Sake Tsarin Manyan Ƙungiyoyin Ecumenical na Amurka

Hukumomi biyu na ecumenical guda biyu da suka dade a Amurka – Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) da kuma Coci World Service (CWS) – sun yi gyare-gyare da sake fasalin a cikin ‘yan watannin nan.

Hukumar NCC ta fara wani shiri na sake fasalin da kuma sake fasalin kasar a kakar da ta gabata, wanda tun daga lokacin ya hada da kawar da akalla mukaman gudanarwa guda shida a kan ma’aikatan, da kuma sanarwar ficewa daga hedikwatar da ke birnin New York mai cike da tarihi. Hukumar ta NCC ta kirga mambobi 37 daga bangarori daban-daban na Furotesta, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, Ba-Amurke mai tarihi, da majami'u na zaman lafiya tsakanin membobinta na mutane miliyan 40 a cikin ikilisiyoyi sama da 100,000.

CWS, wadda a da ta yi babban taro iri daya da hukumar NCC, ta kafa sabon tsarin mulki wanda bai dace da wakilcin dariku ba. Hukumar jin kai ta duniya, CWS tana aiki don taimaka wa mutane mafi rauni a duniya shawo kan yunwa da fatara ta hanyar ci gaba mai dorewa. Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa kungiya ce mai aiki a cikin CWS, wacce ita ce hanya ta farko wacce Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa ke fadada ayyukanta a duniya.

Gyaran tsarin a NCC

Hukumar gudanarwa ta NCC a kakar da ta gabata ta amince da shawarar kwamitin da ke kula da sake fasalin da sake fasalin kasa. Shugaban hukumar ta NCC, Kathryn Lohre, da tsohon ma’aikacin Cocin Brothers Jordan Blevins ne suka jagoranci kwamitin, wanda ya jagoranci ma’aikatar Shaida ta Zaman Lafiya da ke Washington, DC.

Tawagar mai wakilai 17 ta gudanar da aikinta na tsawon watanni shida, inda ta tsara sanarwar hangen nesa da ke kira ga "aiki daya don kawo sauyi da sauya NCC ta hanyar da majami'u da sauran abokan tarayya ke neman hadin kai a bayyane cikin Kristi da aiki don adalci da zaman lafiya." An nada babban sakataren rikon kwarya Peg Birk don jagorantar aiwatar da wannan aiki.

Haɗin kai na uku zai zama alama "sabon NCC," in ji sanarwar: nazarin tauhidi da tattaunawa, dangantakar tsakanin addinai da tattaunawa, da bayar da shawarwari da aiki tare don tabbatar da adalci da zaman lafiya. Sabuwar manufar ita ce, ma'aikatun ilimi, kafawa, da ci gaban jagoranci za su haɗa waɗannan abubuwan tare da ƙarfafa rawar da NCC ke takawa a cikin yanayin muhalli.

A tsakiyar watan Fabrairu Hukumar NCC ta sanar da cewa za ta tashi daga Cibiyar Interchurch da ke lamba 475 Riverside Dr., New York, zuwa ofisoshinta da ke Washington, DC Matakin na da nufin “daidaita ayyukan ‘yantar da majalisar don zama kan abubuwan da coci-coci suka sa gaba. a tare,” in ji sanarwar. A cikin sauye-sauye masu kama da haka, NCC ta sanar da cewa masu sayar da kayayyaki a waje za su iya ba da albarkatun ɗan adam, IT, lissafin dabaru, da tallafin sadarwa.

Ofisoshin tauraron dan adam na manyan ma'aikata uku sun kasance a New York: Joseph Crockett, assoc. Babban sakataren ilimi da ma'aikatun jagoranci; Antonios Kireopoulos, assoc. Babban sakataren Bangaskiya da tsari da dangantakar addinai; Ann Tiemeyer, darektan shirye-shirye na Ma'aikatun Mata.

Birk zai bi sahun Cassandra Carmichael, shugabar ofishin hukumar NCC ta Washington, da Shantha Ready Alonso, daraktar shirin NCC a kan talauci, a ofisoshi da ke lamba 110 Maryland Ave., Washington, DC, a wata cibiyar ecumenical mallakin cocin United Methodist Church. An yi hasashen tanadin da aka dade na tafiyar a tsakanin dala 400,000 zuwa dala 500,000.

