“Manufarmu ta ƙarshe ita ce haɗin kai,” in ji babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brothers David Steele a wata hira game da ƙoƙarin da wata ƙungiya mai suna Covenant Brothers Church ta yi don gano rabuwa da Cocin ’yan’uwa. Steele ya ce shugabannin darikar sun fahimci cewa akwai bambance-bambance da bambance-bambance a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, amma burinmu shi ne mu yi ƙoƙari mu kasance da haɗin kai.
A ranar Asabar, 1 ga Fabrairu, Steele da mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Paul Mundey ya gana da shugabannin sabuwar kungiyar na tsawon sa'o'i uku na tattaunawa. Wannan taron ya biyo bayan tarurrukan da ’yan kungiyar shugabannin Cocin ’yan’uwa suka yi da mambobin kungiyar a baya. Tawagar Jagoranci ta haɗa da jami'an taron shekara-shekara, babban sakatare, da wakilin majalisar zartarwar gundumomi.
Steele ya ce an gudanar da wadannan tarurrukan “don jin damuwarsu, abin da suke yi. Muna yin kokari wajen ganin an bude hanyoyin sadarwa.” A taron na 1 ga Fabrairu, Steele ya ce shugabancin Covenant Brothers Church ya bayyana karara cewa manufarsu ba ta binciki kawai ba amma rabuwa za ta faru.
Covenant Brothers Church ta zaɓi sunanta a wani taro a Woodstock, Va., Nuwamban da ya gabata. An yanke shawarar gano rabuwar ne a watan Yulin da ya gabata a Chambersburg, Pa., a wani taro na wasu mutane 50 daga gundumomi 13. Kungiyar tana binciken wuraren ofisoshi a West Virginia, ta nada kwamitin gudanarwa na wucin gadi da kungiyoyin ayyuka, kuma tana haɓaka dokoki da bayanin bangaskiya. Kwamitin wucin gadi ya hada da jagoranci na Revival Fellowship (BRF) da jagoranci koli na addu'a, gami da Grover Duling ( kujera), Eric Brubaker, Larry Dentler, Scott Kinnick, James F. Myer, da Craig Alan Myers. Hukumar ta wucin gadi ta ƙunshi zartaswar gunduma, masu gudanar da gundumomi, da shugabannin BRF.
Kungiyar ta ce dalilanta na binciko rabuwar ita ce ta ba da “wuri ga ikilisiyoyi da suke yanke shawarar barin, amma suna son su riƙe dabi’un ’yan’uwansu, kuma ba sa son su kasance masu zaman kansu” da kuma “rashin ƙwazo. tsaya da ƙarfi a kan ikon Littafi Mai-Tsarki” da kuma korafin cewa tsarin hangen nesa mai tursasawa bai magance “matsalar ɗan kishili ba.”
Steele ya ba da damuwarsa don kawar da jita-jita da ke yawo a cikin mazhabar game da Covenant Brothers Church. Na ɗaya shi ne cewa akwai ikilisiyoyi da yawa da suka fita ko kuma suke shirin barin ƙungiyar. Wani kuma shi ne cewa ikilisiyoyi suna fita don su shiga sabuwar rukunin. Duk da haka, Steele ya ce ya zuwa yanzu yana da tabbaci na ikilisiyoyi goma sha biyu ko fiye da suka janye, a gundumomi kaɗan, saboda wasu dalilai. Ya ce babu wata alama da ke nuna cewa suna da niyyar shiga sabuwar kungiyar, kuma jima'i na iya zama wani abu ga dukkansu, in ji shi. Wasu sun kasance a aiki daban-daban daga ɗarika da gunduma shekaru da yawa, abin da ke tabbatar da rashin bayarwa da rashin halartar taron shekara-shekara da taron gundumomi. Ya ba da misalin wata ikilisiya da aka yi rashin jituwa shekaru da yawa bisa rashin jituwa game da ƙungiyoyin ɗaiɗai. Wasu kawai suna son tafiya mai zaman kanta. Steele ya kuma karyata jita-jitar cewa dukkanin gundumomi na iya rabuwa. Babu wani tsari a cikin tsarin Cocin Brothers don wani gunduma ya ɗauki irin wannan matakin, in ji shi.
"Na gane cewa akwai wani labari na biyu da ya fito a cikin rayuwarmu tare, wanda ke rayuwa daga takaici, wanda ke motsawa daga coci maimakon neman haɗin kai, maimakon ci gaba da tattaunawa da addu'a da karanta nassi tare," in ji Steele. .
Dangane da sukar tsarin hangen nesa mai tursasawa, Steele ya jaddada cewa ba a taɓa yin nufin magance jima'i ba amma ana nufin " motsa tattaunawar sama da hakan zuwa batutuwan bangaskiya da hangen nesa da kuma inda ya kamata cocin ya kasance." Kwamitocin da ke aiki a kan kyakkyawan hangen nesa a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata sun tattara bayanai daga tarurrukan da suka taru a fadin darikar da kuma taron shekara-shekara guda biyu don neman hangen nesa. Ya yi imanin cewa tsarin bai gaza ba “amma ya yi daidai abin da muke niyya don yin shi. Ba a yi niyya mai tursasawa don gyara mu ba, amma yana nuna mana hanyar da za mu iya runguma da mai da hankali a kai. "
Steele ya bayyana wasu nasarorin da ya samu na baya-bayan nan da zai so membobin cocin su mai da hankali akai a yanzu, maimakon mai da hankali kan rarrabuwa. Waɗancan nasarorin sun haɗa da gundumomi da ke ɗaukar matakai masu ƙarfi don sabunta sha’awarsu ta hidima tare, da taron Disamba na shugabannin ’yan’uwa na ’yan’uwa na duniya waɗanda suka tabbatar da sabon tsarin duniya na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a dukan duniya. Waɗannan nasarorin "suna da ban sha'awa kuma suna iya kawo sabuwar rayuwa," in ji shi. “Mun rasa sanin waɗannan lokacin da labarin na biyu ya zama rinjaye. Ba duka ba ne halaka da baƙin ciki.”
Kalubalen da ke gaban shugabannin dariku a wannan lokaci sun haɗa da yadda za a sami hanyar yin aiki tare. Wani ƙalubale da ya ambata shi ne cewa gundumomi suna amfani da hanyoyi dabam-dabam wajen barin ikilisiyoyi. "Wannan lokaci ne na tattaunawa ta jami'a," in ji Steele. "Na yi imani da gaske ya fara ne tare da Ƙungiyar Jagoranci da Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar neman hanyar gaba ɗaya, alƙawarin yin aiki tare."
Hakazalika, Steele yana son yin aiki don samun fahimta tare da barin ikilisiyoyi. Ya damu ƙwarai game da yadda rabuwa ta ikilisiya “ke wargaza ikilisiyoyi. Akwai ji cewa wasu mutane a waɗannan ikilisiyoyi suna son su ci gaba da zama a cikin ikilisiya. Sun rabu tsakanin dangantaka da danginsu da abokansu da amincinsu ga Cocin ’yan’uwa.”
- Ana iya samun ƙarin bayani a cikin wata sanarwa daga Ƙungiyar Jagoranci da aka buga a watan Nuwamban da ya gabata a www.brethren.org/news/2019/denominational-leadership-teamstatement .