A ranar Lahadi mai sanyi a watan Nuwamba 1983, na yi baftisma a Cocin Bethel na ’yan’uwa da ke Broadway, Va. Wannan ikilisiyar ta kasance gidan iyalina na ƙarni da yawa; ainihin ginin cocin (wanda baya tsayawa) an gina shi akan ƙasa wanda babban kakana ya bayar.
A yayin taron mu na shekara-shekara a Grand Rapids, mun yi magana mai tsawo game da rashin haɗin kai da kuma karayar mu. Na ji tattaunawa da zafi, kuma na gaskanta abin da muka fada game da karayar mu. Daga wannan da kuma shawarar da aka yanke, na yi muku alƙawarin cewa yayin da nake zagayawa cikin ɗariƙar cikin watanni masu zuwa, zan yarda in yi magana da kowane mutum game da kowane fanni na rayuwa da hidima. Zan yi abin da ke cikin iko da iyawa don tabbatar da waɗannan tattaunawar lafiya. Tuni, wasunku sun tuntuɓe ni don ci gaba da waɗannan tattaunawa, kuma ina fatan za su ci gaba har zuwa St. Louis. Ina son dukanmu mu kasance a wurin.
A tsakiyar wannan, na yi ƙoƙari in mai da hankali ga abin da muke faɗa a cikin “tsakanin zamani.” Abin da na samu akwai wani abu kuma: hadin kai! Fiye da shekaru 300, ’yan’uwa sun taru a cikin jama’ar da ke cike da Ruhu a kusa da Littafi Mai Tsarki, suna zaɓe su zama cocin da aka kwatanta a shafukan Sabon Alkawari. ’Yan’uwa sun zaɓi wannan tsattsauran biyayya ga Babban Hukumar a cikin ruwan Kogin Eder a Schwarzenau, ana sake yin baftisma a matsayin manya masu bi. Sun yi hakan ne don rashin biyayya ga dokokin ƙasar. Tun daga lokacin ’yan’uwa suna ci gaba da aikin Yesu ta wajen yin wa’azi a unguwannin da ke kewaye da gidajensu; ta hanyar zama masu son zaman lafiya a cikin al’ummominsu, da kuma sanya kansu a wuraren da ake fama da rikici; ta hanyar mayar da martani ga babbar girgizar ƙasa a Haiti tare da ƙungiyoyi masu amsa bala'i, manufa ta duniya, sansanin aiki, ilimin ma'aikatar. Hakanan akwai ƙarin hanyoyin da yawa waɗanda ba za a ambata a nan ba.
A kan hanya, ’yan’uwa sun gano cewa ba kiranmu ba ne mu mai da tsarin wannan duniya mafi tsarki da adalci; Kiranmu shine mu zama Mulkin Allah a tsakiyar mulkokin duniya. A nan ne za mu fara samun haɗin kanmu.
A matsayinka na mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na 2012 a St. Louis, ina gayyatarka da ka fara shirye-shiryen yanzu don taron shekara mai zuwa. Ku zo cikin shiri don ku yi murna cikin hanyoyin da muke ci gaba da aikin Yesu. Raba game da almajirantarwa, dashen coci, fuskantar rashin adalci, aika masu mishan, ƙaddamar da ma'aikatan BVS da ma'aikata. Zan yi farin cikin jin waɗannan labarun lokacin da na ziyarta a gundumarku, ko ta imel, Facebook, da sauran hanyoyin yanar gizo. Wani yanki na tarihi da nake fata in kawo wa St. Louis labarun ne na 'yan'uwa shahidai-waɗanda suka sadaukar da rayukansu yayin da suke ci gaba da aikin Yesu.
Tsakanin lokacin da yanzu, zaku iya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da ni a wurare masu zuwa:
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- Tim Harvey shine mai gudanarwa na Cocin of the Brothers Annual Conference kuma fasto na Central Church of the Brothers a Roanoke, Va.