NguMartin Hoegger
I-Accra Ghana, i-16th April 2024. Kwesi sixeko saseAfrika sizele bubomi, iGlobal Christian Forum (GCF) idibanisa amaKristu asuka kumazwe angaphezu kwama-50 nakuzo zonke iintsapho zeeCawe. Ngemvelaphi yaseGhana, unobhala jikelele wayo Ngokukodwa u-Essamuah icacisa ukuba iGCF ifuna ukunika amaKristu ithuba lokwazi nokwamkela izipho ezibekwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwiiCawe ezahlukeneyo. “Sisithuba sokuhlangana nzulu kokholo. Ngaloo ndlela sifunda ukufumanisa ubutyebi bukaKristu,” utsho.
Ihlabathi lifuna ukubona amaKristu ekunye
IForam iqala kwindawo yonqulo yeRidge Church, icawa enkulu yeemvaba ngeemvaba. Ikwayara ikhokela ibandla ngeengoma zezithethe ezahlukahlukeneyo. Ukushumayela kunikezelwa ngu Lydia Neshangwe, umfundisi oselula, umongameli weCawa yaseRhabe yaseZimbabwe. Amava akhe ecawa ayaziphendulela: “Ndazalelwa kwiCawa ezimeleyo. Ndiyababulela abenkonzo kaMoya abathi ke bandinika isiseko esihle sokholo lwam, kwiCawa yamaKatolika eyandifundisa kwizikolo zayo. Emva koko ndalandela uqeqesho lwezakwalizwi kunye namaRhabe. Kodwa iCawa endiyithanda kakhulu yeyaseWesile, eyandinika umyeni!”
Ukuze abonise imfuneko yokugqala ukwahluka kwethu njengokuphelelisana, uxelisa umzekelo kaPawulos noBharnabhas. Wafumanisa iiyantlukwano ezilishumi elinesithathu phakathi kwabo; kwabonakala ngathi kukho ukwahlukana phakathi kwabo, kodwa bathunyelwa kunye. Kwakutheni ukuze uMoya oyiNgcwele abahlanganise xa bahluke kangaka, njengoko kubonisiwe kwincwadi yeZenzo zabapostile? (13.1-2)
Kukwanjalo nakwiiCawe zethu. Bahluke kakhulu, kodwa uMoya oyiNgcwele uyasihlanganisa kwaye usithume ukuze ihlabathi limazi uKristu. “Ukuba simanyene kuthumo lwethu lokuvakalisa uKristu, ukwahluka kwethu kuyintsikelelo, ayisosiqalekiso. Yile nto ifunwa lihlabathi,” utshilo.
Ukubonisa iyantlukwano engaqhelekanga yobuKristu behlabathi, umfundisi wezakwalizwi waseMelika UGina A. Zurlo ibonisa ukuba ihambele emazantsi. Ngokungafaniyo neminyaka elikhulu eyadlulayo, kukho i-2.6 yeebhiliyoni zamaKristu apho, nokuba ngamaKatolika, amaProtestanti okanye azimeleyo, awevangeli okanye awePentekoste. Ngelixa amaOthodoki engawona maninzi kumazwe aseMpuma Yurophu. https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/publications
Yabelana ngohambo lwethu lokholo
Embindini weQonga leNgxoxo kukwabelana “ngohambo lokholo” kumaqela amancinci anabantu abalishumi ubuninzi. Inye kuphela into onokuyenza kukumamela oko uMoya afuna ukusixelela kona ngohambo lwabanye noKristu. Kwimizuzu esixhenxe! URosemarie Bernard, unobhala weWorld Methodist Council, uyacacisa: “Ukubona uKristu kwabanye kulusukelo lwalo msebenzi. Vumela uMoya oyiNgcwele ukhokele amazwi ethu kwaye umamele ngenyameko kumabali abanye. »
UJerry Pillay, Unobhala jikelele weBhunga leeCawa zeHlabathi, ukubona oku kwabelwana ngamabali okholo lwethu “njengombhalo omnandi kakhulu.” Kufana “nendlela eya e-Emawusi” apho iintliziyo zivutha yinzondelelo ngoKristu. “Ukumamela kunye kwilizwi loMalusi, ukuqonda kunye nokusebenza kunye kuhlaziya ukuzithemba kwethu kumandla aguqulayo kaThixo. Ihlabathi elisengxakini lifuna ukuba amaKristu ame kunye.”
Kokwesihlanu ndisenza lo mthambo. Isiqhamo salo, ixesha ngalinye, luvuyo olukhulu oluya kumisela ithoni yokudibana. Olu kwabelana luvuselela ubuhlobo bokomoya obuvumela ukuba sinikele ubungqina entliziyweni yokholo lwethu olufanayo.
Ubudlelwane bobuthunywa
UBilly Wilson, umongameli we-World Pentecostal Fellowship, uthi unombulelo ukuba i-Pentecostal - eyona ntsapho yecawa ekhula ngokukhawuleza - yamkelwa kwitafile ye-GCF. Ngaloo ndlela bafunda ukuzazi ngcono ezinye iiCawe. Wacinga kakhulu ngesahluko 17 sevangeli kaYohane 17 , apho uYesu ethandazela umanyano. Ngokutsho kwakhe, olu manyano lungaphezu kobudlelwane bonke. Emva koko kuqondwa kuthumo: "ukuze ihlabathi lazi kwaye likholwe". Okokugqibela, yeyomoya, njengolwalamano phakathi kwabantu bakaBathathu Emnye.
Ukuba ubudlelwane bethu abukhokelele kubuthunywa, umanyano lwethu luya kunyamalala. Ithemba lethu liphuma kwiNgcwaba elingenanto ngePasika. Yanga eliQonga lingasihlanganisa ngendlela entsha yokuzisa uYesu ovusiweyo kwesi sizukulwana,” uqukumbele ngelitshoyo.
Emva kwemini, umfundisi wezakwalizwi waseLatin America URuth Padilla Deborst izisa ukucamngca kuYohane 17 , apho abethelela imbopheleleko yethu yokufuna umanyano eluthandweni, olubonisa ukuba uThixo ungubani na enyanisweni. “Uthando asiyomvakalelo kodwa kukuzibophelela ngokupheleleyo ekuthobeleni omnye komnye. Siza kuthunyelwa ngale ndlela ke ukuze bonke balwazi uthando lukaThixo.” Njengesithethi sangaphambili, ugxininisa kwelokuba umanyano ayisosiphelo ngokwalo kodwa lufanele lunikele ubungqina. Noko ke, obu bungqina bunokuthenjwa kuphela ukuba sikunye kweli hlabathi laphukileyo ukuze lilwazi uthando lukaThixo.
Usuku luphela ngezihlandlo ezithathu zokwabelana. Okokuqala, kwesi sicatshulwa seBhayibhile, ngoko phakathi kweentsapho zeCawa, kwaye ekugqibeleni phakathi kwabantu abavela kwilizwekazi elinye. Ngemini elandelayo siza kuya eCape Coast, inqaba apho izigidi ezithathu zamakhoboka athunyelwa ngenkohlakalo kumazwe aseMerika.
