Wani zane da Dave Weiss ya yi, wanda aka yi a lokacin sabon taron dashen coci a watan Mayu 2016, ya kwatanta jigogi biyu na bege da tunani.
"Bege, Imani, Mission" - jigon Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa sabon taron dashen coci na Mayu 19-21 a Richmond, Ind., wanda Bethany Theological Seminary ya shirya - ya gabatar da sabon kira ga dukan cocin don haɓaka tunaninsa da haɓakawa. sabon bege cikin bisharar Yesu Almasihu. Wasu mutane 100 ne suka halarci ibada, gabatar da jawabai, tarurrukan bita, da kuma waƙar horo na musamman a cikin Mutanen Espanya. Congregational Life Ministries ne suka dauki nauyin taron.
Masu magana mai mahimmanci Efrem Smith da Mandy Smith (babu dangantaka) sun jaddada ikon haɓaka tunani mai tsarki, da kuma hanyar da ke haifar da karuwa cikin bege don haka a cikin almajirantarwa. Efrem Smith shi ne shugaba kuma Shugaba na World Impact, ƙungiyar mishan na cikin birni da ke sadaukar da kai don dasa majami'u a tsakanin marasa galihu, matalauta birane a Amurka. Mandy Smith, asalinsa daga Ostiraliya, shine shugaban limamin Cocin Kirista na Jami'ar, harabar jami'a da ikilisiyar unguwanni a Cincinnati, Ohio.
Nassin dutsen da za a bi don taron ya fito daga Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9, wanda kuma shi ne nassi mai mahimmanci ga ƙungiyoyin al’adu a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa: “Bayan wannan kuma na duba, sai ga taro mai-girma, wanda ba mai iya ƙirgawa, daga dukansu. al’umma daga kowane kabila da al’ummai da harsuna, suna tsaye a gaban kursiyin da gaban Ɗan ragon, suna saye da fararen tufafi, suna da rassan dabino a hannuwansu.”
An ba da ikon zama coci a ko'ina
Efrem Smith.
Efrem Smith ya ƙalubalanci taron da su motsa tunaninsu su yi tambaya, "Waye ne za mu zama a matsayin coci?" Sa’ad da yake nuni ga Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9, da kuma tattaunawar da ake yi a ƙasar a yanzu game da ƙabila, ya amsa da ƙarin tambayoyi: “Menene ma’anar Ikilisiya ta zama ƙarfin sulhu? Me ake nufi da zama Ikilisiya da aka tufatar da Kristi, an sulhunta cikin Almasihu? …Za a sulhunta da juna a fadin aji, a fadin kabila? …Ku ɗauki nawayar juna cikin Almasihu Yesu?”
Domin Ikilisiya ta ɗora bege da haɓaka tunanin Allah a cikin duniya mai juye-juye, Efrem Smith ya ce ibada ita ce ta zama dole. "Ku tsayar da ibada!" ya bukaci. “ Alama ce ta gano coci. ...Ban damu da duhun sa'a ba, dole ne coci ta ci gaba da yabonta!" Ta yaya cocin ke yin haka? Ya amsa: “Ta hanyar sanin yadda aka ba mu iko…. Dole ne mu dogara ga ruhi na ruhi da ba a iya gani wanda Allah ya kewaye mu [da]. Suna ba mu iko, a yanzu…. Ba mu kadai ba ne.”
Shawararsa ga masu shukar coci kai tsaye kuma takamaimai: “Allah yana ganin waɗanda ke cikin wahala…. Mun san akwai nasara a daya bangaren na tsanani…. Ya kamata mu nemi mutanen da suke cikin wahala da wahala, mu kawo musu coci.” Da yake kamanta cocin da “gada bisa ruwaye,” ya ci gaba da cewa: “Muna bukatar mu dasa majami’u a ko’ina. Ba wai na cikin garin ne kawai nake magana ba, akwai yankunan karkara da kananan garuruwa da suke bukatar coci a yanzu fiye da kowane lokaci.”
Samun bege duk da kalubale
Mandy Smith
Mandy Smith ta mayar da hankalin taron kan tambayar yadda za a sami bege a cikin gwagwarmaya da kalubalen da shugabannin cocin ke fuskanta, musamman masu shukar coci. Ta ba da labarinta na gano gaskiyar koyarwar Manzo Bulus, cewa ikon Allah yana bayyana cikin rauninmu na ɗan adam. A lokacin rashin nasara, ta gaya wa ƙungiyar, ta ji muryar Allah tana gaya mata: “A cikin rauninki, ina da ƙarfi.”
