Mabhenefiti ekurega basa evafundisi veSoutheast Mennonite Conference
Chii chaitika? Nhoroondo Yekukonana
Mennonite Church USA (MCUSA) isangano rechiKristu reAnabaptist muUnited States, rakazvarwa kubva mukubatanidzwa kwe [Old] Mennonite Church neGeneral Conference Mennonite Church. Kunyange zvazvo mitumbi miviri iyi yakakwanisa kutaura Kureurura Kwekutenda kwakafanana muna 2002, kubatanidzwa kwemapoka aya kwakaramba kusina kukwana kwemamwe makore manomwe nekuda kwekusiyana kwetsika nemagariro echechi: Chechi yeMennonite [Yekare] ichinyanya Swiss-German kumashure uye. Chechi yeGeneral Conference Mennonite inoshanda mutsika dzevaMennonite vokuRussia; Chechi ye[Yekare] yeMennonite inowanzochengetedza hukama huri kure nehurumende uye maonero ekuchenjerera pamusoro pekuratidzira, uye General Conference inotora chimiro chekushingaira; Chechi [Yekare] yeMennonite inoshanda kunze kwechimiro cheepiscopal, umo mabhishopi pamusoro penzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana akavimbisa kubatana kwedzidziso nemaitiro, uye General Conference ichishanda kunze kwetsika yeungano, iyo isingatarisi zviremera zvechechi kunze kweungano yeko. .
Iyi misiyano inoshanda haina kungoitira kubatanidzwa kwakaoma chete, asiwo kuhukama hwakaoma seMCUSA. Kunyange zvazvo mamwe masimba ezvemagariro evanhu angangove ari kushanda mukubviswa kwenhengo, zvinokosha kuziva kuti nhengo dzose dzeGeneral Conference Mennonite Church neChechi ye[Old] Mennonite isati yabatanidzwa muna 1998 yaisvika 133,000 2018; muna XNUMX, nekuda kwekupokana kwenhengo nechechi mukati memisangano yeMCUSA, uye nekuda kwekubva kwemisangano yese yedunhu. en masse, nhengo dzisingasviki 65,000 dzinoramba dziri mukuyanana neMCUSA.[1] Uku kuderera kunokurumidza kunetsa mari dzesangano.
Kugadzira nyaya yeMCUSA maererano nekunetsana pakati peRussia neSwiss-German kumashure maMennonite imhosva yakajairika uye inomisa. MCUSA yakasiyana zvakanyanya, uye migove mikuru yenhengo inogadzirwa nevanhu vane ruvara. Ruzhinji rweSoutheast Mennonite Musangano, musangano weMCUSA wakavakirwa muFlorida, vanhu vane ruvara. Mukufamba kwemakore matatu ekunzwisisa, Southeast Mennonite Conference yakasarudza kupatsanura kubva kuMCUSA. Nyaya iri kuuya yekuparadzana uku yanga iri yekuda kweMCUSA kubvumira machechi anochatisa varume nevakadzi, uye kugadza LGBT vanhu, kuti varambe vaine chimiro chakanaka nesangano. MCUSA inonongedzera ku unganoalist hunhu hweGeneral Conference Mennonite Church mukutsigira mutemo uyu, nepo Southeast Mennonite Conference inonongedzera kuKureurura kweKutenda uye nhungamiro yenhengo dzesangano.
Zviri panjodzi pakusimuka kweSoutheast Mennonite Conference kubva kuMCUSA kutora chikamu kweSoutheast Mennonite Conference muCorinthian Plan. Chirongwa cheKorinde chirongwa chehutano chesangano chinopa rubatsiro rwehutano kune vafundisi vane mari shoma uye ine mwero. Vatungamiriri vazhinji muSoutheast Mennonite Musangano - vanhu vemavara, vanoshumira bivocationally muutungamiriri hwoufundisi—batsirwa neChirongwa cheKorinde. Mamwe masangano akaparadzana kubva kuMCUSA (semuenzaniso, Lancaster Mennonite Conference) akataurirana kuti arambe achitora chikamu muChirongwa cheKorinde. Hapana chibvumirano chakadai chaitwa pakati peSoutheast Mennonite Conference neMCUSA. Vatungamiri veMCUSA vari kupikisa pfungwa iyi pachena, gurukota rinoona nezvesangano reMCUSA, VaMichael Danner, vachiti, “Izvo zvinoshaya kuvimbika, sekuona kwangu, kuzvipatsanura kubva kuMCUSA uye uchiramba uine mabhenefiti anobva kuMCUSA ministries nezvirongwa, kusanganisira izvo zvemasangano edu ezvirongwa. .”
Nyaya Dzemumwe nemumwe - kuti munhu wega wega anonzwisisa sei mamiriro ezvinhu uye nei
Nyaya yeSoutheast Mennonite Conference - Ndivo dambudziko; uhu hukama hwakaputsika zvikuru.
Nzvimbo:
Tiri Vakristu vakanaka. Tinoda kubatisisa nekurarama zvitendero zvedu zvebhaibheri pamusoro pekusabatanidzwa kwewanano neruvimbiko, tichichengeta ruwadzano rwesangano chete nevaya vaKristu vanogovana zvatinotenda. MCUSA haisi kukudza zvibvumirano zvatakaita pakubatanidzwa, kana kunzwisisa kunoiswa mu[kunonzi kugovaniswa!] Kupupura Kwekutenda. Zvino vava kuda kutitorera hutano hwedu, nekuti hatizoshiviriri dzidziso nemaitiro avo akasiyana mukuyanana kwedu.
Nharaunda:
Clarity: Tinoda iwe (uye nyika inoona) kuti uzive patimire panyaya yewanano uye zvepabonde. Isu tinotenda kuti kana tikachengeta hukama hwedu neMCUSA, kujeka kweuchapupu hwedu kunokanganiswa. Isu tinonzwa kuti wanga usiri pachena nemaune mukusimudzira hukama neMCUSA, kuyedza nekunonotsa kudzikira kwako munhengo.
Kutendeseka: Takaita chibvumirano, uye iwe hausi kuchiita. Kubatanidzwa kwakavakirwa muKureurura Kwekutenda kwedu, uye nhungamiro dzakajeka dzeunhengo. Izvo hazvisi kutsigirwa. Tinoda kuisa mari muhukama nevanhu vanochengeta shoko ravo. Kana tikaramba takabatana neMCUSA, tinonzwa kuti hatisi kuchengeta shoko redu. Kuperera kwedu kunokanganiswa.
Belonging: Isu hatisi Swiss-German kana Russian Mennonite. Hatisi vachena. Tainetseka kuti tinzwe tiri pakati pevaMennonites kunyange nyaya yepabonde isati yasvika. Tiri kunetseka nemaitiro uye kushivirira kwekuroorana kwevanhukadzi muchechi; izvi, zvakare, zvinotiita kuti tinzwe sekuti hatizi vega. Paunotyora manzwisisiro edu akagovana kusimudzira zvido zvevana vako veLGBT, uye kutyisidzira kutitorera hutano hwedu kuti tiite, zvinoratidza kuti isu hatina kumbobvira tave vechokwadi. Mune simba, uye isu hatina. Mamwe makonferensi akabva kuMCUSA (semuenzaniso, Lancaster Mennonite Conference) akakwanisa kutaurirana kuti vatore chikamu muChirongwa cheKorinde pasina ruvengo. Imhaka yekuti vachena vakawanda here? Izviwo zvinoita kuti tinzwe sekuti hatizi vega.
