Bikin cika shekaru dari a Jos ya jawo tunanin yaran a matsayin makomar EYN

Daga Pat Krabacher

Zuwanmu Najeriya kwana uku kafin sauran tawagar kasashen duniya zuwa karni na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) ya bar ni da mijina, John muka huta bayan shekara 24. Tafiyar sa'o'i daga Dayton, Ohio, ta Atlanta da Paris, zuwa Abuja, babban birnin Najeriya. Maris yawanci watan ne mafi zafi a cikin shekara a Najeriya, kuma za mu sami zafi a tsakiyar lokacin sanyi a cikin wannan tafiya - ciki har da bukukuwan karni da ayyukan ibada wanda ya kai tsawon sa'o'i shida ko fiye.

Tawagarmu da gaske ƙungiya ce ta ƙasa da ƙasa kuma wakilcin Cocin Global Church of the Brother Communion na yau tare da fastoci da shugabannin coci daga Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo, Ruwanda, Burundi, Amurka, da Jamus. Ƙungiyar ta haɗa da “’ya’yan ‘yan mishan” guda uku a Najeriya, waɗanda biyu daga cikinsu an haife su a Najeriya, da kuma “zaman farko” ga Najeriya. Mu hudu mun yi tafiye-tafiye kadan zuwa Najeriya cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, ko kuma mun shafe fiye da shekara guda a Najeriya muna aikin sa kai. Mu ne “lokacin lokaci” na duniya na tarihin Ikklisiya ta duniya.

Mun yi tattaki zuwa Jos a wata babbar motar bas da EYN Utako ta samar a Abuja, kuma jama’ar EYN Jos da Sharon Flaten ne suka karbi bakuncin mu a gidan bako na Unity House dake EYN Jos Centre.

Yayin da muke tafiya ginin coci don bikin “Bikin Ƙarni na Zonal” na ranar 8 ga Maris, mun bi ta cikin ɗimbin ɗimbin ɗimbin mambobi na Brigade Sama da ’yan mata da yawa a cikin rigunan su, suna jiran gabatar da tutoci bisa ga biki. Na yi tunani, “Wadannan yara da matasa su ne makomar cocin EYN. Cocin yana ci gaba da haɓaka cikin sauri a Najeriya da Afirka!”

Wata kungiyar mawaka tana dauke da jaririnta a yayin bikin karni na Jos Zonal Centenary da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) ta gudanar. Taron na Jos na daya daga cikin bukukuwa guda 13 da aka gudanar a shiyyoyi daban-daban a fadin EYN daga watan Janairu zuwa Maris 2023, domin murnar cika shekaru 100 na darikar. Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford

Nemo karin hotuna daga Bikin karni na shiyyar Jos da sauran bukukuwan cikar EYN shekaru 100 a www.brethren.org/photos.

Pat da John Krabacher tare da manyan fayiloli guda shida na kwafin labarin game da tarihin manufa da coci a Najeriya, wanda suka gabatar a matsayin kyauta ga ma'aikatan hedikwatar EYN da Kulp Theological Seminary. Marigayi Ferne Baldwin, wadda ta yi hidimar mishan a Najeriya na tsawon shekaru da dama ne ta hada tarin. Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford

*Fasto Sunday Aimu shine mai martaba na shiyyar Jos. Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford*

Mai martaba na Jos Centenary shine Fasto Sunday Aimu, wanda ya koya wa mahalarta kira da amsa kashi biyu: “EYN a 100,” da amsa, “Amincin Allah.” Mun fuskanci wannan rera a dukan bukukuwan Ƙarni na Ƙarni da muka halarta, ya ƙarfafa jigon EYN bisa Kubawar Shari’a 7:9, “Amincin Allah mai-girma ne.”

Mataimakin shugaban kungiyar EYN Anthony Ndamsai ya bude taron da addu'a. An rera waƙar “Babban Amincinka” a cikin Hausa da Turanci.

Yayin da muke zaune a gaban cocin Jos, cikin kujerun bako, na kalli hagu na inda kungiyar mawaka maza da mata ke zaune, da yawa daga cikin mata matasa rike da yara a hannunsu ko kuma jarirai da aka zame a bayansu. . Har ila yau, tunani a raina shine cewa makomar EYN su ne yaran nan. Sa’ad da muka sami damar tashi muka motsa, alal misali a lokacin da ake ba da sadaka, na kasa daure sai in yi wa waɗannan mamas rai: “Yaronku shine makomar EYN.” Murmushi suka sake yi suka gyada kai, to ina fatan sun gane. Daga baya a lokacin bikin, na duba ko'ina cikin babban taron na ga yara da yawa a hannun iyayensu ko kuma suna yawo a ginin cocin, kuma na sake yin tunani iri ɗaya.

Hudubar da minista kuma mataimakin farfesa Philip A. Ngadda ya yi, ta yin amfani da Kubawar Shari’a 7:7-12 a matsayin nassin, ta tuna mana cewa majagaba masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje H. Stover Kulp da Albert Helser suna cikin babban girgijen shaidu da suke biki tare da mu a Jos. Ya tambaya ko mu ma muna da shaidar da ta tabbatar da mu masu aminci ne? Misalinsa na munanan tashe-tashen hankulan Boko Haram a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, shaida ce mai ƙarfi ga amincin EYN. Duk da da yawa daga cikin shugabannin EYN da membobin sun gudu don tsira da rayukansu, musamman a lokacin munanan tashe-tashen hankula da suka fara a 2014, hasken Kristi ya sake haskakawa inda EYN da membobinta suka sami damar komawa gida.

An ji saƙon fatan alheri daga shugabanni da ƙungiyoyi da dama da kuma 'yan siyasa, da raye-rayen al'adu da na kaɗe-kaɗe da dama. Yara sun yi wasa tare da wasu ƙungiyoyin, sun sake sa tunanina, "Waɗannan yaran su ne makomar coci." Wakilan ma’aikatan hedikwatar EYN da suka hada da shugaban EYN Joel S. Billi sun yi addu’ar rufe cibiyar ta Jos da majami’u da ke kewaye.

Yayin da dubban masu ibada suka bar bikin karni, mun dauki hotuna da yawa tare da matasa da iyalai. Na gaishe da iyayen da cewa, “Ɗanka/’yarku shine makomar cocin!” Irin wannan abubuwan tunawa na Karni a Jos!

- Pat Krabacher ta kasance daya daga cikin ’yan’uwa na Amurka da suka halarci wata tawaga ta kasa da kasa a bikin EYN Centenary a watan Maris 2023. Ita da mijinta, John Krabacher, sun yi hidima a shekarun baya a matsayin masu ba da agaji ga Rikicin Rikicin Najeriya kuma sun yi ayyuka iri-iri. na sauran ayyukan sa kai a ciki da kuma masu alaka da Najeriya.

*Biyu daga cikin mambobin kungiyar samari a wurin bikin karni na shiyyar Jos na cika shekaru 100 na EYN. Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford*

Nemo karin hotuna daga Bikin karni na shiyyar Jos da sauran bukukuwan cikar EYN shekaru 100 a www.brethren.org/photos.

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