“Abubuwan da za a iya faɗi” daga Majalisar ’Yan’uwa ta Duniya ta 5 sun ba da ɗanɗano na kwanaki uku na gabatarwa, dandali, wa’azi, da ƙari:
"'Yan'uwa sun kasance mutane na ruhaniya ko da sun yi jinkirin rubuta game da ayyuka na ruhaniya."
- Jeff Bach, darektan Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.).
"Mene ne a cikin duniyar ruhaniya, ko ta yaya? Babu wata kalma da ta kasance batun rashin fahimta da jayayya mara amfani.”
- William Kostlevy, darektan Library na Tarihi na Brothers da Archives a Cocin of the Brother General Offices.
“Kamar dutse mai daraja (ruhaniya) yana da fuskoki da yawa…. ’Yan’uwa (na ƙarni na 19) ba su bambanta tsakanin koyarwa da ruhi ko koyarwa da aiki ba… duk wannan yana da manufa ɗaya: girma cikin Yesu.”
- Dale R. Stoffer, dattijo a Cocin Brothers kuma farfesa na Tiyolojin Tarihi kuma tsohon shugaban ilimi a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Ashland.
"Muna kan sa Yesu ya zama kamannin kanmu."
— Brian Moore, dattijon Cocin ’yan’uwa, Fasto da ya daɗe, kuma mai gudanarwa na Cocin Brothers na ƙasa sau biyu, a cikin jawabinsa a kan “Matsayin Yesu a cikin Ruhaniya ta ’yan’uwa.” Ya kara da cewa “bin Yesu yana da muhimmanci na farko (ga ’yan’uwa na farko) ko da kuwa tsadar…. Asalin almajiranci mai tsattsauran ra'ayi sannan shine alamar kasuwanci ta 'yan'uwa. Wannan dabi'ar ita ce ginshikin lallashin mu."
"Aiki ne mai wuya a bi Yesu."
- Brenda Colijn dattijo a Cocin Brothers kuma farfesa na Fassarar Littafi Mai-Tsarki da Tiyoloji a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Ashland, wanda gabatarwarsa akan "Magana da Ruhu a cikin Ruhaniya' Yan'uwa" ya bi ta Brian Moore. Colijn ya yi magana game da hanyar da, ga ’yan’uwa, “maganar zahiri da kalmar ciki (Ruhu) suna ba da shaida ga Rayayyun Kalmar Allah.”
"Al'umma ba ta kasance na yau da kullun ba ko rashin hankali amma da gangan."
- Jared Burkholder na Fellowship of Grace Brothers Churches, Mataimakin Farfesa na Tarihi a Kwalejin Grace a Winona Lake, Ind.
"Muna rayuwa a cikin watakila mafi mahimmancin shekaru na tarihi tun lokacin gicciye da tashin Yesu daga matattu…. Aikinmu yana da girma. Wannan ba lokaci ba ne da za mu murƙushe manyan yatsanmu. Wannan lokacin addu’a ne.”
- Roger Peugh, wanda ya dade yana aikin mishan a Jamus yanzu yana koyarwa a Kwalejin Grace da Seminary, makarantar Fellowship of Grace Brothers Church. Ya yi wa’azi kan muhimmancin addu’a ga ibadar da yammacin Alhamis.
"Akwai wani abu na musamman na Amurka game da neman zaɓi mara iyaka, kuma hakan ya shafi addini kuma."
- Aaron Jerviss, dan takarar digiri na uku a tarihi a Jami'ar Tennessee, tare da sha'awa ta musamman ga tarihin majami'u na zaman lafiya. Ya ba da gabatarwa game da rubuce-rubucen ruhaniya da waƙar Alexander Mack Jr., ɗan wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa, wanda ya zaɓi ya bar coci kuma ya shiga cikin Ephrata na tsawon shekaru goma kafin ya dawo cikin ikilisiyar Germantown. Jerviss ya ba da shawarar cewa Mack yana da haƙƙin zuwa “cinyayyakin coci” kamar kowa.
“Kwayoyin halitta shekaru da suka wuce sun gaya mana cewa sararin samaniya yana raguwa. Yanzu sun gaya mana yana fadadawa. Ina ga kamar za ku iya faɗin abu ɗaya game da ayyukan ibada a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.”
- Michael Hostetter, limamin cocin Salem Church of the Brothers, yana bin diddigin sauye-sauye a cocin gidansa. Yayin da shekaru 30 kafin haihuwarsa an rera dukan waƙoƙin acapella, a lokacin da aka haife shi cocin tana da ƙungiyar mawaƙa, piano, da mawaƙa waɗanda ke rera waƙar kati da martani a duk lokacin ibada. “Mafi yawan jama’ar Kirista ne ke sanar da mu kuma suna ciyar da mu,” in ji shi, yana ci gaba da ɗaukan kiyaye yanayi irin su Lent.
“Tun daga farko, farillai sun tsaya a zuciyar ‘Yan’uwa Ruhaniya…. Dokokin sun haɗu na ruhaniya tare da aiki na zahiri."
