa iyalinsa baƙin ciki.
Ya rufe da wani labari mai ban mamaki da ya shafi ɗansa ɗan shekara 12, wanda ya tsaya tsayin daka ya fuskanci wasu ayyuka masu ban sha’awa daga mashawarta sa’ad da yake halartar sansanin Kirista. Iskandari ya ji ya koya wa ɗansa muhimmancin yin tsayayya, ya ce a’a, ko ta yaya tsada, da kowane irin matsin lamba, da kuma yin abin da yake daidai.
Kuma hakan ya yiwu, in ji shi, domin shaida da koyarwar ’yan’uwa game da Yesu. Sa’ad da yake gode wa ’yan’uwa daga zuciyarsa, ya ƙarfafa mu mu kasance da aminci ga shugabanninmu ma, kuma mu ci gaba da yin kalamai game da yaƙi, da rashin adalci, da kuma zaman lafiya.
Paul Alexander yanzu farfesa ne na ɗabi'ar Kirista da manufofin jama'a a Palmer Seminary na Jami'ar Gabas; mai neman zaman lafiya na Pentikostal tare da PhD a fannin addini daga Jami'ar Baylor; da marubucin "Peace to War." Shi dan asalin Kansas ne.
Rufe taron shekara-shekara na 2011 shine ta Ƙungiyar Labarai ta Jan Fischer-Bachman, Mandy Garcia, Karen Garrett, Amy Heckert, Regina Holmes, Frank Ramirez, Glenn Riegel, Frances Townsend, da edita da daraktan labarai Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. Wendy McFadden tana aiki a matsayin babban darekta na 'Yan Jarida. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org