Kuremekedza: Kuvenga kwako kuri pachena kwatiri uye kutenda kwedu kunoita kuti tinzwe kusaremekedzwa. Iwe unoti unochema nekuenda kwedu, asi kutadza kwako kutiratidza ruremekedzo mukuchinja uku kunopa imwe nyaya. Kuti mutungamiri wesangano angadaidza kudiwa kwedu kwekuenderera mberi nekupa rubatsiro rwezvehutano "kusavimbika" kunoratidza kusanzwisisa kwakadzama kana ruremekedzo, zvese zvechido chedu chekuchengetedza kuvimbika kwedzidziso yebhaibheri, uye ruzivo rwevane mari shoma. bivocational vafundisi vanotamburira kuwana inishuwarenzi youtano.
Kutenda: Tinoda kuti ubvume kuti hatina kumiririrwa zvakanaka padanho repamusoro rekuita sarudzo kuMCUSA. Iwe wanga uine chinangwa chekuisa vanhu veruvara munzvimbo dzehutungamiriri, asi wakanyatso chengetedza vanhu ava, uchiona kuti vari kuda kufambirana nemitemo yako. Ichi chiratidzo; havatauri vachimiririra vanhu vese vemavara. Tinonzwa sokuti hatina kuva nenzvimbo yakaenzana patafura. Tinodawo kuti mubvume nzira iyo vafundisi vedu vakashumira nayo nekuzvipira bivocational mabasa. Chokwadi, Chirongwa cheKorinde chakagadzirirwa vanhu vakadai.
Kuzvitonga: Ungano dzevatema neLatino muMCUSA dzakabatsirwa nezvipo kubva kuIglesia Menonita Hispana neAfrican American Mennonite Association. Mazhinji emakereke edu ave kuvimba nerutsigiro urwu. Dzimwe nguva tinonzwa sekunge hatigone kutaura pachena uye nekutsoropodza nezveMCUSA, nekuda kwerupo rwavo kwatiri. Kutsamira kwedu mune zvemari kwakanetesa kupupura kwedu; tinofanira kusiyanisa uye kuve pachena.
Utano/kuchengetedzwa: Tinofanira kukwanisa kuvimba nehurongwa uhu hwatanga tichibhadhara! Tinoda hutano! Utano ikodzero huru yevanhu; sei uchiramba kwatiri nekuti isu hatibvumirani nekusiyana kwako kubva kuchibvumirano chedu chenhengo? Iwe unogara uchitsigira kururamisira uye kodzero dzevanhu, asi wobva waramba izvo zvinhu kune avo vanotambura vauri hukama navo. Tinoda kuramba tichitora chikamu muChirongwa cheKorinde.
Nyaya yeMCUSA - Ndivo dambudziko; tinofanira kurarama kuburikidza nekufambira mberi.
Nzvimbo:
Tiri Vakristu vakanaka. Tinobata dzidziso neruoko rwakazaruka. Isu tinotenda kuti vanozviti muKristu vanogona kusabvumirana pamusoro pezvizhinji, chero nyaya yedzidziso kana maitiro uye vachiri kuchengetedza kuyanana kwekereke kwakanaka. Tinokoshesa kusiyana uye kubatanidzwa. Mapepa edu makuru nhungamiro yakasununguka, kwete mitemo. Isu takazvipira kune yakashinga, nzira inofambira mberi mune ramangwana neyedu Famba Mberi plan. Zvakadaro, tiri kurwadziwa nekurasikirwa nenhengo uye rutsigiro rwemari. Hatikwanise kupa rubatsiro rwehutano kune vafundisi vane mari yepasi uye yepakati vasisiri chikamu cheMCUSA. Hatikwanise kuwana mari yekupa rubatsiro rwehutano kuvafundisi vari chikamu cheMCUSA. Kana vafundisi vanobva kuSoutheast Mennonite Conference vachida kuchengeta inishuwarenzi yavo yezvehutano, vanofanira kupinda muchikepe Famba Mberi.
