Daga Karen Garrett da Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
liyafar cin abincin dare na Babban Sakatare a taron shekara-shekara na bara ita ce ta farko a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen shigar da malamai kan batutuwa masu mahimmanci ga coci da al'umma. Abubuwan da suka faru suna da babban burin yin aiki a dangantakar Ikklisiya tare da manyan makarantun da ke da alaka da 'yan'uwa: Kwalejin Bridgewater a Virginia, Kwalejin Elizabethtown da Kwalejin Juniata a Pennsylvania, Jami'ar La Verne a California, Kwalejin McPherson a Kansas, Jami'ar Manchester da Bethany Theological Seminary a Indiana.
A taron shekara-shekara na 2015, Jami'ar La Verne provost Jonathan Reed zai yi magana game da "Wanene Yesu? Ilimin Archaeology na Karni na Farko na Tiyolojin Karni na 21” a Babban Babban Sakatare tare da Babban Ilimi a ranar Litinin, 13 ga Yuli, da karfe 12 na rana. Tikiti don taron cin abinci a Tampa, Fla., $25 ne kuma ana iya siyan tikiti akan layi azaman wani ɓangare na rajistar taro a www.brethren.org/ac .
Abincin 2014 ya mayar da hankali kan nazarin duniya na Mennonites
Conrad L. Kanagy, Farfesa na Kwalejin Elizabethtown na ilimin zamantakewa, shine mai magana don abincin dare na bara, na farko a cikin jerin. Gabatarwarsa, “Rugawa da Ginawa: Aikin Ruhu da Cocin Duniya,” ya ba da rahoto game da ci gaba da bincike na majami’un Mennonite a Amurka, Asiya, Afirka, da Latin Amurka.
Akwai karuwar adadin Kiristoci a Kudancin duniya, in ji shi, sabanin majami'u a Amurka inda membobinsu ke raguwa. Kanagy da sauran masana ilimin zamantakewa sun yi nazarin majami'un Anabaptist don neman tsari fiye da ba da haske kan waɗannan abubuwan.
Conrad L. Kanagy, farfesa na kwalejin Elizabethtown a fannin ilimin zamantakewa, shi ne mai magana don liyafar Babban Sakatare na bara, na farko a cikin jerin don shigar da malamai kan batutuwa masu mahimmanci ga coci da al'umma.
Ƙididdiga daga binciken ya haifar da wasu abubuwan lura masu ban sha'awa. Ikklisiyoyi na Anabaptist (Mennonite) a Kudancin Duniya suna da:
- kaso mai karimci na membobin da suka kai shekarun haihuwa, wanda ke taimakawa da girma,
- babban riƙewa na matasa, waɗanda ke da sha'awar manufa,
- yawan adadin membobin da suka kasance a cikin coci shekaru biyar ko ƙasa da haka, wanda ke nufin suna aiki wajen ɗaukar sabbin membobin,
- ilimin tauhidi wanda ya hada da kira zuwa ga rabuwa da al'ada mafi girma;
- jagoranci wanda akasari na sana'a biyu ne kuma na son rai.
Sabanin majami'un Anabaptist (Mennonite) a cikin Amurka suna nuna shaidar zama ikilisiyoyi tsofaffi, tare da yawancin membobin da suka wuce shekarun haihuwa, waɗanda suka kasance memba na shekaru da yawa, da kuma yawancin ikilisiyoyi suna ɗaukar horon jagoranci. Akwai kuma shaidar cewa majami'u a Amurka sun shiga cikin al'adun da ke kewaye da su har ta kai ga cewa sun "bace" a cikin wannan al'umma.
Kanagy ya nuna zane-zane da ke ba da cikakkiyar hoto na gani na bambanci tsakanin majami'u a Amurka da majami'u a Asiya, Afirka, da Latin Amurka. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan bayanan suna cikin littafin "Winds of the Spirit," wanda Kanagy ɗaya ne daga cikin marubuta. Duk da haka, binciken yana ci gaba, tare da cikakken rahoton da ake sa ran zai kasance a shirye don Babban taron Mennonite a 2015.
Tambayoyi a lokacin tattaunawar da suka biyo bayan gabatarwar Kanagy sun nuna wani tasiri guda daya na bayanan, da kuma wani abin ban mamaki da aka yi la’akari da shi: Fastoci a Kudancin Duniya sun fi mayar da hankali kan koyon labaran Littafi Mai Tsarki maimakon samun horo na musamman kan tiyoloji, sabanin manufofin kwalejojin. , jami'o'i, da makarantun hauza wadanda masu halarta suka wakilta.
- Karen Garrett ta ba da rahoton daga Abincin Abincin Babban Sakatare na 2014, a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar labarai don taron shekara-shekara na 2014.