Kwarin Miami na Ohio yana maraba da taron 'Yan'uwa na Duniya na 5

Da yake isar da gaisuwa ga dukan waɗanda suka halarci taron ’yan’uwa na Duniya na 5 a ranar 11-14 ga Yuli a Brookville, Ohio, sakataren hukumar ‘yan’uwa na Heritage Center Larry E. Heisey ya lura da wuri na musamman na taron. Duk manyan ƙungiyoyi bakwai na ’yan’uwa a Arewacin Amirka sun fito ne daga masu bi da Alexander Mack Sr. ya haɗa a Schwarzenau, Jamus, suna wakiltar yankin Miami Valley kusa da Dayton, Ohio.

Heisey ya ce: "Wannan ya sa mu bambanta a cikin 'Yan'uwa.

’Yan’uwa masu ruhaniya ne jigon taron, da ake yi kowace shekara biyar tare da ba da tallafi daga Hukumar ’Yan’uwa Encyclopedia. Ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa ta Heritage Center ce ta shirya taron na 2013, ƙungiya mai zaman kanta a Brookville kuma ta fara a cikin 2001 don adana bayanai na tarihi da na yau da kullum game da ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa daban-daban.

Bambance-bambancen haɗin kai tsakanin waɗannan ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa – wanda yanzu adadinsu ya kai bakwai – mutane da yawa sun yi tsokaci a lokacin taron da suka haɗa da Donald Miller, tsohon babban sakatare na Cocin ’yan’uwa da farfesa Emeritus a Bethany Seminary. Ya ba da himma ga irin wannan tattaunawa ga gunkin samar da zaman lafiya da kuma wanda ya kafa Aminci a Duniya MR Zigler, wanda kuma ya taimaka wajen fara Encyclopedia Brethren.

Tawagar tsara taron na 2013 sun haɗa da wakilai shida daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi bakwai na ’yan’uwa a Arewacin Amirka: shugaba Robert E. Alley, Cocin ’yan’uwa; Jeff Bach, Cocin 'Yan'uwa; Brenda Colijn, Cocin 'yan'uwa; Milton Cook, Dunkard Brothers; Tom Julien, Fellowship of Grace Brothers Church; Gary Kochheiser, Conservative Grace Brothers Churches, International; Michael Miller, Tsohon Jamus Baptist Brother Church-Sabon Taro. Ko da yake ba a cikin ƙungiyar tsarawa ba, Tsohuwar Ƙwararrun Baftisma na Jamus suna wakilta a kan Hukumar Encyclopedia Brother da kuma Cibiyar Gado ta Brothers.

Samun Cibiyar Heritage na 'Yan'uwa ta dauki nauyin taron da hukumar 'yan'uwa ta Encyclopedia ta kira wasa ne da aka yi a cikin 'yan'uwa na sama-kamar man gyada da cakulan, ko watakila fiye da cakulan da ma fiye da cakulan. The Brothers Encyclopedia Inc. tun lokacin da aka kafa shi ya ba da damar yin aiki tare da tsarawa tsakanin ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa da suka fito daga baftisma na 1708. Cibiyar Heritage ta 'yan'uwa ta ba da misalin haɗin kai da haɗin kai a tsakanin dukkanin ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa a cikin kwarin Miami, ko da yake suna ci gaba da fuskantar rarrabuwa bisa bambance-bambancen koyarwa da aiki.

Ko da yake an sami bambance-bambance a cikin tufafi da imani da kuma ayyuka a taron, taron ya yi nasara sosai domin ba taron kasuwanci ba ne, a maimakon haka wuri ne na ’yan’uwa su kasance tare da juna kuma tare da Allah. Mahalarta taron sun nuna yunwar koyarwa da ƙarin koyo game da gadon da aka raba, da kuma kasancewa tare a matsayin iyali na bangaskiya.

 

Gabatarwa, bangarori, yawon shakatawa, ibada-da ice cream

An fara taron ne da jawabai masu muhimmanci game da ’yan’uwa a ruhaniya a ƙarni na 18, 19, da 20. Sauran manyan zama da aka mayar da hankali kan matsayin Yesu a cikin ruhaniya na ’yan’uwa, Kalma da Ruhu a cikin ’yan’uwa ruhi, al’amuran al’umma na ruhaniyar ’yan’uwa, da farillai na ’yan’uwa kamar idin soyayya, wanke ƙafafu, da shafewa.

