Kwamitin Amintattu na Seminary na Bethany ya sanar da cewa Jeffrey W. Carter na Manassas, Va., ya karɓi kiran yin hidima a matsayin shugaban makarantar hauza na goma, daga ranar 1 ga Yuli. Bethany ita ce makarantar hauza ta Cocin Brothers, dake Richmond, Ind. .
"Hukumar amintattu ta yi farin ciki sosai cewa wani mai himma, hazaka, da tarihin Dr. Carter ya amsa kiran shugabancin Bethany," in ji Lynn Myers, shugabar hukumar. “A cikin tattaunawar da muka yi, ya ba da labarin samun kwarin gwiwa daga wani mutumi wanda ya yi tasiri sosai a shawararsa ta zama Fasto. A cikin sabon matsayinsa na shugaban kasa, muna kallonsa don ya maimaita wannan gogewar yayin da yake jagorantar ƙoƙarin Bethany na kiran waɗanda ke cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa da kuma bayan Cocin ’yan’uwa zuwa ayyukan hidima.”
Wani tsohon dalibin makarantar hauza, Carter ya zo Bethany tare da shekaru na shugabancin fastoci da darika a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. A halin yanzu shi fasto ne kuma shugaban ma’aikata a cocin Manassas na ‘yan’uwa, mukamin da ya rike tun 2003. Ma’aikatar fastoci da ta gabata ta hada da mukamai a matsayin fasto fasto da fasto na kungiyar a Manassas tsakanin 1995 da 2003 da kuma shekaru biyu a matsayin abokin Fasto a cocin Florin 'Yan'uwa a Mt. Joy, Pa.
Carter ya kammala karatun digiri ne a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) tare da digiri na farko a cikin karatun kasa da kasa. Ya sami digiri na biyu na allahntaka daga Bethany a cikin 1998 da digiri na uku a hidima tare da mai da hankali kan ilimin tauhidi da tarukan tauhidi daga Makarantar tauhidi ta Princeton a 2006.
Wakiliyar Bethany Rhonda Pittman Gingrich ta jagoranci kwamitin binciken shugaban kasa na makarantar hauza. "A yayin da muka fara aikinmu, kwamitin ya nemi shawarwari daga mazabu daban-daban," in ji ta. “Ƙauna mai zurfi ga Kristi da ikkilisiya, sha’awar haɓaka ilimi da ruhaniya, ƙwarewar fastoci, sadaukar da kai don gina alaƙa a cikin ɗariƙar, da ƙwarewar sadarwa mai ƙarfi sun kasance cikin halaye da yawa da ake so da aka gano yayin matakin tattara bayanai. Dokta Carter ba kawai ya ƙunshi waɗannan halaye ba; ya kuma kawo dabarun jagoranci da suka dace don cika tsare-tsare na yanzu da hangen nesa na gaba”.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa ya yi wa Carter hidima a wurare dabam-dabam a cikin hidimarsa. A halin yanzu memba ne na zaunannen kwamitin wakilai na gundumomi zuwa taron shekara-shekara, ya jagoranci kwamitin nazarin taron shekara-shekara kan sunan darika da kwamitin karbar fom a matsayin wani bangare na Tsarin Ba da Amsa na Musamman na kwanan nan. Ya yi aiki a Hukumar Kula da Gidaje ta Brothers kuma ya kasance fitaccen mai magana a taron shekara-shekara, taron matasa na kasa, babban taron matasa na kasa, da sauran abubuwa da yawa. Tsakanin 2000 zuwa 2006, Gundumar Mid-Atlantic ta kira Carter zuwa hukumar gundumomi, gami da matsayin shugaban Hukumar Ma'aikatar, da kuma matsayin mai gudanarwa na gunduma.
Littattafan Carter sun haɗa da gudummawar zuwa “Feasting on the Word,” jerin sharhin da John Knox Press ya buga, da maƙalar “Bauta a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa,” da ke fitowa a cikin “Bauta A Yau: Fahimta, Aiki, Tasirin Ecumenical,” da aka buga a duniya. ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Majami'u Publications a Geneva, Switzerland. Littattafansa na wallafe-wallafen Church of the Brothers sun haɗa da gudummawa akai-akai ga mujallar “Manzon Allah”.
A matsayinsa na fasto, Carter ya ba da jagora da jagora ga bangarori da yawa na rayuwar ikilisiya da hidima, yana mai jaddada goyon baya da shiga cikin darikar da shirye-shiryenta. Shekarunsa na farko sun haɗa da haɓakawa da ƙarfafa ilimin Kiristanci da hidimar matasa, tare da ƙarin alhakin gudanar da shirye-shiryen coci da ayyuka. Ya yi aiki tare da ikilisiyar sa don gane buƙatunta da yuwuwarta, tunanin yuwuwar haɓakawa, haɓaka ingantaccen tsarin dabarun, da ƙarfafa matsayin kuɗin kuɗi na cocin. A cikin hidimarsa, Carter ya nuna mahimmancin sadarwa da gina dangantaka.
"Na yi farin cikin shiga cikin al'ummar Bethany kuma in ba da kwarewar fastoci da alkawuran ilimi na jagoranci makarantar hauza tare da kyakkyawan fata da alkawari," in ji shi. "Ina sa ran zurfafa dangantakata da ɗalibai, ma'aikata, malamai, da amintattu yayin rungumar abokai da faɗaɗa abokan makarantar hauza."
Har ila yau, Carter ya fadada tasirin Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa da sadaukarwar imaninsa zuwa cikin da'ira. Kafin shiga hidima, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki na majalisa tare da Coci na Ofishin 'Yan'uwa Washington ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa, yana shiga tare da hukumomin bayar da shawarwari da manufofin jama'a da kuma wakiltar ra'ayi da matsayi na ƙungiyar a cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da jami'an gwamnati da kungiyoyi. Daga 2003-2010, Carter shi ne wakilin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya kuma a lokaci guda ya yi aiki a taron Amurka na Hukumar Gudanarwar Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya. A halin yanzu yana jagorantar limamin Sashen Wuta da Ceto na gundumar Yarima William, Va.
"Ina da kauna mai dorewa ga Kristi da Ikilisiya, sadaukar da kai ga ilimi na jiki, zurfin girmamawa ga al'adar al'ada da tauhidin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa, da kuma buɗaɗɗen tunani ga sababbin hanyoyin zama coci da kira da kayan aiki. shugabanni,” inji shi. “Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany tana da kira na musamman kamar yadda ta ƙunshi daidaikun mutane da coci don hidima, masu ba da shaida ga zaman lafiyar Allah da salamar Kristi, kuma tana aika almajirai su yi shelar bisharar Almasihu Yesu. Ina fatan fara wannan sabon kasada a cikin manufa da hidima."
- Jenny Williams darekta ne na Sadarwa da Tsofaffin Daliban / ae Relations na Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany.