Jim Lehman, wanda ya shuka iri don Muryoyi don Buɗaɗɗiyar Ruhu (VOS) a taron shekara-shekara shekaru 10 da suka gabata, ya gayyaci baƙi a liyafar ƙungiyar na shekara don su kalli baya, amma kuma su sa ido.
Abin da Lehman ya bayyana a matsayin muhimmin lokaci a cikin tarihin Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma wani muhimmin lokaci ne a rayuwar VOS yayin da kungiyar ke la’akari da nade tantinta da kuma sauya goyan bayanta zuwa ga Budadden Teburin Haɗin gwiwar da aka kafa kwanan nan. Sanarwar ta fito ne daga mai gabatar da kara na Majalisar Gudanarwa na VOS David Witkovsky.
"Rayuwar da ta kebanta da Cocin 'yan'uwa kamar ƙoƙo ce," in ji Lehman a jawabinsa na farko. "Amma wannan ƙoƙon ya karye kuma ba za a iya haɗa shi ba." Masu halarta na iya yiwuwa a hankali sun kammala cewa wannan kwatanci ne na kwanan nan, idan aka yi la'akari da tashe-tashen hankula a cikin ɗarikar. Lehman ya ce ya ɗaga wannan tsokaci ne daga Jesse Zigler, tsohon farfesa a fannin ilimin halin ɗan adam da kuma ilimin Kirista a makarantar Bethany, wanda ya lura a cikin 1942.
Zigler, in ji Lehman, ya haɗa jerin dalilan wannan. "Idan na nuna muku wannan jerin, za ku gane waɗannan abubuwan." Dalilan tattaunawa game da rarrabuwar kawuna suna zuwa suna tafiya, kuma yayin da a saman waɗannan dalilai na iya bayyana daban-daban a cikin shekaru, galibi suna kama da kamanceceniya, in ji Lehman. Lehman, wanda ƙaunar tarihin ’yan’uwa ta haifar da littattafai da labarai da yawa, ya zurfafa cikin tarihin ƙungiyar don misalan wannan ƙa’ida.
A shekara ta 1717, alal misali, ba ma shekaru goma bayan haifuwar darikar ta 1708, tashin hankali ya taso a Krefeldt, Jamus, tsakanin membobin ƙungiyar game da ƙungiyoyi da wasu suka yi da Mennonites. Abubuwan da suka shafi soyayya da aure sune jigon gardamar-“Sauti sabani?” Lehman ya tambaya-kuma wannan bacin rai shine dalili daya da yasa Peter Becker ya jagoranci wasu iyalai 20 zuwa Amurka.
Idan ba a sami rarrabuwar kawuna tsakanin ’yan’uwa ba, Lehman ya ce, wataƙila ba a taɓa dasa coci a Amurka ba. "Da sun warware bambance-bambancen da ke tsakaninsu, mai yiwuwa ba za su taba zuwa nan ba." Ya kuma lura cewa kungiyar ‘Yan’uwa a Turai daga karshe ta bushe kuma ta mutu.
Wasu ’yan’uwa a yau suna ba da shawara cewa rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin coci yana iya faruwa saboda gardamar da ta shafi jima’i. Wannan ba lallai ba ne ya zama mummunan abu, in ji Lehman. Idan hakan ya faru, ya ba da shawarar - yana ba da misalin Krefeldt - sabuwar rayuwa na iya fitowa.
Shin abin da ya ba da shawara ga coci ke nan? Kamar ana tsammanin tambayar tsakanin waɗanda ke zaune a teburin, Lehman ya ce, “Lokacin da aka umarce ku da ku yi magana irin wannan, da gaske ya kamata ku sami wani abu mai zurfi da za ku faɗi. Da ma na yi,” ya ce a fusace. Ya mayar da shi ga taron, ya ce, “Ban sani ba ko za mu rabu. San ka?"
Ɗaya daga cikin manufofin VOS, bisa ga bayanin manufarta, shine gina gada da tattaunawa tare da wadanda suka fito daga sansanonin adawa. "Amma ba mu yi kyau sosai ba," in ji Lehman. "Ba alama akwai sha'awa sosai a kowane bangare," in ji shi, yana nufin VOS da ƙungiyoyi masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. Ya kara da cewa, “Idan ba a karye kofin Brethren ba lokacin da Jesse Zigler ya yi bayaninsa, watakila yanzu ya karye. Hatta fadanmu ba 'Yan'uwa ba ne. Sau da yawa muna adawa da juna - masu sassaucin ra'ayi da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya - ta hanyar Amurka, ba ta 'yan'uwa ba."
Yadda muke bi da juna yana magana sosai game da mu a matsayin ƙungiya. Duk da yake ba shi da sauƙi a nuna haƙuri, wasu suna yin hakan. Lehman ya buga misali guda abokinsa Ken Kline Smeltzer, Fasto na Cocin Burnham na Yan'uwa a Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya. "Yanzu, Ken sanannen ci gaban gobara ne," in ji Lehman. “Amma wasunku ba za su san cewa shi fasto ne na wata ƙaramar ikilisiya mai ra’ayin mazan jiya a Pennsylvania ba. Na taba tambaye shi: 'Yaya kuke yi?' Ya ce, 'To, ba ni ba su duka kayana.' Amma ya kara da cewa a koyaushe yana kokarin son su ne kawai.”
“Ina so in yi tunanin cewa ’yan’uwa har yanzu mutanen kirki ne,” in ji Lehman. “Akwai mutane marasa kyau a cikinmu. Amma idan ka yi tunanin cocin da ka taso, ko kuma cocin da kake yanzu, ka san akwai mutanen kirki da yawa.”
Lehman ya ƙarasa da cewa, “Wataƙila kofin mu bai karye ba. Wataƙila yana cike da fushinmu da ra'ayinmu. Ta yaya za mu kwashe kofinmu?”
- Randy Miller editan Mujallar “Manzon Allah” ne na Cocin ’yan’uwa.