Taron karawa juna sani da tattaunawa ya ba da haske game da aikin bishara da manufa a matsayin nau'i na ruhaniya na 'yan'uwa, rawar da Littafi Mai-Tsarki yake takawa a cikin ruhin 'yan'uwa, Samuwar ruhaniya 'yan'uwa, ayyukan ibada 'yan'uwa, rabuwa da duniya da haɗin kai da duniya, 'yan'uwa na ibada, 'yan'uwa ibada. adabi da wakoki, da kuma rubuce-rubucen ruhi da wakoki na Alexander Mack Jr. Ƙungiyar matasa da matasa sun ba da amsa don rufe abubuwan da aka gabatar.

Yawon shakatawa na bas ya ɗauki mahalarta don ganin wuraren kwarin Miami masu mahimmanci ga tarihin 'yan'uwa. An haɗa da rukunin yanar gizon da ke da alaƙa da schisms na 1880s lokacin da "masu ra'ayin mazan jiya" - waɗanda suka zama 'yan'uwa na Baftisma na Tsohon Jamus, da kuma "masu ci gaba" - waɗanda suka zama Ikilisiyar Brotheran'uwa da Grace Brothers, da farko sun shirya kuma suka rabu da jikin da ke ci gaba. a matsayin Cocin Brothers. Yawon shakatawa ya kuma ziyarci Majami’ar ’Yan’uwa ta Lower Miami, ikilisiyar “iyaye” ga majami’un ’yan’uwa na yankin, da sauran wuraren da ake sha’awa.

Kowace maraice taron yana cin abinci kuma yana yin ibada tare a ikilisiyar da ke yankin, wadda Cocin Brookville Grace Brethren da Cocin Salem na ’yan’uwa suka shirya. Ice cream socials sun rufe kwanakin.

Ko da yake an kira taron taron “duniya”, yawancin ’yan’uwa da suka halarta sun fito ne daga Amirka, da yawa a cikin kwarin Miami. Ƙungiyar 'yan Najeriya sun halarci daga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Bernd Julius, wanda yake cikin kwamitin tsare-tsare na babban taro na shekara ta 2008 a Schwarzenau a bikin cika shekaru 300 na ’yan’uwa, ya kawo gaisuwa daga ƙauyen da ke Jamus inda aka soma ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa.

Mawallafa suna bincika ruhaniyar ’yan’uwa cikin ƙarni

Ƙila an nuna ɓangarori na ruhaniya ko kuma an samu su ta hanyoyi da harsuna daban-daban a cikin ƙarni na 18th, 19th, da 20th, amma wani zaren da ba ya bambanta shi ne cewa an bayyana shi ta hanyar sadaukar da nassi da addu'a, a cikin al'umma, kuma an ɗauke shi mafi aminci lokacin da aka bayyana shi. a hanyar da ta kawo bisharar Yesu Almasihu zuwa rai.

"Babu wani abu kamar ruhi na yau da kullun," in ji Jeff Bach, darektan Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Nazarin Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), yayin da ya kusanci batun ruhaniya na 'Yan'uwa na ƙarni na 18-amma duk da haka ya nemi. abubuwa gama gari zuwa hadadden labari.

’Yan’uwa na farko sun yi hattara na kafa ruhaniyarsu bisa rayuwar “masu-tsarki,” amma tushen ibada irin su madubi na Shuhada sun ba da kwazo sosai. Waɗannan tushen Anabaptist sun yi tasiri sosai a kan ruhaniya wanda ya ƙarfafa ayyuka da farillai na ’yan’uwa. ’Yan’uwa na farko sun fi son yin addu’a ba tare da bata lokaci ba zuwa ayyuka na waje da kuma “littafin addu’a na waje.”

Bach ya zaɓi ya mai da hankali kan ƴan'uwan da ba a san su ba daga ƙarni na 18 da suka haɗa da John Lobach, Catharine Hummer, Michael Frantz, da Yakubu Stoll.