Matakin ya nuna raguwar ma’aikata da albarkatun hukumar ta NCC tun lokacin da ta yi fice a shekarun 1960, inda a cewar wata sanarwa, “ta mamaye benaye uku na Cibiyar Interchurch da ke New York, baya ga ofisoshinta da ke lamba 110 Maryland Avenue a Washington. Hukumar NCC ita ce ta karfafa shirin Cibiyar Interchurch, wadda aka bude a shekara ta 1960. An yi tunanin Cibiyar Interchurch a matsayin 'Protestant Vatican on the Hudson' lokacin da Shugaba Dwight D. Eisenhower ya aza ginshiƙi a 1958."

Hukumar NCC ba ta gudanar da babban taron wakilan dariku ba tun shekarar 2010 lokacin da aka yi na karshe a New Orleans.

Rushewar hukumar ta NCC dai ya faru ne a daidai lokacin da aka kafa sabuwar hukumar mai suna Christian Churches Together. CCT ba majalisa ce ta coci ba kamar yadda NCC take. Tare da ƙaramin ma'aikata, an ƙirƙira shi azaman sabon dandalin tattaunawa don shugabannin ƙungiyoyin Kirista da ƙungiyoyi a duk faɗin Amurka don saduwa sau ɗaya a shekara don faɗaɗa da faɗaɗa zumuncinsu, haɗin kai, da shaida. CCT ya ƙunshi bambance-bambancen kiristoci kuma ya haɗa da manyan “iyalai” guda biyar: Ikklesiyoyin bishara/Pentikostal, Orthodox, Katolika, Furotesta na Tarihi, da Ikklisiya na Baƙaƙen Tarihi.

Babban sakatare na Church of the Brothers da mai gudanarwa na shekara-shekara da/ko zaɓaɓɓun masu gudanarwa suna halartar taron shekara-shekara na CCT. Mawallafin 'yan jarida Wendy McFadden ita ce ta wakilci 'yan'uwa a Kwamitin Gudanarwa na CCT, kuma an zaɓe ta ne kawai shugaban gidan Ikklisiya na Furotesta na Tarihi.

"Daya daga cikin muhimman al'amuran wannan lokacin na rikon kwarya shi ne sanin cewa tsarin da ya yi tasiri sosai tun daga shekarun 1950 zuwa 2000 ba su dawwama," in ji babban sakatare na Church of the Brothers Stan Noffsinger wanda ke aiki a hukumar NCC, ya wuce. jami'in kwamitin zartarwa, kuma daya daga cikin shuwagabannin tarayya da ke taimakawa hukumar NCC ta mika mulki.

Noffsinger ya fayyace cewa tushen al'amuran kudi na NCC shine " koma bayan tattalin arziki a duniya da ke shafar gudummawar ga ƙungiyoyin mambobi, da kuma ikon su na tallafawa tsarin da suka gabata." Hukumar ta NCC “an gina ta ne a kan wata coci mai karfi da himma wajen gudanar da ayyukan ta’addanci,” in ji shi, ta hanyar amfani da “coci” wajen nuni ga dimbin al’ummar Kirista a Amurka. "Yayin da wannan ruhun yana da ƙarfi, ba za mu iya samun tsarin ba kuma," in ji shi.

Noffsinger ya ce "An ba wa babban sakataren rikon kwarya na NCC alhakin aiwatar da shi, kuma nan ba da jimawa ba za mu aiwatar da tsarin da aka tsara." “Mu a Cocin ’yan’uwa muna ci gaba da ba da cikakken goyon baya ga Hukumar NCC.

Canje-canjen tsari a CWS

Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya kuma ya yi manyan canje-canje na tsari. CWS ta zabi sabon kwamitin gudanarwa a watan Oktoban da ya gabata a taron mambobinta na shekara-shekara. Hukumar yanzu ta kasance karami kuma "ba ta wakilci," tare da mambobin hukumar ba a matsayin wakilan ƙungiyoyin su ba.

