Da Frank Ramirez
Akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a ji a kan batutuwan da suka shafi ikon Littafi Mai-Tsarki, ba da lissafi, hangen nesa mai jan hankali, rarraba coci, da kishin kasa yayin babban taron Babban taron da Paul Mundey ya jagoranta na shekara-shekara. An yi wa taron ta yanar gizo kashi biyu mai taken “Labaran Yau, Hikimar Jiya. Bayanan Tarihi don Ikilisiyar Zamani."
Fiye da mutane 260 sun yi rajista don taron tambaya da amsa na 15 ga Afrilu, kuma fiye da 200 sun halarci zaman gabatarwa na sa’o’i biyar a ranar 17 ga Afrilu tare da ’yan tarihi Carl Bowman, Bill Kostlevy, Stephen Longenecker, Carol Sheppard, da Dale Stoffer. (Za a sami rikodi na webinar da jagorar nazari nan ba da jimawa ba a www.brethren.org/webcasts/archive.)
Bill Kostlevy
Wasu daga cikinsu suna da ƙalubale, wasu sun ɗan yi baƙin ciki, kuma da yawa sun buɗe ido, amma wataƙila mafi ban mamaki, magana mai ƙarfafawa ta fito daga Kostlevy, wanda ya yi ritaya a matsayin darekta na Laburaren Tarihi da Tarihi na ’yan’uwa.
Kostlevy ya mayar da hankali kan maganganun hangen nesa da yawa daga baya, daga fitattun 'yan'uwa Christopher Sauer Jr., Peter Nead, da Dan West. Duk da haka, da yake magana game da ikilisiyoyi na ’yan’uwa a Afirka, Latin Amurka, da Turai – waɗanda masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje daga ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa da yawa suka kafa—ya ce, “A yau akwai magada Schwarzenau da ke raye a duniya a yau fiye da kowane lokaci a tarihin ’yan’uwa. Akwai ci gaba mai fashewa a wasu sassan duniya."
Karl Bowman
Bowman ya yi magana kan batun kishin ƙasa, yana tunawa da samuwar nasa wanda fastonsa, wanda kuma mahaifinsa ne ya yi tasiri sosai. Da yake dogara ga George Orwell na “Notes on Nationalism,” ya lura cewa yayin da ana iya ma’anar kishin ƙasa a matsayin sadaukarwa ga wata hanya ta rayuwa da wuri, ta yanayinsa kishin ƙasa yana da kariya ta soja da kuma al’ada, yana alfahari da ƙasarsa yayin da yake makantar da ƙarfi. da kyawun wasu.
Amincinsu da kuma jin biyayya ga Kristi ya raba ’yan’uwa da suka kafa daga waje, in ji shi. Baftisma na manya ba wai kawai tawaye ne ga ikon da ke akwai ba, ya kafa iyaka tsakanin hanyar Kristi da hanyar duniya, sabuwar al'umma a ciki da waje.
Bowman ya yi ƙaulin Shahidi na ’Yan’uwa na zamanin Yaƙin basasa John Kline, wanda, da ya ji ƙorafin ’yan bindigar suna murnar zagayowar ranar haihuwar George Washington, ya rubuta cewa: “Mafi girman tunanina na kishin ƙasa yana cikin mutumin da yake ƙaunar Ubangiji Allahnsa da zuciya ɗaya da dukan zuciyarsa. makwabci kamar kansa.”
Akasin haka, Bowman ya gano ta hanyar bincike a cikin 'yan shekarun nan cewa ƙaƙƙarfan asalin kishin ƙasa abu ne da ya faru kwanan nan tsakanin 'yan'uwa. Duk da haka, al'adunmu na hidima da daidaiton kowane ɗan adam suna rage girman girman kishin ƙasa.
Stephen Longenecker ne adam wata
Da yake mai da hankali kan rarraba coci, Longenecker ya zana kan ra'ayoyin masanin tattalin arziki Adam Smith da James Madison don ba da shawarar cewa kasuwar ra'ayoyin ta sa rarraba tsakanin majami'u ba kawai makawa ba, har ma da kyawawa. A taƙaice, “Mafifici zai rayu,” ya ƙara da cewa Madison ya gaskata cewa “addini yana bunƙasa a ƙarƙashin Kwaskwarimar Farko,” yana faɗin Shugaba na huɗu: “Idan sabbin ƙungiyoyi suka taso da ra’ayi marar kyau ko kuma zazzafan tunani, maganin da ya dace yana cikin lokaci, juriya, da misali."