- Denise Kettering-Lane, mataimakiyar farfesa na Nazarin 'Yan'uwa a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany kuma mai hidimar Cocin 'yan'uwa mai lasisi. Gabatarwarta game da farillai na ’yan’uwa ya ba da tarihin ’yan’uwa suna neman hanyar da ta dace don yin farillai bisa ga haɗin kai na almajiranci da kuma biyayya ga Littafi Mai-Tsarki. farillai kamar idin soyayya da wanke ƙafafu suna hidimar aikin koyarwa, in ji ta, kuma sun zama, ta wurin gogewar wahala, abin tunawa ga Yesu.
“Tashin hankali ne da ke gudana a tsakaninmu, yadda muke ba da tsari ga motsin Ruhu…. Siffa ba tare da Ruhu ya zama matacce ba, amma Ruhu marar siffa kamar wuta ne marar iyaka.”
- Robert Alley, tsohon mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers kuma ya yi ritaya daga hidima na dogon lokaci a Bridgewater (Va.) Church of the Brother. Ya yi wa’azin ƙarshen taron, ya kira ikilisiya su yi tunani a kan amsoshinsu ga tambayar nan, “Me za a yi yanzu?” bayan an gama irin wannan taro kuma mahalarta suka nufi gida. “A matsayinmu na mahajjata, muna tafiya zuwa ga Kristi,” ko da inda muke zuwa duniya, Alley ya tabbatar wa ’yan’uwa.
"Wane lokaci ne zai kasance da dukan 'ya'yan Allah za su zauna don cin abincin dare."
- Keith Bailey na Dunkard Brothers, yana bayanin yadda al'ummarsa ke ba da lokaci mai mahimmanci wajen shirye-shirye na ruhaniya da gudanar da liyafar soyayya, wanke ƙafafu, da tarayya.
“Na tuna a ƙarshen ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan tarurrukan an ɗauki katin jefa ƙuri’a kuma an lura da Fellowship of Grace Brothers a matsayin ‘yan’uwa kaɗan. Mun samu hakan.”
- Jim Custer na Fellowship of Grace Brothers Churches, yana magana game da farillai na gargajiya da kuma yadda wasu daga cikin al'ummarsa suka yi watsi da su don ba da fifiko kan aikin bishara da ayyukan duniya.
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| Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford |
| Tebur da aka saita don abincin liyafar soyayya, a Cibiyar Tarihi ta Yan'uwa a Brookville, Ohio. |
“Bikin soyayya bikin kirista ne. Ba wai kawai na ’yan’uwa ba ne.”
— Paul Stutzman, minista na Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma ɗalibi a Kwalejin Shugabanci na ‘Yan’uwa, wanda ya gudanar da bincike kan ayyuka a tsakanin gundumomin Cocin na ’yan’uwa.
“’Yan’uwa ba su taɓa ƙoƙarin zama ’yan’uwa na musamman ba. Sun yi ƙoƙari su zama Kirista na gaske…. Zama ’yan’uwa na gaske shi ne mu zama masu biyayya ga Yesu.”
- Bill Johnson na Cocin Brethren.
"Ina tsammanin akwai yunwa na gaske don ingantacciyar shaida ta 'yan'uwa, musamman game da al'umma… da kuma biyayya ga Yesu."
- Jay Wittmyer, babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa, a lokacin wani taro kan ruhaniya a matsayin shaida ga duniya.
"Mun yi fama da wannan batu na shiga duk duniya da kasancewa a duk duniya."
- Curt Wagoner, Tsohon Jamus Baptist Brethren-Sabon taron
"Kowane ɗayanmu yana da hakki da kuma hakki na yin shaida ga Yesu Kristi."
- Ike Graham, Conservative Grace Brethren Churches International
"Mun tabbatar da cewa duk wanda ke cikin EYN ya ɗauki Babban Hukumar da mahimmanci."
- Musa Mambula na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria), a yayin wani taron tattaunawa kan ayyukan duniya. Ya zayyana matakai da dama da sabbin tubabbun suke bi kafin a shigar da su cikin ikilisiyar EYN, inda ya kara da cewa yana da kyau ‘yan’uwa na Nijeriya su fahimci manyan al’adun Musulmi da kuma yin aiki tare da shugabanni na gari domin ganin an samu nasarar aikin bishara. Da aka tambaye shi yadda ’yan Najeriya ke yin bukin soyayya, sai ya bayyana nau’in EYN a matsayin tukwane da kowa ke rabawa a cikinsa, kuma kowa yana maraba da shi ko ba zai iya kawo tasa a teburin ba.
“Littafi Mai Tsarki ya gaya mana wanene Yesu, abin da ya yi, da kuma abin da yake bukata a gare mu…. Mun yi imani har yanzu Ruhu Mai Tsarki yana kan aiki.”
- Dan Ulrich, farfesa na Nazarin Sabon Alkawari a Makarantar Tauhidin tauhidin Bethany kuma mai hidima a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
"A cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki ne na sadu da Ubangiji Yesu Kristi kuma na yabi Allah da ya ba ni alherin neman gaskiyarsa."
- Curt Wagoner na Tsohon Jamus Baptist Brothers-Sabon taron.
"Duk lokacin da muka raba muka sake fasalin, bayan kwana uku sai mu zo da irin wannan matsala."
- Wani mai halartan taro da ke bayyana rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin kungiyar ’Yan’uwa, da kuma yadda ake ganin irin wannan al’amura sun sake faruwa a cikin sabbin kungiyoyi da rarrabuwar kawuna suka haifar a tsawon tarihin ‘yan’uwa.