Ruthann Knechel Johansen, shugabar makarantar Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., ta sanar da yin murabus, daga ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2013. Sanarwar ta zo ne tare da taron shekara-shekara na kwamitin amintattu na Seminary Seminary.
Johansen ta fara aikinta a matsayin shugabar Bethany Seminary na tara a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2007, bayan da ta rike mukamin farfesa a fannin adabi da kuma karatun digiri na biyu da kuma wani malami na Cibiyar Kroc don Nazarin Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya a Jami'ar Notre Dame.
A lokacin da take a Bethany, ta taimaka wajen samar da sabuwar manufa da bayanin hangen nesa da tsarin dabarun shekaru biyar. Da farko da bikin kaddamar da ita, ta kafa dandalin Shugaban kasa a matsayin babban taron jama'a a Bethany, yana ba da sarari da albarkatu na makarantar hauza don bincike na darika da ilimi, koyo, da ba da jawabi kan muhimman batutuwa na bangaskiya da ɗabi'a. Shugabancinta ya kuma ga an dauki sabon shugaban ilimi, da sabbin malamai uku, da sabon darakta na Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci.
A cikin wata sanarwa ga al’ummar makarantar hauza Johansen ya ce, “Tun daga watan Yuli 2007, tare da hukumar da malamai sun yi nazari kan kalubalen da ke fuskantar cocin Kirista, Cocin ’yan’uwa, da kuma yawancin makarantun tauhidi; ya sake nazarin ainihin shaidar al'adun Anabaptist-Pietist da Cocin Brothers don dacewa da ilimin tauhidi da bukatun duniya a wannan lokacin; kuma ya haɓaka manufa mai ƙarfin hali da hangen nesa mai aminci ga bishara da kuma kiran annabci daga Betanya zuwa coci da duniya…. Ina godiya ga damar yin aiki tare da abokan aiki masu ban mamaki, a matsayin membobin hukumar da ma'aikata, a cikin manyan makarantu da bautar Allah, coci, da kuma duniya. Ina kira gare mu da mu ci gaba da kasancewa da aminci, kamar yadda zan yi ƙoƙarin kasancewa a wannan lokacin na ƙarshe, kuma kamar yadda nake sa ran kwamitin bincike da hukumar za su kasance ma. "
Carol Scheppard, shugabar kwamitin amintattu, ta yi tunani a kan shugabancin Johansen: “Yayin da shugaba Johansen ke miƙa mulki ga ayyukan da ke jiran ta a cikin ritaya, ta bar gado mai albarka tare da Bethany. Daga tushen tushen hangen nesa da maganganun manufa da kuma cikakken tsarin dabarun, zuwa ayyukan da aka mayar da hankali, kuzari, da yanke hukunci na al'ummar hauza, Bethany yana da ƙarfi. Muna sa rai da bege da kwarin gwiwa ga shugabancin Ruthann a shekara mai zuwa da kuma ci gaba da renon iri da ta shuka a karkashin shugabanmu na gaba.”
Wakilin Bethany Rhonda Pittman Gingrich zai yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kwamitin neman shugaban kasa, tare da Ted Flory, tsohon memba kuma shugaban hukumar, zai zama mataimakin shugaba. Ƙarin membobin kwamitin sune amintattu David McFadden, John D. Miller, da Nathan Polzin; babban wakilin Judy Mills Reimer; Wakilin baiwa Tara Hornbacker; da wakilin dalibai Dylan Haro.
- Jenny Williams darektan sadarwa da tsofaffin ɗalibai / ae dangantakar a Bethany Seminary.