Daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) ta yi bikin cika shekaru 100 da kafuwa tare da dubban 'yan coci da baki da dama da suka halarci taron fiye da goma sha biyu na karni da aka gudanar a shiyyoyi 13 a fadin kasar. Kubawar Shari’a 7:9 ce ta hure jigon abubuwan da suka faru na shekara ɗari da ɗari, “Gasuwar Allah Mai-girma ce.”
Shugaban EYN Joel S. Billi ya bayyana bikin a matsayin “wannan muhimmin al’amari da ake yi sau ɗaya a rayuwa. Muna da sha'awar yin bikin amincin Allah a cikin rayuwar ma'aikatunmu da kuma rayuwar membobinmu."
Ranar 17 ga Maris, 1923, EYN ce ke tunawa da ita a matsayin ranar kafa ta ma'aikatan mishan na Church of the Brothers H. Stover Kulp da Albert Helser. ’Yan’uwa a Najeriya sun tuna da wani taro a wannan rana, karkashin jagorancin wasu Amurkawa biyu na mishan a karkashin bishiyar tamarind a kauyen Garkida, a matsayin ibada ta farko da ta fara gudanar da cocin Najeriya.
Makonni na bukukuwan shiyyar sun fara ne a watan Janairu kuma aka kammala da bukukuwa na musamman na karni guda biyu a tsakiyar Maris:
Nemo ƙarin hotuna daga bikin EYN's Centenary a www.brethren.org/photos
A ranar 16 ga Maris, hedkwatar EYN da ke Kwarhi a Jihar Adamawa, ta gudanar da bikin karshen, inda kimanin mutane 6,000 zuwa 8,000 suka halarta.
A ranar 19 ga Maris, kowace kujera ta cika kuma tana tsaye-daki-kawai a wata hidimar bankwana ta Centenary a cibiyar kiristoci ta kasa-wanda ake yi wa lakabi da “cathedral na kasa” – a babban birnin tarayya Abuja.
Kowane bikin shekara ɗari kuma taron ibada ne, wanda ke nuna addu’o’i da nassi, wa’azi, waƙa, kaɗe-kaɗe, da raye-rayen gargajiya ta ƙungiyoyin da ke wakiltar ƙabilun ƙabilu na kowane yanki na cocin. Rundunar ‘yan mata da maza sun bude kowane taron a hukumance ta hanyar gabatar da tutoci da suka hada da tutar kasar Najeriya da kuma tuta ta musamman ta EYN na shekara dari. Manyan jami'an yankin da wakilan abokan huldar jama'a sun kawo gaisuwa. Masu shirya taron sun tabbatar da cewa an rarraba ruwa da kayan ciye-ciye ga jama'a, kamar yadda aka saba yi na sa'o'i da yawa. Masu yin burodin gida ne suka yi biredi na ado don kowane biki, kuma yankan biredin bikin ya kasance abin haskakawa a kowane wuri, tare da masu halarta da yawa suna ɗaukar hoton selfie tare da biredi.
Mambobin cocin sun nuna sha'awarsu ga EYN ta hanyar halartar bukukuwan shekaru ɗari da suka sanye da rigar ranar tunawa ta musamman. Membobin cocin sun sami damar siyan “nade-nade” na tufa a gaba, an buga su da hotunan ’yan’uwan da suka kafa mishan H. Stover Kulp da Albert Helser, kuma suna da tufafin da aka ƙera don bikin.
Manyan jagororin EYN sun kasance a kowane biki da kansu, ciki har da shugaba Joel S. Billi, mataimakin shugaban kasa Anthony A. Ndamsai, da babban sakatare Daniel YC Mbaya. Kowace shiyyar tana da kwamitin tsare-tsare nata amma kwamitin tsare-tsare na tsakiya ya kula da abubuwan da suka faru tare da yanke hukunci mai mahimmanci game da jadawalin da sauransu.
Kwamitin tsare-tsare na tsakiya ya hada da Musa Pukuma, shugaba; babban sakatare Mbaya, sakatare; Usman B. Mshelia; Ayuba U. Balami; James D. Kwaha; Ijidai A. Waba; da Salamatu J. Billi.
Tawagar kasa da kasa ta halarci bikin guda uku: bikin shiyyar a Jos, wasan karshe a hedikwatar EYN, da taron bankwana da aka yi a Abuja. (Saboda dalilai na aminci ga wakilan ƙasashen duniya da masu masaukinsu, da kuma la'akari da sadarwar EYN, Newsline da gangan ba ta buga rahotanni daga wurin ba.)
Wakilin coci a Amurka Tim McElwee ne mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara; Shugaban Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya Eric Miller; Ma'aikatun Sabis da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na Yan'uwa Roy Winter; Daraktan Ayyukan Labarai Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, wanda aka haife shi kuma ya girma a Najeriya; tsohon ma'aikacin Najeriya Rikicin Response Carl Hill da Roxane Hill, wadanda suka girma a Najeriya; Tsoffin 'yan sa kai na Rikicin Najeriya Pat da John Krabacher; Marla Bieber Abe, wadda ta yi aikin sa kai da Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya a yankin Manyan Tafkuna na Afirka, kuma an haife ta a Najeriya; 'Yan agajin Najeriya Donna Parcell, wacce ta kasance mai daukar hoto na We Bear It in Tears, littafin 'yan jarida kan 'yan Najeriya da suka tsira daga rikicin Boko Haram.
