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| Hoto daga Glenn Riegel |
| Wakilai sun amince da shugaban Bethany mai ritaya da sabon shugaban kasa a yayin taron kasuwanci, tare da jinjinawa Ruthann Knechel Johanson (hagu) wanda ya yi ritaya daga shugabancin makarantar hauza. A dandalin an nada sabon shugaba Jeffrey Carter, tare da shugaban hukumar Bethany Lynn Myers. |
Bethany Theological Seminary and Brothers Academy ana gudanar da abincin rana kowace shekara ta Bethany Alumni/ae Coordinating Council. Abincin rana lokaci ne don gane waɗanda suka kammala karatun kwanan nan na Bethany Theological Seminary da Horarwar Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa a cikin shirye-shiryen ma'aikatar, ɗalibai na yanzu, malamai, da ma'aikata.
Taron ya nuna tattaunawa da Jeffrey Carter, wanda ke cikin rana ta biyu a matsayin sabon shugaban makarantar Bethany Seminary, da shugaba Emerita Ruthann Knechel Johansen, wacce ke cikin rana ta biyu ta ritaya.
Johansen ta yi bitar nasarori da dama da ta samu a wa'adinta na shugabar kasa inda ta bayyana cewa ba a yi ta ba ita kadai ba amma tare da daukacin al'umma. Ta bayyana nasarorin da ta samu a matsayin amincewa da sanarwar manufa da hangen nesa na yanzu, wanda ya haifar da Tsarin Dabarun, wanda ya haifar da samar da sabon tsarin karatu da Tsarin tantancewa.
Daga nan kuma aka nemi Carter ya yi tunani a kan yadda yake shirin jagoranci a nan gaba. Yana zuwa fadar shugaban kasa ne a daidai lokacin da abubuwa masu kyau da yawa suka rigaya, in ji shi. "Wannan yana ba ni damar samun lokaci don yin tunani game da inda muke da kuma sauraron hukumar, malamai, da ma'aikata, da sauran ƙungiyoyi, sannan in fara mafarki game da shirin na gaba." Ya raba cewa babban alhakinsa shine kula da lafiyar al'ummar Bethany da majami'u mafi girma, da kuma ci gaba da sadarwa a fili. Manufar da yake kawowa ita ce "Ku duba, ku sa ido, ku jagorance mu [Makarantar Bethany] zuwa sabon ci gaba, duk da haka mun dasa a cikin aikinmu."
Carter yana da wata manufa - cewa makarantar hauza ta Bethany ta zama tunani na farko lokacin da mutum yayi la'akari da inda ake neman nazarin tauhidi. Yana kuma son cewa makarantar hauza ita ce tunani na farko sa’ad da ikilisiya ke bukatar albarkatu. "Maimakon a duba Google ko Wikipedia, kira makarantar hauza," in ji shi.
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| Hoton Randy Miller |
| Ruthann Knechel Johansen ta samu tarba daga Enten Eller a lokacin liyafar karrama ta, wanda Bethany Theological Seminary ta shirya inda ta yi ritaya a matsayin shugabar kasa. |
Dukansu Johansen da Carter sun fahimci burin da makarantar hauza ke da shi don haɓaka tasirin ecumenical mai ƙarfi. Carter ya yi hidimar ɗarikar a cikin tsarin ecumenical kuma ya ce, “A koyaushe ina barin taro [ecumenical] tare da fahimtar ainihin ’yan’uwana.” Ya bayyana hakan ne saboda tattaunawa da yawa da ke faruwa a wuraren da aka kira shi ya bayyana wani aiki ko imani na ’yan’uwa.
Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci ta sanar da cewa Tsarin Horar da Ilimi na Kwalejin (ACTS): Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista da ke hidima ga Gundumomin Shenandoah da Virlina sun sami sake yin takaddun shaida. An kuma ba da amincewa ga ƙungiyoyin ƙarshe na Shirin Dorewa na Fastoci mai mahimmanci na Fasto da Babban Tushen Shirin Jagorancin Ikilisiya. Shekarar 2013 ta kawo ƙarshen waɗannan shirye-shiryen, amma Makarantar Brethren za ta ci gaba da ba da ci gaba da ilimi ta sabbin hanyoyi.
An gabatar da kundi na tunawa da Lowell Flory don karramawa da godiya saboda shigarsa da shirye-shiryen Advanced Foundations sama da shekaru 10.
- Karen Garrett memba ne na Kungiyar Labaran Taro na Shekara-shekara