Zimene timakhulupirira
Kugogomezera kwakukulu kwa Mpingo wa Abale si chikhulupiriro, koma kudzipereka kutsatira Khristu mwa kumvera kosavuta, kukhala ophunzira okhulupirika m'dziko lamakono. Mofanana ndi Akristu ena ambiri, Abale amakhulupirira kuti Mulungu ndi Mlengi ndiponso Wosamalira wachikondi. Timavomereza Umbuye wa Khristu, ndipo timafunafuna kutsogozedwa ndi Mzimu Woyera m'mbali zonse za moyo, malingaliro, ndi ntchito.
Tili ndi Chipangano Chatsopano monga bukhu lathu lotsogolera pa moyo wathu, tikumatsimikizira nalo kufunika kwa kuphunzira Malemba kwa moyo wonse ndi mokhulupirika. Abale amakhulupirira kuti Mulungu wavumbula cholinga chimene chidzachitika kwa anthu ndi chilengedwe chonse kudzera m’Malemba Achihebri (kapena kuti Chipangano Chakale), ndiponso m’Chipangano Chatsopano. Tili ndi Chipangano Chatsopano monga cholembedwa cha moyo, utumiki, chiphunzitso, imfa, ndi kuuka kwa Yesu Khristu, ndi chiyambi cha moyo ndi maganizo a mpingo wachikhristu.
Kutsatira Yesu Khristu mokhulupirika ndiponso kumvera chifuniro cha Mulungu chofotokozedwa m’Malemba kwatithandiza kutsindika mfundo zimene timakhulupirira kuti n’zofunika kwambiri pa kukhala wophunzira woona. Zina mwa izo ndi mtendere ndi chiyanjanitso, kukhala moyo wosalira zambiri, kulankhula mwachilungamo, ndi kutumikira anansi apafupi ndi akutali.
(Kuchokera ku "The Brethren Heritage," Elizabethtown College)
Zomwe zikutanthauza kukhala Mkhristu
Mawu enieni amasiyana mu mpingo ndi mpingo pamene mamembala amalandiridwa mu mpingo, koma onse amatsimikizira chikhulupiriro chawo mwa Yesu Khristu monga Ambuye ndi Mpulumutsi. Iwo amalonjeza kuti adzasiya uchimo ndi kukhala okhulupirika kwa Mulungu ndi ku mpingo, ndipo amatengera chitsanzo ndi ziphunzitso za Yesu monga chitsanzo. Abale samasiya kukambirana tanthauzo la chitsanzocho pa moyo watsiku ndi tsiku wa wokhulupirira.
Pofuna kutsatira Aroma 12:2, “Musafanizidwe ndi makhalidwe a pansi pano” (NRSV), Abale amaumirira kuti mamembala sayenera kutengera mopanda nzeru machitidwe a dziko lowazungulira. Kale, zinthu monga kavalidwe, nyumba, ndi nyumba zochitira misonkhano zinali zomveka bwino pamene tinkafuna kukhala ndi moyo umene umatchedwa “moyo wosafuna zambiri.” Abale anakana kulowa usilikali ndipo sankachita zachiwawa ngakhale kuti ankachitiridwa nkhanza. Tinakana kulumbira kapena kupita kukhoti kukathetsa mavuto. Makhalidwe amenewa amatisiyanitsa ndi dziko lapansi.
Lero tikufuna kumasulira ziphunzitso za Baibulo m’njira zatsopano zamasiku athu ano. Timalimbikitsa mamembala kuganizira zomwe amagula komanso momwe amagwiritsira ntchito ndalama zawo m'madera olemera. Timakhudzidwa ndi zinthu zochepa zomwe zili ndi gulu lathu lapadziko lonse lapansi. Timalimbikitsa anthu kuti “atsimikizire” osati “kulumbira” polumbira. Ndi Abale oyambirira, timakhulupirira kuti “mawu athu ayenera kukhala abwino monga chomangira chathu.”
