Daga Debbie Eisenbise da Tim McNinch
Menene ƙungiyar Emergent Church za ta ce mana 'Yan'uwa? Cocin Vineyard na Ann Arbor da St. Clare's Episcopal Church (ikilisiyoyi biyu daban-daban a Ann Arbor, Mich.) sun dauki nauyin taron koli na Blue Ocean, taron ecumenical, Mayu 15-17. Bangaskiya ta Blue Ocean wata hanyar sadarwa ce ta majami'u, shugabanni, da 'yan boko waɗanda ke da nufin rayuwa cikin ƙwaƙƙwaran bangaskiyar Kirista a yawancin wuraren zaman duniya, tsakanin kuma tare da mutane masu son duniya.
An yi shari'ar cewa mutane da yawa a Amurka suna ɗaukar kansu a matsayin marasa alaƙa da kowace imani. Charles Park, Fasto na Cocin River da ke Manhattan, NY, ya yi ƙaulin wani bincike da ya ce mutane su ba da kalmar farko da ta fara tuna sa’ad da suka ji “Kirista.” Fiye da kashi 85 sun ba da rahoton: "hukunci." Wannan ba abin mamaki ba ne ga galibin mutane 250 da suka halarta, amma batu ne na ikirari da kwadaitarwa. Ta yaya za mu iya kai wa waɗanda suke da shakka amma suna son sanin bangaskiya, a hanyar da ke nuna cikakkiyar ƙaunar Kristi? Ta yaya za mu marabtar mutane zuwa bauta, saka su cikin hidima, yi musu addu’a kuma tare da su, kamar yadda suke?
An bayyana ƙalubalen taron a cikin takensa: “Ruhu Mai-Tsarki: Ga Kowa, Ko’ina, Koda yaushe.” Zato mai tushe: cewa Ruhu Mai Tsarki ya dace ba kawai ga Kiristoci ba, amma (kamar yadda Dave Schmelzer, darektan Blue Ocean Faith na ƙasa, ya ce) “ga rukunin mutanen da ake kira ‘mutane. a cikin wannan al'ada ta duniya, kuma zance da al'umma na iya ba da fahimta da gogewa waɗanda ke haɓaka imani.
Mai magana mai mahimmanci Phyllis Tickle, marubucin littafin seminal, "Babban Faruwa: Yadda Kiristanci ke Canjawa da Me yasa" (Littattafan Baker, 2012), ya nuna cewa sabon tiyoloji da liturgical girmamawa ga Ruhu Mai Tsarki yana fitowa a wannan lokacin canji na al'adu. . Ta yi iƙirarin cewa sauye-sauyen tarihi sun sauko zuwa rikice-rikice na iko, kuma cocin a Yamma yanzu yana motsawa daga yadda Luther ya jaddada nassi kaɗai zuwa bangaskiya mai tushen Ruhu. Wannan yana magana da Tushen mu na ’yan’uwanmu cikin bautar da Ruhu yake ja-gora kuma a cikin shawarar Alexander Mack * cewa ta wurin hurar Ruhu Mai Tsarki ne kaɗai ake “zuwa ta wurin ji ta ciki, zuwa ga biyayya ta gaskiya.”
Sa’ad da aka tambaye shi game da Church of the Brothers and the Emergent Church, Tickle ya yi sharhi: “Cocin ’yan’uwa sababbi ce, matashiya ce, kuma ta isa ta rungumi ƙungiyar Emergent Church kuma ta taimaka mata, ta ba ta tushe. Matsayin zaman lafiya na ’yan’uwa shi ne inda cocin ke tafiya, duk da haka, abin mamaki, ’yan’uwa ba su da hannu gaba ɗaya a cikin shirin gaggawa.”
Jigo mai maimaitawa a taron koli na Tekun Blue shine bayanin zamantakewar al'umma na al'ummar Kirista a matsayin "tsakiya mai tsaka-tsaki" tare da shiga tsakani ba kan kiyaye iyakokin ciki ko waje ba, amma motsi zuwa tsakiya (Yesu). Wannan yana jaddada dabi'un rayuwa maimakon akida; wanda kuma ya sake maimaita tauhidin mu.
Tattaunawa da tattaunawa a wurin taron sun ɗaga nau'ikan hanyoyin da mutum zai iya girma cikin bangaskiya, daga yin addu'o'in sa'o'i, yin magana cikin harsuna, zama cikin al'umma, kafa gidajen kofi maimakon majami'u, da gudanar da tattaunawa kan batutuwan ruhaniya. zurfin kan layi, a cikin dakuna da kuma cikin saitunan jama'a.
Kalubale ga ƙungiyarmu ita ce yin la’akari da yadda za mu fi shagaltu da duniyar da ke kewaye da mu yayin da muke bayyana bangaskiyarmu. ’Yan’uwa na farko sun yi baftisma a fili. Sun dauki imaninsu a fili. Ta yaya za mu yi haka a yau? Kuma menene za mu raba tare da waɗanda ke cikin motsi na Cocin Emergent?
* Alexander Mack ya rubuta: “Mutum zai iya… karanta Nassosi a waje ya yi magana ya rubuta game da su, amma, idan ruhun bangaskiya ba ya cikinsa, ba zai damu da dokokin da ke cikinsa ba, kuma ba zai firgita ba da yawa da koyarwar Littafi Mai Tsarki. barazanar da suka kunsa. Wannan saboda har yanzu kunnuwansu ba su buɗe ba…. Lokacin da mai bi wanda kunnuwansa ke buɗewa ya karanta Littafi Mai Tsarki a zahiri, zai ji kamar yadda Ubangiji Yesu ya nufa…. Hakanan za a motsa shi ta wurin sauraronsa na ciki, zuwa biyayya ta gaskiya…[wanda] ke ba shi ƙarfi da iko ya bi Yesu” (“The Complete Writings of Alexander Mack,” shafi na 84).
- Debbie Eisenbise da Tim McNinch ne suka rubuta wannan yanki don Newsline. Eisenbise wani minista ne da aka nada a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa, yana zaune a Kalamazoo, Mich. McNinch yana halartar cocin Skyridge Church of the Brothers a Kalamazoo. Sun ba da rahoton cewa “Tawagar Anabaptist” a taron koli na Blue Ocean sun haɗa da Paul Versluis, fasto na Cocin Ann Arbor (Mich.) Church of the Brethren/Mennonite Church, da matarsa, Elisabeth, da wani fasto daga Reba Place, al’ummar Mennonite. a yankin Chicago.