Wolemba Martin Hoegger
Accra, Epulo 19, 2024. Wotsogolera adatichenjeza: mbiri ya Cape Coast - 150 km kuchokera ku Accra - ndi yomvetsa chisoni komanso yopandukira; tiyenera kukhala olimba kuti tipirire m'maganizo! Nyumba yachitetezo imeneyi yomwe anthu a ku England anamanga m’zaka za m’ma 17, inalandiridwa ndi nthumwi pafupifupi 250 zopita ku Global Christian Forum (GFM)
Timapita m’njira zapansi panthaka, zina zopanda thambo, kumene akapolo opita ku America anali odzaza. Zinali zosiyana chotani nanga ndi chipinda chachikulu cha bwanamkubwa cha mazenera asanu ndi anayi ndi chipinda chake chowala cha mazenera asanu! Pamwamba pa malo amdima awa, mpingo wa Anglican womangidwa ndi "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel". “Kumene kunaimbidwa aleluya, pamene akapolo anali kufuula kuvutika kwawo m’munsi,” akufotokoza motero wotsogolera wathu!
Chodetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndi chipembedzo cholungamitsa ukapolo. Kuwonjezera pa tchalitchi cha linga ndi tchalitchi chachikulu cha Methodist chomwe chili pamtunda wa mamita mazana angapo, apa pali mawu olembedwa m’Chidatchi pamwamba pa chitseko, m’linga lina lomwe lili pafupi ndi nyumba yathu, chosonyezedwa kwa ine ndi wotenga nawo mbali amene anachezerako: “ Yehova anasankha Ziyoni, nafuna kuupanga pokhala pake.” Kodi munthu amene analemba mawu awa a pa Salmo 132, vesi 12 ankatanthauza chiyani? Khomo lina lili ndi mawu akuti "khomo lopanda kubwerera": kutengedwa kupita kumidzi, akapolo anataya chirichonse: umunthu wawo, chikhalidwe chawo, ulemu wawo!
Pokumbukira zaka 300 chiyambire kumangidwa kwa linga limeneli, bungwe la African Genesis Institute linaika mwala wachikumbutso wokhala ndi mawu a m’buku la Genesis akuti: “(Mulungu) anati kwa Abramu: izo si zawo; kumeneko adzakhala akapolo, nadzasautsidwa zaka mazana anai. + Koma ndidzaweruza mtundu umene iwo anali akapolo, + ndipo iwo adzatuluka ndi chuma chambiri.” ( 15.13:14-XNUMX )
Ku Cape Coast Methodist Cathedral
Funso lomwe linali m'maganizo mwanga polowa m'tchalitchi chamasiku ano cha malonda a akapolo linafunsidwa ndi Mwachitsanzo, Essamuah, mlembi wamkulu wa GFM: “Kodi zoopsazi zikupitirira kuti lero? »
“Pemphero la maliro ndi chiyanjanitso” ndiyeno limatsogozedwa pamaso pa bishopu wa Methodist wakumaloko. Vesi ili la Salmo 130 likupereka kamvekedwe ka madyererowo: “Tikulira m’kuya kwa Inu; Ambuye, imvani mawu anga” (v.1). Kulalikira kumaperekedwa ndi Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley wa Jamaica Baptist Union ndi wachiwiri kwa woyang'anira komiti yayikulu ya World Council of Churches. Amadziwika kuti ndi "mbadwa ya makolo akapolo." Mogwirizana ndi buku la Yobu, iye akusonyeza kuti Yobu anatsutsa ukapolo, ndi kutetezera ulemu wa munthu monga mfundo yaikulu, ku zopinga zilizonse. Zosawiringula sizingakhululukidwe, kapena zosalungamitsidwa kulungamitsidwa. "Tiyenera kuzindikira zolephera zathu ndi kulira ngati Yobu, ndikutsimikiziranso umunthu wathu wamba, wolengedwa m'chifanizo cha Mulungu," adatero.
Ena, Setri Nyomi, wogwirizira mlembi wamkulu wa World Communion of Reformed Churches, pamodzi ndi nthumwi zina ziŵiri zochokera m’matchalitchi a Reformed, anakumbukira buku la Accra Confession lofalitsidwa mu 2004, limene linadzudzula Akristu kuchita nawo zinthu zopanda chilungamo. "Mgwirizanowu ukupitilira ndipo ukutiitana ife kulapa lero."