Lobach (1683-1750) ya rubuta a cikin tarihin tarihin rayuwarsa cewa ya shagaltu da irin wadannan ayyuka kafin da kuma bayan farkawa ta ruhaniya, amma ko da yana yaro ya dauki wadannan ayyukan karya ne kuma marasa amfani. Bayan ya sami tuba sosai a shekara ta 1713, ya gano cewa rera waƙoƙi, karanta nassi, da addu’a yanzu wani sashe ne mai ƙarfi na dangantaka ta kai da Allah. A shekara ta 1716 aka kama shi kuma aka yanke masa hukumcin yin aiki mai wuyar gaske a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin “Solingen Brothers,” ko da yake daga baya aka sake shi. Abubuwan da ya faru a kurkuku sun kai ga sanin wahalhalun da Yesu ya sha da kuma sha’awar ƙauna da gafarta wa abokan gaba.

Michael Frantz (1687-1748), mai hidima ga ikilisiyar Conestoga a Pennsylvania, ya rubuta ikirari na koyarwarsa wanda ya haɗa da ɗan gajeren gabatarwa na jarrabawar ruhaniya, dogon lissafin ayyuka da koyaswar ’yan’uwa dabam-dabam (duka waɗannan sassan a aya), da kuma wani yanki da ke ƙarfafa rashin daidaituwa amma ya yi gargaɗi, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, cewa “yin fahariya da tufafi masu sauƙi na iya zama girman kai ga kowa.”

Catharine Hummer (fl. 1762) na ikilisiyar White Oak a Pennsylvania, ta sami furci na ruhi mai ƙarfi a cikin mafarkai da wahayi waɗanda ƙungiyar Ephrata mai ballewa ta rubuta. Gargaɗinta game da ƙarshen zamani da wahayinta na baftisma bayan mutuwa, da aka bayyana a cikin wa'azinta mai ƙarfi, ta sami furci a cikin matani na waƙar yabo kuma sun nuna cewa darajarsu ta ruhaniya ba ta cikin waƙa kaɗai ba, amma cikin karantawa da yin bimbini a kan waɗannan waƙoƙin.

Dattijon Conestoga Jacob Stoll, wanda aka buga ayyukan ibada bayan mutuwa a shekara ta 1806, ya yi amfani da ayoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki a matsayin mafari ga gajerun waƙoƙin ibada waɗanda ’yan’uwa suka karanta. Nasa su ne “mafi sufi na rubuce-rubucen ’yan’uwa” duk da haka sun kasance a cikin al’umma. Haɗin kai na sufanci da Kristi da aka bayyana game da aure har ila ya dogara ga taron jama'a.

Dale R. Stoffer, wanda ya yi magana a kan ruhaniya na ’yan’uwa na ƙarni na 19 ya ce: “Kamar dutse mai daraja (ruhaniya) yana da fuskoki da yawa. Stoffer dattijo ne a Cocin Brothers kuma farfesa na Tiyolojin Tarihi kuma tsohon shugaban ilimi a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Ashland.

Ya lura cewa yayin da ruhaniyancin Katolika ya ginu a cikin sufanci, kuma sufancin Furotesta ya kasance bisa ga koyarwa daidai da gogewar sirri na ciki, domin ruhaniyar ’yan’uwa “ya ba da umurni ga dukan rayuwa a ƙarƙashin Ubangijin Kristi.”

Littattafai, littattafan waƙoƙi, wallafe-wallafen sadaukarwa na jaridun Sauer da Ephrata, kuma daga ƙarshe wallafe-wallafen ’yan’uwa na lokaci-lokaci waɗanda suka fara da “Maziyar Bishara ta Watan” ta Henry Kurtz sun kasance sinadiran ruhi wanda a cikin ƙarni ya ci karo da Revivalism and the Holy Movement. . Wannan ya bayyana musamman a cikin bambance-bambancen da ke cikin nau'ikan da ke kunshe a cikin waƙoƙin Jamusanci da Ingilishi na 'yan'uwa.

"'Yan'uwa, kamar Anabaptists da Pietists, ba su bambanta tsakanin koyarwa da ruhaniya ko koyaswa da aiki ba," in ji Stoffer. Ya kawo hankali ga rubuce-rubucen Henry Kurtz, Peter Nead, da Abraham Harley Cassel–amma mai buɗe ido ga mafi yawan masu halarta shine labarin Charles H. Balsbaugh (1831-1909) wanda, bayan an rage shi zuwa nakasa ta dindindin da mai raɗaɗi, duk da haka ya rubuta labarai sama da 1,000 da aka warwatse a kan kasidu daban-daban. Balsbaugh ya furta cewa ya ƙaura daga matsayin ɗan doka zuwa wanda ya gano cewa “Kristi ya nuna yadda Allah yake rayuwa da kuma yadda Ruhu Mai Tsarki ya sa ya yiwu mu yi rayuwa ɗaya.”