"Za mu iya samun munanan kwanaki wani lokaci?" Ta tambaya, tana mai lura da cewa alkwarin Allah ba hujja ba ne na kasala ko rashin yin aiki tukuru, amma taimako ne ga lokutan yanke kauna da kamar rayuwa ta fi karfin mu. “Za mu iya nuna rauni wani lokaci? Zan iya yin kuka, kuma har yanzu mutane suna girmama ni? Zan iya nuna farin ciki?"
Yin amfani da alamar wofi a matsayin alamar kasancewar Allah, ta ƙarfafa taron, “Idan da mun bari a ga fanninmu…. Kamar yadda ’yan Adam suka bar kansu su zama mutum, ana iya ganin Allah a matsayin Allah.”
Da take kwatanta rauni a matsayin “albarmar hidima marar iyaka,” ta ce hidimar Kirista mafi kyau tana girma daga dogara ga Allah. Al'adarmu tana ɗaukar kamala a matsayin manufa, suna musun gaskiyar cewa ɗan adam karya ne. Maimakon ƙoƙarin yin rayuwa daidai da mizanin da ba zai yiwu ba wanda ba ya wanzu a zahiri, ta kira shugabannin coci da masu shuka ikiliziya su kasance da bangaskiya su gaskata cewa Allah yana samuwa a wurare masu duhu, ta wurin ikirari na ajizancinmu, da kuma rauni.
"Yaya kuke jin daɗin waɗannan abubuwan da kamar ba su cancanta ba?" Ta tambaya. "Kiyi kira ga Allah ya fanshi tunanin ku yadda yaso."
Mandy Smith ta yi addu’a don taron: “Muna roƙon, Allah, da ka warkar da begenmu…
Ibada, tarurruka, da labarai da aka raba
Ƙungiya ta ɗalibai a cikin hanyar horar da ma'aikatar harshen Sipaniya na Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista, SeBAH-CoB, suna raba tare da taron.
Taron ya kuma gabatar da ibada, tarurrukan bita da yawa, da tattaunawa kan batutuwan da suka shafi jigogi, da kuma lokacin raba labarai daga mutanen da ke da hannu a sabbin masana’antar coci da kuma wadanda ke murnar nasarar tsiron cocin da ke tasowa zuwa ikilisiyoyin da aka kafa.
Baki na musamman sun hada da Rachel da Jinatu Wamdeo, tsohuwar sakatariyar kungiyar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Ya gabatar da takaitaccen bayani kan halin da EYN ke ciki a halin yanzu, ya kuma bayyana godiyar ’yan uwa na Nijeriya bisa taimakon da suka samu daga ’yan uwan Amurka. "Cocin 'yan'uwa da EYN daya ne," in ji shi. “Mu ba Cocin ’yan’uwa ba ne a Najeriya kuma ba ku ba Cocin ’yan’uwa a Amurka ba, mu coci daya ne a cikin Yesu Kristi. Na gode, na gode, na gode.”
Wani taron liyafar cin abincin dare da aka yi tsakanin al'adu ya gabatar da gabatarwar da ke bitar hanyoyin bauta da wariyar launin fata a tarihi suka raba cocin Kirista a Amurka. Gimbiya Kettering, darektan ma'aikatun al'adu tsakanin al'adu ne ta dauki nauyin taron. Yakubu Bakfwash, dan Najeriya ne ya gabatar da jawabin, wanda ke aiki tare da Cibiyar Hana Rikici da Sauya Rikici da ke da alaka da Cocin Rockford (Ill.) Church of the Brothers. Gabatarwarsa ya dogara da littafin da Michael O. Emerson da Christian Smith suka rubuta, "Rarraba ta bangaskiya: Addinin bishara da Matsalar Race a Amurka" (2000, Jami'ar Oxford University Press). Littafin yana samuwa don yin oda ta 'yan jarida, je zuwa www.brethrenpress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1343 .
Kundin hoto daga taron yana kan layi a www.bluemelon.com/churchofthebrethren/2016newchurchplantingconference . Don ƙarin bayani game da motsin dashen coci a cikin Cocin Brothers, je zuwa www.brethren.org/churchplanting