Tunawa da H. Lamar Gibble

H. Lamar Gibble, mai shekaru 91, tsohon ma'aikacin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa na dogon lokaci ya lura da aikinsa na ecumenical a matsayin mai ba da shawara na zaman lafiya da harkokin kasa da kasa / Turai da Asiya, ya mutu a ranar Oktoba 29 a Elgin, Ill.

An haife shi a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 1931, a garin Manheim, Pa., zuwa Martha (Balmer) da John S. Gibble, ya girma a gonar iyali kuma ya halarci Cocin White Oak na 'Yan'uwa.

Ya sadu da matarsa, Nancy (Heatwole) Gibble, a Palmyra (Pa.) Church of the Brother. Sun yi bikin cika shekaru 70 a ranar 17 ga Agusta.

Wanda aka nada a matsayin minista a cocin ‘yan’uwa, ya sami digiri na farko a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) (wanda ya ba shi digirin girmamawa a 1988), digiri na BD daga Bethany Theological Seminary, da kuma digiri na biyu a harkokin kasa da kasa daga Amurka. Jami'ar Washington, DC Bayan kammala karatun hauza, ya kasance Fasto na tsawon shekaru 15 yana hidima a majami'u a West Virginia, Illinois, da Maryland.

Ya shiga ma'aikatan darikar a watan Satumban 1969 a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin zaman lafiya da harkokin kasa da kasa/Turai da Asiya, mukamin da ya yi kusan shekaru talatin har ya yi ritaya a watan Maris na 1997. A cikin wannan rawar, ya yi balaguro zuwa kasashe kusan 40, ya yi aiki tare da 32. kungiyoyi daban-daban na ecumenical ciki har da Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa ta Amurka (NCC) da Majalisar Cocin Duniya (WCC), kuma ta kasance mai jan hankali a Cocin 'yan'uwa mu'amalar noma da Poland da China, da kuma irin wannan shirin NCC tare da. tsohuwar USSR. A cikin 1989, ya ɗauki aikin rabin lokaci a matsayin babban sakatare na WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, da ke birnin New York, yayin da ya ci gaba da aikinsa na ɗarika na rabin lokaci. Abubuwan da ya cim ma sun haɗa da taimakawa wajen sanyawa da tallafawa ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa a yankunan rikicin Turai.

Manyan abubuwan da ya shafe shekaru da dama yana yi a coci sun hada da halartar taruka da tarurruka daban-daban na WCC, kasancewarsa wakilin babban taron addinai na farko kan zaman lafiya, yana magana a kan wani rukunin addinai da ke tattauna rayuwar addini a Amurka a karkashin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka " Shirin Baƙi na Duniya," ziyarar zuwa Vietnam a cikin 1977 a matsayin wani ɓangare na wakilai daga taron zaman lafiya na Kirista don tattauna rawar da addini ke takawa a cikin "sabuwar Vietnam" inda Gibble ne kawai Ba'amurke a cikin kungiyar, a cikin 1978 yana shugabantar harkokin kasa da kasa. Kwamitin NCC, a cikin 1987 yana shiga cikin tawagar shugabannin coci da suka gana da Shugaba Jimmy Carter, suna wa'azi a gaban masu bautar Baptist 2,000 a tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet, kuma suna magana a madadin WCC a zaman taro na musamman na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan kwance damara.

A cikin 1987, saboda aikinsa a kan musayar noma na Poland a cikin shekarar da shirin ya yi bikin shekaru 30, Gibble ya sami lambar yabo ta Zinariya ta Order of Merit, mafi girma ga Poland ga waɗanda ba 'yan ƙasa ba. A shekarar 1994, ma'aikatar aikin gona ta kasar Sin ta ba shi lambar yabo ta zinare ta hadin gwiwar kasa da kasa. A cikin Cocin na 'yan'uwa, ya kasance mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Ecumenical a cikin 1981 da lambar yabo ta MR Zigler Aminci a cikin 1996.

*H. Lamar Gibble (a dama) tare da Cocin ’yan’uwa a wani Maris na kwance damara a New York a watan Mayu 1978. (*Manzon Hoton fayil ɗin mujallar)

*H. Lamar Gibble yana ba da shaida a madadin Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya a zama na musamman na uku kan kwance damara na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a 1988. (*Manzon Hoton fayil ɗin mujallar)

Da fatan za a yi addu'a… Don danginsa, abokansa, tsoffin abokan aikin sa, da duk waɗanda ke bakin cikin rashin H. Lamar Gibble.

Maganar ritayarsa ta ce, a wani bangare: “Lamar Gibble mutum ne mai ban mamaki…. Wani zai iya cewa ya yi aiki a matsayin sakataren gwamnati na Coci of the Brothers.” Majiyar ta ruwaito wata ma’aikaciyar NCC ta ce “ba za ta iya tunanin babu wani wakilin cocin zaman lafiya da ya taimaka wa kungiyar ta samar da shaidar zaman lafiya ba.”

Gudunmawar da ya bayar don ciyar da shaidar zaman lafiya gaba a matakin ecumenical sun haɗa da jagorancin Ikklisiya na Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi da Kwamitin Shawarwari na Sulhunta, da kuma hidima a kan Hukumar WCC na Ikklisiya kan Harkokin Ƙasashen Duniya. Jerin tarurrukan WCC da ya tsunduma a ciki sun kai shi ga jagorantar shawarwarin WCC kan shirin shawo kan tashe-tashen hankula a 1995. An yaba masa saboda “shiru da ya yi, amma kokarin da ya yi tun farkon shekarun 1970 na kawo irin wannan shirin a rayuwa a cikin Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya." Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin WCC na bunkasa maganganun ruwa game da soja da kuma kwance damara.

Ta’aziyyar rasuwarsa ya bayyana cewa, a lokacin da yake rike da mukaminsa na darikar, ya yi aiki ta fuskar diflomasiyya wajen samar da adalci da zaman lafiya ga jama’a na kowane bangare, ya yi shiru yana gina gadoji tare da kungiyoyi da kungiyoyi daga bangarori daban-daban, yana mai imani da cewa mabambantan addinai, imani, da al’adu su ne baiwar da za a taskanta da ita. raba. "Ya yi imani cewa dukkanmu muna da abubuwa da yawa iri ɗaya, kuma muna ƙoƙari don abubuwa iri ɗaya: abinci, lafiya, aminci, da adalci, ga kanmu da ƙaunatattunmu."

Ya bar matarsa, Nancy; 'ya'yan David L. (Donna) Gibble da Daniel C. (Terri) Gibble; da jikoki.

An shirya taron tunawa da ranar 26 ga Nuwamba da karfe 10 na safe (tsakiyar lokaci) a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., Inda shi da iyalinsa suka kasance memba. Za a watsa sabis ɗin kai tsaye a tashar YouTube ta coci a www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEUPZFGuimng2uLjTJWRSA.

Iyali da godiya sun ƙi furanni, amma ana karɓar addu'o'i, ta'aziyya, da abubuwan tunawa da farin ciki kuma za a raba su tare da dangi. Aika waɗancan ta imel zuwa gibbledaniel@yahoo.com.

Nemo tarihin mutuwar kan layi a www.lairdfamilyfuneralservices.com/obituaries/Rev.-H.-Lamar-Gibble?obId=26286873#/celebrationWall da kuma ambaton WCC a www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-mourns-loss-of-h-lamar-gibble-longstanding-church-of-the-brethren-ecumenist.

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