Yawancin hukumar CWS har yanzu ana buƙatar a san su membobin ƙungiyoyin mambobi, amma sauran yanzu an zana su daga ƙwararrun ƙwararrun waɗanda ke kawo ƙwarewa da ƙwarewa ga CWS. Ana sa ran wannan kwamiti na "leaner" zai samar da wani sabon "pool of talent" in ji wani CWS saki a cikin abin da Amy Gopp, shugaban kwamitin zaɓe da kuma hukumar ci gaban kwamitin, ya bayyana cewa "mafi yawan darektocin suna da alaka da majami'u da suke CWS memba. tarayya, amma kuma zabukan sun sa hukumar ta hada addini.”

Jerin canje-canjen shirye-shirye da ma'aikatan da suka biyo bayan zaɓen sabuwar hukumar za su taimaka wa CWS "ƙaddamar da mayar da hankali da kuma zama wata ƙungiya ta duniya," a cewar wata sanarwa. Ƙarin tsarin duniya ya haɗa da gano hedkwatar CWS a New York a matsayin cibiyar kamfanoni, da kuma canjin adireshin yanar gizo daga. www.churchworldservice.org to www.cwsglobal.org . Sabuwar hukumar tana nazarin Tsarin Ci gaban CWS na duniya, wanda ya hadu a karon farko daga 22-23 ga Janairu.

"Sama da shekaru 65, hukumar Ikilisiya ta Duniya ta ƙunshi wakilai daga ƙungiyoyin membobinta, tare da halartar kwamitin CWS sau da yawa a matsayin wani ɓangare na nauyin aikin su," in ji wani bayani na CWS. “Sabon kayan aikin hukumar, wanda ke faɗaɗa wakilci don haɗawa da mutanen da ba na ƙungiyar tarayya ba, wani babban sashi ne na CWS 2020 Vision na hukumar, wanda ke bayyana sabon tushe na aikin CWS yayin da hukumar ta dace da ilimin halin yanzu, tattalin arziƙi da tattalin arziƙi. mahallin duniya."

CWS kuma ya yi canje-canjen ma'aikata ciki har da suna James Landis mataimakin shugaban ayyukan shirye-shirye, da Maurice A. Bloem mataimakin shugaban zartarwa. John L. McCullough ya ci gaba a matsayin Shugaba da shugaba. Donna Derr, tsohon memba na ma'aikatan cocin 'yan'uwa, ya ci gaba da taka muhimmiyar rawa a matsayin darektan ci gaba da taimakon agaji.

Roy Winter, mataimakin shugaban ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa ya wakilta Cocin 'Yan'uwa a baya a hukumar CWS. Ya kasance mataimakin shugaban hukumar tun shekara da ta gabata, yana cikin kwamitin zartarwa, kuma ya jagoranci kwamitin tsare-tsare. Yanzu ya ci gaba a matsayin wakilin darika amma ba memba na hukumar ba. Ya kuma ci gaba da kan kungiyar ba da shawara kan bala'i da taimakon jin kai.

"CWS tana aiki kan ayyana alkibla da inganta tsari da shugabanci tun lokacin da ta rabu da NCC," in ji Winter. "Wannan sabon kwamiti da sake tsarawa shine sakamakon duk waɗannan shekarun aikin."

Wani ƙaramin kwamiti yana da "mahimmanci don inganta tsarin mulki na CWS, don ba shi hukumar da za ta iya ba da kulawa mai mahimmanci da jagoranci ga ma'aikata," in ji Winter. “Duk waɗannan abubuwan na zaɓe, kuma na goyi bayansu. Wannan yana kama da madaidaiciyar hanya don CWS. Koyaya, waɗannan canje-canjen zasu buƙaci CWS su kasance da niyya sosai wajen haɗa haɗin gwiwa tare da membobinta. Ba tare da ci gaba da haɓaka dangantakar da cocin ba, CWS na iya yin nisa a hankali daga tushen tushen bangaskiya. "

- Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ce ta shirya wannan rahoton. Ya ƙunshi bayanai daga fitowar NCC ta Philip E. Jenks da CWS sakewa daga Lesley Crosson da Jan Dragin.