Jawabin Canza Fuskar Bangaskiya: Ikklisiyoyi na Kirista Tare da Taron Shekara-shekara

Daga Wes Granberg-Michaelson

Rahoton mai zuwa daga taron shekara-shekara na Cocin Kirista tare a Amurka (CCT) ya fito ne a asali a kan “Shafin Siyasa na Allah” a gidan yanar gizon Sojourners Sojonet. Wakilan Cocin 'yan'uwa a taron CCT su ne mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara David Steele, wanda aka zaba Andy Murray, da mawallafin 'yan jarida Wendy McFadden, wanda ke aiki a matsayin shugaban "iyali" na Furotesta na coci a CCT.

Mutane miliyan 6.5 a cikin mafi girma a yankin Houston yanzu sun zarce New York City da Los Angeles a matsayin yanki mafi bambancin launin fata da kabilanci a cikin Amurka. Wannan shine wurin da ke da faffadan bakan na Amurka. Shugabannin majami'u sun yi taro a tsakiyar watan Fabrairu don yin la'akari da tasirin shige da fice a ikilisiyoyinsu, da kuma kan sauye-sauyen kalaman kiristanci a cikin al'adun Arewacin Amirka.

Kungiyar ta taru ne a wajen taron shekara-shekara na Cocin Kirista tare a Amurka, wanda ya hada da jagorancin taron Bishop na Katolika na Amurka, da darikun Pentikostal da Ikklesiyoyin bishara da dama, da Cocin Orthodox, wasu majami'un Bakaken tarihi na tarihi, da kusan dukkanin manyan darikun Furotesta na tarihi. . Duk waɗannan suna fuskantar tasirin shige da fice. Mafi mahimmanci, alal misali, kashi 54 cikin dari na millennials - waɗanda aka haifa bayan 1982 - waɗanda Katolika ne Latinos. A cikin mutane miliyan 44 da ke zaune a Amurka da aka haifa a wata ƙasa, kashi 74 cikin 5 Kiristoci ne, yayin da kashi 4 cikin ɗari ne musulmi, kashi 3 cikin ɗari masu bin addinin Buda, da kuma kashi XNUMX cikin ɗari na Hindu.

Yayin da shugabannin majami'u a Amurka ke bayyana goyon bayansu ga yin kwaskwarima ga dokokin shige da fice, wannan shi ne karo na farko da wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta taru domin nazarin hakikanin sakamakon shige da fice kan rayuwa da shaida na majami'u.

Yawancin waɗancan aljihu na girma da kuzari a cikin Kiristanci na Amurka a yau sun fito ne daga waɗannan mazaunan Amurka na baya-bayan nan. Duk da haka, irin waɗannan ƙungiyoyin ƙaura suna kawo maganganun Kiristanci ta hanyar al'adun da ba na Yammacin Turai ba, sau da yawa suna nuna cikakkiyar ra'ayi na ruhaniya da ke shafar abubuwan yau da kullun. Mutane da yawa Pentikostal ne, kamar yadda wannan nau'i na Kiristanci yake girma a duniya a cikin adadin girma gabaɗaya a cikin kiristancin duniya sau uku, tare da ɗaya cikin huɗu na Kirista a yanzu yana cikin motsi na Pentikostal.

Ɗaya daga cikin ɗari uku na Katolika a Amurka yanzu ɗan Hispanic ne, kuma an sami ci gaba mai girma a cikin adadin Katolika na Asiya da na Afirka. Uba Daniel Groody, sanannen masani kan shige da fice na duniya, yayi magana da ƙarfi game da ƙalubalen aiki da ƙalubalen tauhidi da wannan ke gabatarwa. Ya kara da wata sanarwa ta Vatican da ke kiran ƙaura "zafin haihuwa na sabon ɗan adam." Wakilai daga taron bishop na Katolika na Amurka sun yi nuni da karuwar yawan Ikklesiya a cikin Amurka – fiye da kashi daya cikin uku – yanzu suna aiki a matsayin al’ummomin ibada masu yawan al’adu.

Duk waɗannan abubuwan suna shafar yadda ake bayyana Kiristanci kowane nau'i da aikatawa a cikin Amurka, galibi suna gabatar da ƙalubale ga al'adun Kiristanci da aka daɗe a wannan al'ada. A cikin birnin New York, waɗanda suka fito daga Afirka, Asiya, Latin Amurka, da Caribbean sun kafa ikilisiyoyi masu baƙi kusan 2,000. Bugu da ƙari, ɗaya cikin kowane mutum goma da ke zaune a birnin New York a yau yana yiwuwa ya zama Pentikostal.

Muhimmin sauye-sauye na cibiyar kiristanci daga Arewacin duniya zuwa kudu na duniya ana fuskantar shi a cikin manyan biranen Amurka ta hanyar motsin ƙaura na duniya. Kiristanci na duniya yana zuwa bakin kofar mu. Bugu da kari, babban tasirin Paparoma Francis ya zo a wani bangare domin a karon farko cikin shekaru 1,200, shi Paparoma ne daga Kudancin duniya.

Cheryl Bridges Johns, sanannen masanin Pentikostal kuma marubuci, ya gaya wa taron CCT cewa shige da fice yana nufin cewa baƙi yanzu suna tsakiyar ɗabi'ar Kiristanci. Hakazalika, Alexia Salvatierra, wata limamin cocin Lutheran kuma mai fafutukar shige da fice a California, ta yi magana game da “kyautai na cocin baƙi” da ake buƙata don lafiya da ruhi na babban cocin farar fata da aka kafa. Salvatierra ya bayyana ma’anar abin da ake nufi da zama na juna “kamar jiki ɗaya.”

Soong-Chan Rah, wanda ke koyarwa a Seminary Theological Seminary kuma shi ne marubucin "The Next Evangelicalism," ya bayyana sauye-sauyen al'umma a Amurka, yana mai nuni da cewa a shekara ta 2011, yawancin haihuwa sun kasance ga al'adun " tsiraru ", kuma hakan nan da 2042, ba za a ƙara samun farin ko Anglo masu rinjaye a Amurka ba. Wannan a halin yanzu yana kwatanta gaskiyar a Houston. A cikin wannan tsari, in ji Soong Chan Rah, muna shaida "ƙaddamar da Turai ta Kiristanci na Amurka."

A wajen rufe ibadar, yayin da mahalarta ke bayyana kalamansu da addu’o’in amsa wadannan kwanaki hudu, Andy Murray, zababben shugaban Cocin of the Brothers Annual Conference, ya yi magana game da fuskantar “biki ga hankali da zuciya.” Kuma wani tunani mai addu’a kawai ya ce, “Wani al’amari ne da ke kusa da zuciyar Allah ya haɗa mu.”

Carlos Malave, babban darektan CCT, ya taƙaita muhimmancin taron da waɗannan kalmomi: “Manyan limaman coci daga dukan al’adu sun yi taro a Houston don yin la’akari da tasirin da kuma yadda baƙi ke canza ikilisiyar da ke Amurka sosai. Sabbin baƙi, waɗanda yawancinsu ke da'awar bangaskiyar Kirista, sune manyan 'yan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin sauyin rayuwa da al'adun Amurka. Ikilisiya ba za ta iya rage muhimmiyar rawar da take takawa wajen ja-gorar mutanen Allah a wannan canji na al’ummarmu ba.”

- Wesley Granberg-Michaelson tsohon babban sakatare ne na Cocin Reformed a Amurka, daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa CCT, kuma ya jagoranci kwamitin tsare-tsare na wannan taro.