By Wendy McFadden
A taron shekara-shekara karo na 10 na Cocin Kirista tare a Amurka (CCT), wanda aka gudanar a farkon 2016 a Arlington, Va., majami'u da kungiyoyi sun zurfafa aikinsu kan wariyar launin fata da sauran batutuwan da suka shafi kowa.
Shahararren shugaban masu adawa da wariyar launin fata Allan Boesak ya ba da sharhin mai sharhi kan gaskiya da tsarin sasantawa a Afirka ta Kudu, kuma ya yi amfani da wannan ga gwagwarmayar neman sulhu tsakanin launin fata a Amurka. Ya zana bambanci sosai tsakanin sulhuntawa ta siyasa, wanda ya ce an tabbatar da cewa ba ta daɗe ba, da kuma sulhu na tushen Kiristi wanda ke cikin zuciyar Kiristanci.
"Idan muka ce 'adalci' dole ne mu ce 'Yesu.' Idan muka ce ‘Yesu’ dole ne mu ce ‘adalci,’ ” Boesak ya nace. Da yake kwatanta sulhu a matsayin “filaye mai tsarki,” ya ce dole ne ya zama “na gaske, mai tsattsauran ra’ayi, kuma mai neman sauyi.”
Limamin St. Louis kuma mai fafutuka Michelle Higgins ya kawo ra'ayin Kirista game da Black Lives Matter, wanda ta bayyana a matsayin motsi na "pro-life". Sa’ad da take baƙin ciki game da ayyuka na ɓata ɗan adam da mutane masu launin fata suke fuskanta, ta aririci ikilisiyoyi “su faɗi gaskiya game da tarihinsu domin su kasance da haɗin kai don ba da labarin Allah a duniya.” Ya kamata wannan ya zo ga Kiristoci, in ji ta: “A matsayin ƙungiyar masu bi, mun riga mun saka hannu a madadin tarihin. Makarantar Lahadi ita ce madadin makarantar.”
A wannan taron na tunawa, mahalarta sun sake nazarin tarihin CCT tare da kara fahimtar batutuwan da aka yi nazari a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. Ban da launin fata, zaman ya mai da hankali kan talauci, ƙaura, da yadda za a yi wa’azi ga bishara cikin ladabi a cikin duniya mai yawan addinai.
An tsara shi a cikin 2006, Cocin Kirista tare ya ƙunshi majami'u 38 da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa kuma suna wakiltar mafi girman kewayon kiristoci a ƙasar. Membobin sun himmatu wajen yin taro tare don zumunci, ibada, da ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa kan batutuwa masu mahimmanci ga shaidar Kirista a Amurka.
- Wendy McFadden, mawallafin Brethren Press, ta cika shekaru takwas a cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na CCT, uku na ƙarshe a matsayin shugaban iyalin Furotesta na Tarihi. Sauran iyalai huɗun Katolika ne, Evangelical/Pentikostal, Baƙi na Tarihi, da Orthodox.