Wakilin Ikklisiya na Yan'uwa a yankin Great Lakes na Afirka Lubungo Abeleci Ron, wanda ya kafa kuma babban limamin cocin 'yan'uwa a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo; Etienne Nsanzimana, wanda ya kafa kuma babban limamin cocin ‘yan’uwa a Ruwanda; Theoneste Sentabire na Rwanda, wanda shi ne shugaban Makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Great Lakes a Uganda; Edison Sabwenge, fasto a Rwanda; da kwararre Bukene, wanda ya kafa kuma bishop na Cocin 'yan'uwa a Burundi.
Wakilin sashen Jamus na Ofishin Jakadancin Basel. Riley Edwards-Raudonat, wanda ya kasance Fasto a Abuja a cikin shekarun da suka gabata ya kasance haɗin gwiwa tare da EYN.
Shawara masu wahala
Lokaci na abubuwan da suka faru na shekaru ɗari dangane da zaɓen Najeriya na 2023 ya haifar da matsalolin da ba a zata ba. Kusan mako guda da kammala wasan karshe a hedikwatar EYN wadda aka shirya gudanarwa a ranar 17 ga watan Maris, kwatsam gwamnatin Najeriya ta sanar da cewa a ranar 18 ga watan Maris ne za a gudanar da zabukan jihohin kasar.
An yi barazanar ruguza shirye-shiryen wasan karshe, saboda dokar hana zirga-zirga da za a fara aiki a ranar zaben jihar. Kwamitin tsare-tsare na tsakiya ya yi wani taron gaggawa don yanke shawarar abin da zai yi. Idan suka ci gaba da wasan karshe a ranar 17 ga Maris, mutanen da ke tafiya mai nisa zuwa hedkwatar EYN ko dai su tashi da wuri don guje wa balaguro a rana mai zuwa, ko kuma su ci gaba da kwana ɗaya kuma su rasa damar yin zabe. Idan har an dage wasan karshe har zuwa ranar da za a gudanar da zabukan jihohi, to hakan na iya cin karo da taron bankwana da aka yi a Abuja ranar 19 ga Maris, kuma tawagogin kasashen duniya ba za su iya zama a Najeriya na tsawon kwanaki ba.
Kwamitin tsare-tsare na tsakiya ya yanke shawarar gudanar da wasan karshe ne da sanyin safiyar ranar 16 ga Maris. An aika da labarin sauya ranar zuwa kowace gunduma, don a raba wa kowace ikilisiya don sanarwa ta musamman game da ibada a ranar Lahadi, 12 ga Maris. nuni mai ban mamaki na sassauci da alheri, taron ƙarshe a hedkwatar EYN ya yi nasara sosai duk da canjin kwanan wata kwatsam.
Ecumenical yabo
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi daukar hankali a cikin abubuwan da suka faru na shekaru ɗari sun kasance yabon EYN da baƙi na ecumenical suka raba.
Manyan manyan jami’an da suka halarci wasan karshe a hedikwatar EYN sun hada da Musa Panti Fillibus, babban limamin cocin Lutheran Church of Christ a Najeriya wanda a halin yanzu yake rike da mukamin shugaban kungiyar Lutheran World Federation; Moses J. Ebuga, babban sakataren kungiyar TEKAN, wata babbar kungiya a Najeriya; tare da wasu shugabannin kungiyar Kiristoci ta Najeriya CAN, babban limamin cocin Roman Katolika na yankin, shugaban kasa da babban sakatare na Cocin Reformed Church of Christ a Najeriya, da dai sauransu.
“EYN ta yi suna a cikin shekaru 100 da ta wanzu,” in ji wani. "Wannan babban ci gaba ne ba ga EYN kadai ba amma na Kiristanci a Najeriya," in ji wani. Wasu kuma sun yaba wa EYN a matsayin cocin zaman lafiya da ke zaburar da sauran mabiya addinai a fadin Najeriya suma su nemi bisharar zaman lafiya.
Ebuga ya kira EYN don tunawa da wadanda ta rasa a tashin hankali. “A yayin da kuke bikin, na san wadanda aka rasa, suka jikkata, da Boko Haram suka kai musu hari, da kuma kona cocin ku…. Babban zafi, wahala, da hasara. Ba zan iya fara tunanin irin abubuwan da kuka sha a cikin kunci na rashin hankali ba,” inji shi. “Kuma duk da haka kun ci gaba da tsayawa tsayin daka a cikin imaninku, da kuma ikon al’ummar ku…. Ikilisiyar EYN ta kasance fitilar bege da zaburarwa. Kun kasance abin ƙarfafawa gare mu duka, fitilar tausayin Kristi wanda ke cikin zuciyar bangaskiyarku.”
- Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa, kuma editan aboki Manzon mujallar.
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