Koposa zonse, Abale amafuna kutengera moyo wathu watsiku ndi tsiku molingana ndi moyo wa Yesu: moyo wotumikira modzichepetsa ndi chikondi chopanda malire. Monga gawo la gulu lalikulu la okhulupirira—mpingo, thupi la Khristu—tikupita ku dziko lonse lero ndi ntchito ya umboni, utumiki, ndi chiyanjanitso.
(Kuchokera mu “Kodi Abale Awa Ndi Ndani?,” lolembedwa ndi Joan Deeter; “Reflections on Brethren Heritage and Identity,” Brethren Press; “The Brethren Heritage,” Elizabethtown College)
Kodi timakhala bwanji ndi chikhulupiriro chathu?
Nkosavuta kulankhula za chikhulupiriro ndipo osayamba kuchita chilichonse. Chifukwa chake kuyimba kopitilira ndi "kuyenda zolankhula." Alexander Mack, mtsogoleri wa Abale oyambirira, anaumirira kuti adziŵike “monga moyo wawo.”
Chotero, kukhala wophunzira wa Yesu Kristu kumakhudza chirichonse chimene timalankhula ndi kuchita. Kumvera—kutanthauza kumvera Yesu—kwakhala mawu ofunika kwambiri pakati pa Abale. Zimene timachita m’dzikoli n’zofunika kwambiri mofanana ndi zimene timachita mu mpingo. Mchitidwe wa Khristu wa chikondi chodzipereka ndi chitsanzo chomwe ife timayitanidwa kuti titsatire mu ubale wathu wonse.
Chikhulupiriro chimenecho chimadziwonetsera chokha mu chikhalidwe chopatsa cha Abale. Timayankha mwamsanga pakufunika. Timatumiza ndalama ndi anthu odzipereka kumalo kumene kwachitika ngozi. Timathandizira m'makhitchini a supu, malo osamalira masana, ndi nyumba zogona m'madera athu. Anthu zikwizikwi atumikira padziko lonse kudzera mu Utumiki Wodzipereka wa Abale. Nthawi zambiri anthu amawadziwa Abale kudzera mu mautumiki athu achifundo.
Timakhulupirira kuti kutsatira Khristu kumatanthauza kutsatira chitsanzo chake cha kutumikira ena, kuchiritsa osweka, ndi kubweretsa moyo watsopano ndi chiyembekezo kwa otaya mtima. Timaona mozama chiitano cha Yesu cha kukonda anthu onse, kuphatikizapo “mdani” wake.
M’chenicheni, Mpingo wa Abale umadziwika kuti ndi umodzi mwa Mipingo Yambiri Yamtendere. Abale aona kuti kumenya nawo nkhondo n’kosayenera kwa Akhristu ndipo kumvetsa kumeneku kumachokera pa zimene Yesu anaphunzitsa komanso malemba ena a m’Chipangano Chatsopano.
Poganizira za moyo wa anansi apafupi ndi akutali, Abale ayamba mapologalamu aluso kuti athandize osauka padziko lapansi kuyenda ku moyo wabwino. Heifer Project International (yopereka ziweto kwa mabanja osauka) ndi SERRV International (othandizira opanga zaluso m'mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene), mwachitsanzo, zonsezi zinayambitsidwa ndi Abale asanakule kukhala mautumiki a ecumenical.
“Pakuti ulemerero wa Mulungu ndi wa anansi anga ulemekezedwe” unali mawu onenedwa ndi mtsogoleri wa Abale oyambirira, amene ntchito yake yosindikiza yopambana inawonongedwa chifukwa cha kutsutsa kwake Nkhondo ya Chipulumutso. Mawu a magawo awiriwa, akutitembenuzira ife tonse kwa Mulungu mu kudzipereka ndi kwa anansi athu muutumiki, akadali chidule choyenera cha kumvetsetsa kwa mpingo pa chikhalidwe cha chikhulupiriro chachikhristu.
(Kuchokera mu “Kodi Abale Awa Ndi Ndani?,” Joan Deeter; ndi “Reflections on Brethren Witness” lolembedwa ndi David Radcliff)