“Ku tuna da doguwar hanya da Ubangiji Allahnku ya bishe ku…” (Kubawar Shari’a 8:2a).
S. Loren Bowman, mai shekaru 98, tsohon babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers, ya rasu a ranar 17 ga watan Yuni. Ya kasance babban sakataren darikar na kusan shekaru goma, daga 15 ga Yuli, 1968, har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 1977. A lokacin mutuwarsa yana zaune a La Verne, Calif.
"Don Allah ku tuna cikin addu'o'inku a wannan lokacin rashi, dangin Bowman da duk waɗanda suka yi alhinin rasuwarsa," in ji wata addu'a daga manyan ofisoshi na Cocin Brothers a Elgin, Ill.
Gaba daya Bowman ya shafe shekaru 19 yana gudanar da harkokin coci, inda ya kasance babban sakataren hukumar kula da ilimin addinin Kirista na tsawon shekaru 10 har zuwa lokacin da aka nada shi a matsayin babban sakatare. A lokacin ya jagoranci ci gaba da shirye-shiryen rayuwa ta rukuni, da tsara tsarin karatun da aka gina akan ikilisiya da ke ayyana manufofinta na ilimi. Ya yi aiki tare da masu gudanar da koleji don kafa kwalejojin 'yan'uwa a ƙasashen waje. Ya kuma yi aiki a sassa daban-daban na Majalisar Coci ta kasa, ciki har da Sashen Ilimin Kirista, Sashen Cigaban Ilimi, da Sashen Hadin kan Kirista.
An nada shi babban sakatare na riko na tsawon watanni hudu a farkon shekarar 1968, a lokacin rashin lafiya da kuma mutuwar babban sakataren da ya gabata Norman J. Baugher.
An haifi Bowman 7 ga Oktoba, 1912, a gundumar Franklin, Va., ga Cornelius D. da Ellen Bowman. Ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), ya sami digiri na farko da kuma digiri na digiri na allahntaka daga Bethany Theological Seminary (sa'an nan Bethany Biblical Seminary), kuma ya kammala aikin karatun addini a Jami'ar Pittsburgh. A 1935 ya auri Claire M. Andrews.
Ya yi aiki a fastoci takwas a tsawon rayuwarsa, kuma kafin ya yi aiki a ma’aikatan cocin ya kasance memba kuma shugaban tsohuwar Hukumar ’Yan’uwantaka, wanda aka zaba a taron shekara-shekara na 1952. An ba shi lasisi zuwa hidima a shekara ta 1932, an naɗa shi a shekara ta 1933, kuma ya zama dattijo a shekara ta 1942.
Shi ne marubucin littafin, “Power and Polity among the Brothers: A Study of Church Governance,” kuma ya rubuta littafin nazarin zama memba, “Zaɓar Hanyar Kirista.” Ya yi hidima a kwamitin edita na “Rayuwar ’Yan’uwa da Tunani” kuma yana cikin kwamitin da ya fitar da “The Brothers Hymnal.” A cikin 1969 an ba shi lambar girmamawa ta Doctor of Humane Letters daga Bridgewater, kuma a cikin 1977 ya sami lambar yabo ta Jami'ar Distinguished Alumnus Award.
A lokacin da ya yi ritaya a matsayin babban sakatare, ambatonsa ya lura da “mahimman iyakoki” na gwamnatinsa: “Daya shi ne a ɗauki bambance-bambance ko jam’i a cikin coci a matsayin tushen wadata. Wani kuma shi ne neman haɓaka shirye-shiryen da aka kafa domin a iya magance sabbin abubuwan da suka sa gaba. Na uku shi ne a tsara babban sakatariya ta yadda za a raba madafun iko kuma a ba da iko bisa tsarin kungiya."
A cikin aikinsa na babban sakatare, an tuna da shi don tambayar, “Shin ya isa?” Ya lura da wani gagarumin sake fasalin tsohuwar hukumar gudanarwar, wanda ya hada da yawan ma'aikata, da ba da fifiko kan tsarin tafiyar da kungiya, da sassaucin ra'ayi a cikin shirye-shirye, kusa da mai gudanar da ma'aikatun kasashen waje, da kuma kara mayar da martani ga manufa a duniya.
An nakalto shi a cikin labarin jarida na 1977, a cikin shekarar da ta gabata a matsayin babban sakatare, yana fada wa taron shekara-shekara cewa sabbin fahimtar yadda duniya da al'ummarta suka hade tare ba tare da rabuwa ba a cikin halitta, da kuma samun sabuwar hanyar rayuwa a wannan duniyar. , shine babban aiki na coci.
A cikin ritaya, ya ci gaba da ba da shawarar yin tunani a cikin coci. Ya rubuta sassa na lokaci-lokaci don mujallar "Manzo" ciki har da wani shafi na Agusta 1984 a kan "Neman Beyond Al'ada" yana kira coci don neman cikakkiyar tsarin rayuwa, da kuma wani ra'ayi a cikin Oktoba 1993 yana ba da shawara, "Ya kamata mu yi magana. game da yanayin bambancin mu.”
An shirya taron tunawa da Jumma'a, Yuni 24, da karfe 2 na yamma a La Verne (Calif.) Church of Brother (2425 "E" Street, La Verne, CA 91750-4912; 909-593-1364). Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa ga Cocin La Verne na 'Yan'uwa.