Rarraba tsakanin 'yan'uwa ya kasance da yawa a cikin ƙarni, irin su Conrad Beissel's Ephrata Cloister, bambance-bambancen bambance-bambance a aikace tsakanin Far Western Brothers da 'Yan'uwan Gabas, da kuma rarraba ta hanyoyi uku tsakanin 'yan'uwa a cikin 1880s. Tarihin rarrabuwa ya ci gaba yayin da 'yan'uwan Dunkard suka balle daga Cocin 'yan'uwa, 'Yan'uwan Grace sun sami rabuwa fiye da ɗaya bayan sun rabu da Ikilisiyar Brothers, kuma a kwanan nan, Tsohon Dokokin sun sami rarrabuwa kan batutuwan fasaha.
Dangane da rabuwar majami'u na baya-bayan nan da ake magana da kansu a matsayin 'Yan'uwan Alkawari, Longenecker ya yarda cewa zai fi son rarrabuwa kaɗan, kuma wannan rarrabuwar wani lokaci tana fitar da mafi muni a cikin mutane. Duk da haka, ya ce, "Ina tsammanin darasin shine rarrabuwa na al'ada ne."
Carol Sheppard ne adam wata
Sheppard ya bibiyi tarihin rikon sakainar kashi tsakanin 'yan'uwa da gano abubuwan da suka haifar da rushewar sa. "Abinda ya kasance wani muhimmin bangare na kungiyar 'yan'uwa tun daga farko," in ji ta. “Tare da baftisma mun shiga dangantakar alkawari da juna a matsayin jiki ɗaya cikin Kristi kuma tare da taimakon Ruhu Mai Tsarki mun yarda da juna mu yi tafiya tare cikin ƙaunar ɗan adam, haɓaka tawali’u da salama ta ruhaniya, da kuma yin rayuwa ta gaskiya da abin koyi a gaban duniya. ,” in ji ta.
Duk da haka, kiyaye ayyukan gama gari kamar ziyarar shugaban cocin ya zama mafi wahala yayin da cocin ke faɗaɗa ko'ina cikin ƙasar. Wani abu kuma da ya canja a ƙarni na 20 shi ne ra’ayin “babu ƙarfi a cikin addini,” wanda ke nufin cewa biyayya ga Kristi ta ƙara zama wani abu. Ƙari ga haka, ƙaura daga zama memba na coci da aka ƙayyade ta hanyar yanayin ƙasa yana nufin cewa ’yan’uwa ba su zaɓi al’ummar da suka yi alkawari ba.
Sheppard ya ƙarasa da cewa, “Abin da ya rage na hisabi a cikin ƙarni na 21 al’amari ne mai gefe ɗaya. ’Yan’uwa sun amince da shawarar da suke goyon baya, ku ƙi wasu ‘inda cocin ya yi kuskure.’ ”
Dale Stoffer
Stoffer ya ba da gabatarwar ƙarshe akan ikon Littafi Mai Tsarki. Ya tsara tsarin yadda ƙungiyarsa, Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa, ta yi ƙoƙari ta sa nassosi ya kasance a tsakiya, yana nuna cewa ga ’yan’uwa akwai hanya ta uku tsakanin hukumomi masu sassaucin ra’ayi da masu ra’ayin mazan jiya. “An ba mu wata akida marar canzawa a cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki, amma kowace tsarar muminai ta fahimce mu sabuwa. Abin da Allah ya bayyana ta wurin Yesu Kristi za a iya fahimtarsa ta wurin biyayya ga Yesu Kristi kawai.”
’Yan’uwa na farko, Stoffer ya ce, “sun nanata sauƙi da tsabtar nassi…. An ba mu gaskiya cikin Yesu Kiristi kuma an bayyana a cikin al'ummar bangaskiya da ke ɗauke da mu ga wannan…. Amma yayin da muke karanta nassosi yana da mahimmanci mabuɗin don fahimtar wurin da ya dace a cikin al'ummar Allah. "
- Frank Ramirez fastoci Union Center Church of the Brothers a Nappanee, Ind.
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