Nharaunda:
Kuchengetedzwa kwemari/kurarama: Tiri kunetseka nemari. Kunyoresa mumakoreji edu kwadzikira, hunhengo mumakereke edu hwaderera; nokudaro, kudzika kwakadzika muhurongwa hwemasangano edu uye masevhisi hazvidzivisiki. Isu tinoshuvira zvikuru kuti iyo institution yeMCUSA irarame muchizvarwa chinotevera, uye nekupfuura. Zvinonetsa kuona kuti zvingaitike sei, kana isu takazvipira nemari kutsigira vanhu vasisiri chikamu cheMCUSA. Tinoda kuisa mari yedu kune vanhu vachatibatsira kuti tirarame, kwete vanhu vanotishora vasingade kushamwaridzana nesu. Kana Southeast Mennonite Conference ikasiya MCUSA, vanofanirwa kutarisira kumira kutora chikamu muChirongwa cheKorinde.
Kushivirira/kushivirira: Tinokoshesa zvikuru kushivirira. Mukati memisiyano, kunyange misiyano yakakomba, tinodavira zvakasimba kuti nzira yakarurama nokuda kwechechi kushandisa kushivirira. Chokwadi, vazhinji vedu vanobatirira senyaya yekutenda kwechiKristu kuti kupatsanura chechi pamusoro penyaya yebonde chinenge chiri chivi. Isu tinorega kutaura izvi kakawanda, asi tinotenda kuti vanhu vanobva kuMCUSA nekuramba kushivirira kuroorana kwengochani vari kutadza. Muono waMwari kukereke kubatanidzwa nekubatana kwevanhu vakasiyana. Mapoka anosiya MCUSA akanyanyisa uye haashiviriri. Nokubva, vanokanganisa uchapupu hwedu hunokosha hworugare.
Kufambira mberi: Zvibvumirano zvedu zvekare hazvichatibatsiri. Tsika yachinja; nesuwo, takaona kufamba kutsva kweMweya Mutsvene. Tiri kuedza kuita zvakatendeka muono mutsva wehunhu watakaona muBhaibheri, tichitungamirirwa neMweya. Tinofanira kupfidza padzidziso nemaitiro edu ekare maererano ne LGBT nyaya, togashira chiono chitsva. Kunyange tichitenda zvakasimba mukudikanwa kwekufambira mberi munharaunda ino, tinoshuva kuti dai kukosha uku hakuna kutsausa vazhinji vevamiriri vedu - seSoutheast Mennonite Conference - vasingagoverane zvatinotenda munharaunda iyi. Tinoshuva kuti dai vakomborera gwara redu idzva.
Diversity: Tinokoshesa kusiyana-siyana, tichitenda kuti kusiyana-siyana kweZvisikwa zvakanaka zvaMwari chipo. LGBT vanhu chikamu cheKusika kwakanaka kwaMwari, kungofanana nevanhu vane ruvara. Munhu wese ngaagamuchirwe muMCUSA, uye idambudziko kwatiri kana zvichiita sekuti havasi. Ukama hunoenderera kune vanhu vemavara: Tinoziva kuti zvisungo zvedu mukusiyana, kufambira mberi, uye kushivirira zvave zvichitsausa vanhu vazhinji veruvara. Izvo hazvienderani nemafungiro edu ega apo vamiririri vedu (avo vakadzidza zvikuru, vachena vanofambira mberi) vanorwisana pachena nevanhu vane ruvara. Isu tinokoshesa kuvimbika kwehunhu uko kubvumidzwa kwako kunopa kune yedu ajenda. Hukama hwakaputsika neSoutheast Mennonite Conference hunotisunungura kuti titsvage kufambira mberi pasina manzwi avo anopikisa, uye kudzidzira kushivirira nevanhu vakaita sesu. Zvisinei, kuenda kweSoutheast Mennonite Conference kunokuvadzawo kusiyana kwedu.
[1] Nekuda kwejekerere, zvinofanirwa kubvumwa kuti munyori ndeweLancaster Mennonite Conference, iyo huru pamasangano akasiya MCUSA. Nyaya yaivepo pakusimuka kweLancaster Mennonite Conference kubva kuMCUSA yaive nyaya yekuchata kwengochani muMCUSA. Munzira dzakawanda, izvi zvinowirirana nemamiriro ezvinhu eSoutheast Mennonite Conference.
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