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Tchalitchi cha Abale chinayambira m’zaka 300 kufika mu 1708. M’zaka za m’ma XNUMX ku Ulaya kunali nthawi imene maboma ankalamulira tchalitchi komanso anthu sankalekerera zipembedzo zosiyanasiyana. Komabe, panali anthu otsutsa zachipembedzo amene anatsatira chikhulupiriro chawo mosasamala kanthu za chiwopsezo cha chizunzo. Ena mwa otsutsawo anathaŵira m’tauni ya Schwarzenau, ku Germany. Pakati pawo panali Alexander Mack, wogaya mphero amene anasonkhezeredwa ndi zonse ziŵiri zachipembedzo cha Pietism ndi Anabaptist.
Mu August 1708 amuna asanu ndi akazi atatu anasonkhana pa mtsinje wa Eder ku Schwarzenau kaamba ka ubatizo, mchitidwe wosaloleka popeza kuti onse anali atabatizidwa ali makanda. Iwo anamvetsa ubatizo umenewu ngati chizindikiro chakunja cha chikhulupiriro chawo chatsopano ndi kudzipereka kukhala ndi moyo m’chikhulupiriro chimenechi. Munthu amene sanadziŵike m’gululo anayamba kubatiza Mack. Iye nayenso anabatiza ena asanu ndi awiriwo. Gulu latsopanoli linangodzitcha “abale.”
Ngakhale kuti Abale oyambirira ankagawana zikhulupiriro zambiri ndi Apulotesitanti ena, nkhani zingapo zinawalekanitsa ndi matchalitchi a boma. Chifukwa chodalira Chipangano Chatsopano monga chitsogozo chawo, amuna ndi akazi ameneŵa ankakhulupirira kuti Yesu ankafuna kuti otsatira ake akhale ndi moyo wosiyana ndi wa anthu ena, womwe umakhala wamtendere, wokhazikika ndiponso wachifundo, ndiponso wofuna kufunafuna choonadi pamodzi. Anauzanso ena chikhulupiriro chawo mosangalala, akutumiza alaliki kumadera ena a Germany, Switzerland, ndi Netherlands.
Kusamukira ku America
Chifukwa cha chizunzo chokulirakulira ndi mavuto azachuma, Abale anayamba kusamukira ku North America mu 1719 motsogoleredwa ndi Peter Becker. Abale ambiri anachoka ku Ulaya pofika m’chaka cha 1740, kuphatikizapo Mack, amene anabweretsa gulu mu 1729. Mpingo woyamba m’Dziko Latsopano unakhazikitsidwa ku Germantown, Pa., mu 1723. Utangokhazikitsidwa, mpingo wa Germantown unatumiza amishonale kumadera akumidzi. Philadelphia. Amishonalewa analalikira, kubatiza, ndi kuyambitsa mipingo yatsopano.
Changu chawo, kuwona mtima, ndi khama zinakokera mamembala ambiri atsopano mu gulu lachipembedzo la Abale m'zaka za m'ma 1700. Mipingo yatsopano inakhazikitsidwa ku New Jersey, Maryland, ndi Virginia. Ndi lonjezo la malo otsika mtengo, anasamukira ku Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, ndi Missouri pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiweruzo. Pofika pakati pa zaka za m’ma 1800 Abale anali atakhazikika ku Kansas ndi Iowa ndipo pomalizira pake ku West Coast.
Kukula kudera lonse la kontinenti komanso kusintha kwanyengo chifukwa cha kusintha kwa mafakitale kunadzetsa mavuto ndi mikangano pakati pa Abale. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1880 kusagwirizana kwakukulu kunachitika zomwe zinapangitsa kuti pakhale kugawanika kwa njira zitatu. Nthambi yaikulu kwambiri pambuyo pa magaŵanowo inali ya German Baptist Brethren, imene inasintha dzina lawo kukhala Church of the Brethren mu 1908.
Zaka za zana la 20 ndi kupitirira
M’zaka za zana la 20, mbali zazikulu za Tchalitchi cha Abale zinaphatikizapo kuphunzitsa achichepere ake mwa kulinganiza masukulu a Sande, kumanga msasa, ndi maprogramu achichepere; kulimbikitsa kutsindika kwake pa utumiki, utumwi, ndi kukhazikitsa mtendere; kuonjezera kutengapo gawo kwa matchalitchi; ndikukhazikitsa dongosolo latsopano lachipembedzo.
Abale anayamba mautumiki a umishonale ku India, China, Nigeria, Ecuador, Sudan, South Korea, ndipo—posachedwapa—ku Brazil ndi Dominican Republic. Ogwira ntchito zaumishoni ndi Abale Odzipereka Odzipereka amatumizidwa ku US ndi mayiko oposa khumi ndi awiri padziko lonse lapansi.
M’zaka za zana la 21, Tchalitchi cha Abale chili ndi mamembala pafupifupi 100,000 m’mipingo pafupifupi 1,000 ku United States ndi Puerto Rico; anthu pafupifupi miliyoni imodzi omasonkhana ku Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa ku Nigeria (Church of the Brethren in Nigeria); ndi ena mazana ambiri ku India, Brazil, Dominican Republic, ndi Haiti.
Ngakhale kuti nthawi zasintha, Mpingo wa Abale lero umasunga zikhulupiriro zoyamba za Abale oyambirira ndikuyesera kupeza njira zatsopano zopititsira patsogolo ntchito ya Yesu padziko lapansi.