Koma Rosemarie Wenner, bishopu wa Methodist ya ku Germany, iye akukumbukira kuti Wesley anatenga kaimidwe kotsutsa ukapolo. Komabe, Amethodisti ananyengerera ndi kulungamitsa izo. Kukhululukidwa, kulapa ndi kubwezeretsedwa ndizofunikira: “Mzimu Woyera amatitsogolera ife osati ku kulapa kokha komanso ku chilango,” akutero.
Chikondwererocho chidasindikizidwa ndi nyimbo, kuphatikizapo "O ufulu", wopangidwa ndi kapolo wochokera m'minda ya thonje ku America:
Oh Ufulu / O Ufulu pa ine
Koma ndisanakhale kapolo/Ndidzaikidwa m'manda anga
Ndipo pita kwanu kwa Mbuye wanga ndipo ukhale mfulu
Zimamvekanso paulendo wopita ku Cape Coast
Ulendowu udawonetsa msonkhano wa GCF. Okamba nkhani angapo pambuyo pake anafotokoza mmene linawakhudzira. Mons Flávio Pace, mlembi wa Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (Vatican), akusimba kuti mkati mwa Sabata Lopatulika anapemphera m’malo amene Yesu anatsekeredwa, pansi pa tchalitchi cha S. Peter ku Gallicante, ku Yerusalemu, ndi Salmo 88 : “Mwaika ine m’dzenje lotsikitsitsa, mu kuya kwakuya kwambiri”. (v. 6). Iye anaganiza za salmo limeneli mu linga la akapolo. “Tiyenera kugwirira ntchito limodzi motsutsana ndi mitundu yonse ya ukapolo, kuchitira umboni za chenicheni cha Mulungu ndi kubweretsa mphamvu yoyanjanitsa ya Uthenga Wabwino,” iye anatero.
Kusinkhasinkha pa “mawu a m’busa wabwino” (Yohane 10), Lawrence Kochendorfer, bishopu wa Lutheran ku Canada, anati: “Taona zinthu zoopsa za ku Cape Coast. Tidamva kulira kwa akapolo. Masiku ano, pali mitundu yatsopano yaukapolo kumene mawu ena amalira. Ku Canada, amwenye zikwi makumi ambiri anatengedwa kuchoka ku mabanja awo kupita ku sukulu zokhalamo zachipembedzo.
Tsiku lotsatira ulendo wosaiŵalikawu, Esmé Bowers wa World Evangelical Alliance anadzuka ndi nyimbo yochokera pansi pamtima pamilomo yake, yolembedwa ndi kapitawo wa sitima ya akapolo: “Chisomo Chodabwitsa.” Anakhala wolimba mtima wolimbana ndi ukapolo.
Zomwe zidakhudza kwambiri Michel Chamoun, Bishopu wa chipembedzo cha Syriac Orthodox ku Lebanon, mkati mwa masiku ano a Forum, anali funso lakuti: “Kodi zinatheka bwanji kulungamitsa tchimo lalikulu limeneli la ukapolo? » Kapolo aliyense ndi munthu amene ali ndi ufulu wokhala ndi moyo wolemekezeka komanso woperekedwa ku moyo wosatha kudzera mu chikhulupiriro mwa Yesu. Chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi chakuti tonsefe tipulumuke. Koma palinso mtundu wina wa ukapolo: kukhala mkaidi wa tchimo lanu. “Kukana kupempha chikhululukiro kwa Yesu kumakuika mumkhalidwe woipa chifukwa uli ndi zotulukapo zamuyaya,” iye akutero.
Daniel Okoh, wa bungwe la Mipingo ya ku Africa yokhazikitsidwa, amawona m’chikondi cha ndalama muzu wa ukapolo, monga wa zoipa zonse. Ngati tingamvetse zimenezi, tingapemphe chikhululukiro ndi kuyanjananso.
Kwa katswiri wa zaumulungu wa chievangeliko waku India Richard Howell, dongosolo losatha la magulu a anthu ku India limatitsogolera kutsimikiziranso mwamphamvu chowonadi cha anthu olengedwa m’chifanizo cha Mulungu, malinga ndi chaputala choyamba cha Genesis. Palibe tsankho lomwe lingatheke. Izi n’zimene anaziganizira popita ku Cape Coast.
Okondedwa awerengi, popeza talimbikitsidwa kuti tifotokoze zimene tinaona m’malo oipawa komanso zimene tinakumana nazo ku Cape Cost Cathedral, ndapereka kwa inu mphindi yofunika imeneyi ya msonkhano wachinayi wapadziko lonse wa Msonkhano Wachikhristu, ndi maganizo amene iye anadzutsa. .