Da yake magana a kan ’yan’uwa na ƙarni na 20, William Kostlevy na Laburaren Tarihi na ’Yan’uwa da Taskar Labarai a Cocin of the Brother General Offices, ya kwatanta girman tasirin Kiristanci mai sassaucin ra’ayi, masu ra’ayin mazan jiya, da na bishara a kan ruhaniyar ’yan’uwa.

"Ta yaya mutum zai tashi daga Gottfried Arnold zuwa MR Zigler?" Kostlevy ya tambaya, sannan ya ci gaba da cewa, “Mene ne a duniya shine ruhi, ko yaya? Babu wata kalma da ta kasance batun rashin fahimta da jayayya mara amfani.”

Ya ba da shawarar cewa ƙungiyar Keswich, wacce aka kafa a arewacin Ingila, ta kasance babban tasiri ga Furotesta na Amurka da ’Yan’uwa. Tiyolojin Keswich ya nace cewa “ɗabi’ar zunubi ba ta ƙarewa amma tana fuskantar” ruhaniyanci na Kirista, akasin begen ’yan’uwa cewa canji zai kai ga rayuwa irin ta Kristi. Kostlevy ya kuma nuna tasirin makarantar Dwight L. Moody, wanda ya bukaci mika wuya ga Kristi, da kuma jaddada giciye maimakon rayuwar Yesu.

An tabo mutane dabam-dabam na ’yan’uwa na ƙarni na 20, irin su AC Wieand, ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Tauhidi ta Bethany, wanda ya ƙarfafa ’yan’uwa su nemi “rayuwar Kirista mafi girma”; Farfesa Bethany Floyd Malot, wanda "koyaushe ya kasance mai shakkun sha'awar addini"; Anna Mow, wanda ya sami ainihin ruhaniya a cikin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, bautar kamfani, da addu'a; kuma musamman Dan West, wanda ya kafa Heifer Project, yanzu Heifer International, wanda "sau da yawa ya fusata manyansa, halayensa ba daidai ba ne, yana iya zama mai hankali kuma ba zai iya cin mutuncin darikar da ta biya shi ba," a cikin kalmomin Kostlevy. Yamma musamman yana da tasiri har ma da mabiyan addini a tsakanin 'yan'uwa, Kostlevy ya ce, watakila saboda yana da bangare na ruhaniya da aka bayyana a cikin waka da aiki duk da cewa ya kasance "ba shi da haquri da al'ada."

The reinvigorated Believer's Church, a matsayin mai tasiri na karni na 20 'yan'uwa masanin tarihi Donald F. Durnbaugh ya kwatanta motsin 'yan'uwa, ya sami furci na ruhaniya a cikin ikon Kristi, ikon nassi, maido da Ikilisiyar Sabon Alkawari, rabuwa da duniya, kuma, da ban mamaki. , ecumenical alkawari.

 

Don ƙarin bayani game da Majalisar ’Yan’uwa ta Duniya ta 5

Nemo kundin hoto daga taron da aka haɗa a www.brethren.org/album . Ana samun faifan DVD na kowane babban gabatarwa da hidimar ibada, tare da faifan bidiyo ta Cocin Brothers David Sollenberger da ma’aikatan jirgin. DVD ɗin $5 kowanne, ko kowane uku don $10, tare da ƙara jigilar kaya. Dubi labarin da ke ƙasa don cikakkun bayanai ko tuntuɓi Cibiyar Tarihi ta Yan'uwa, 428 Wolf Creek St., Suite #H1, Brookville, OH 45309-1297; 937-833-5222; mail@brethrenheritagecenter.org ; www.brethrenheritagecenter.org

 

 

— Wannan ɗaukar hoto na Majalisar ’Yan’uwa ta Duniya ta 5 ta hannun Frank Ramirez, limamin cocin Everett (Pa.) Church of the Brothers, da Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa.

 

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