Jeff Carter, shugaban Bethany Theological Seminary
Ƙungiyar Seminary ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind., tana shirye-shiryen wani taron da ba kasafai ke faruwa a rayuwar cibiyar ilimi: bikin rantsar da shugaban ƙasa. A ranar Asabar, 29 ga Maris, za a kaddamar da Jeff Carter a matsayin shugaban makarantar hauza na goma a tarihin shekaru 108. Bethany tana gayyatar kowa don shiga cikin taron ta hanyar watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizo da karfe 9:45 na safe (lokacin Gabas).
An tsara shi azaman hidimar bauta, bikin ƙaddamarwar yana ɗauke da jigon “Zan Iya Samun Mashaidi?” Carter ya zaɓa kuma yana magana da saƙon almajirantarwa da ke cikin 1 Yohanna 1:1-2: “Kalman nan da ke ba da rai tun fil’azal yake, kuma wannan ita ce saƙonmu…. Mai ba da rai ya bayyana! Mun ga abin ya faru, kuma mu ne shaidun abin da muka gani.”
An tsara taron ne a lokacin taron hukumar bazara na makarantar hauza, wanda zai baiwa amintattu damar halarta da kuma shiga cikin shirin. Yawancin malaman Bethany, ma'aikata, da ɗalibai da kuma amintattu za su shiga cikin hidimar, gami da hadayu na kiɗa, matsayi a cikin bikin ƙaddamarwa, da maganganun shaida. Baƙi na musamman za su haɗa da wakilai daga kolejoji na Brethren da makarantun hauza na makwabta.
Mai gabatar da jawabi zai kasance Thomas G. Long, Farfesa Bandy na Wa'azi a Candler School of Theology a Jami'ar Emory. Wanda aka sanshi da mutuntawa sosai a fagen yaƙi, Long zai ba da wa’azi mai taken, “Shaidu Mai aminci: Shiga Hankali.” Marubucin litattafai da talifofi da yawa kan wa’azi da bauta da kuma sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki, Long ya yi aiki a matsayin babban editan “The New Interpreter’s Bible,” kuma babban edita ne na “Karni na Kirista.” Ya kuma taba koyar da wa'azi a makarantun Princeton, Columbia, da Erskine.
Abincin dare na farko ga al'ummar Bethany da baƙi zai faru da maraice na 29th. Don kallon watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizo na sabis na ƙaddamar da safiya, masu kallo za su iya zuwa www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcasts .
- Jenny Williams darekta ne na Sadarwa da Tsofaffin Daliban / ae Relations na Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany.