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Inyanga Yomlando Omnyama igujwa ngoFebhuwari minyaka yonke lapha e-United States. Ngalesi sikhathi, sibungaza impumelelo eminingi abantu base-Afrika baseMelika abanikele ngayo enhlalakahleni yesizwe sakithi. Siphinde sikhumbule ukuhlupheka kwezizukulwane ezihlukene, siqala ngobugqila, ukucwasana ngokobuhlanga kanye nokucwasa okuqhubekayo. Kule nyanga ngiyabona ukuthi kunomlando ebandleni ovame ukunganakwa - indima ebalulekile eyadlalwa amabandla okuqala ase-Afrika aseMelika ekusindeni kokholo lobuKristu.
Eqinisweni, siye saba nokukhulekela kwama-Afrika aseMelika kusukela ekuqaleni kwe-United States! Ibandla lokuqala lase-Afrika laseMelika lihlehlela emuva ku-1758, ngaphambi kweMpi Yombango. Lamabandla okuqala avuka ngaphansi kwejoka elibi lobugqila. Abanikazi bezigqila babesola noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuhlangana okuhleliwe phakathi kwezigqila; kodwa naphezu kokushushiswa okubi, abaningi bathola umphakathi wamandla, ithemba, kanye nokubuyiselwa ngaphansi kwezimfundiso zevangeli.
Olunye ucezu lwefa elicebile elakhula ekuqineni kokholo ngaphansi kobugqila kwakuyivangeli. Njengoba kungase kuzwakale ezintweni eziningi ezingokomoya zasendulo, amaKristu agqilaziwe athola ukubonakaliswa okunamandla endabeni kaMose ehola ama-Israyeli ewakhipha eGibhithe ukuze awayise eZweni Lesithembiso. Laba bantu base-Afrika baseMelika baqiniswa yiqiniso lokuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu abakhethiwe babegqilaziwe futhi uNkulunkulu wabaholela enkululekweni njengomphakathi wokholo. Lamakholwa ayekwazi mathupha lokho ama-Israyeli ayekufundile futhi abeka ithemba lawo kuNkulunkulu ofanayo ukuze athole insindiso yaphakade.
Amasonto ase-Afrika aseMelika asaqhubeka eyizindawo zokubungaza nobudlelwane bobuKristu kuze kube namuhla. Abaholi bamaKrestu base-Afrika baseMelika bebehamba phambili enhlanganweni yamalungelo abantu futhi bayaqhubeka nokumela izinguquko ezinkulu ezisekelwe ezimisweni zobuKristu. Nakuba sivame ukugubha ukufaneleka kwabantu ngabanye phakathi Nenyanga Yomlando Omnyama, kubaluleke ngokufanayo ukukhumbula izipho ezinhle le miphakathi yesonto osekuyisikhathi eside izinikela. Nakuba amasonto okuqala ase-Afrika aseMelika eqhubekisela phambili ifa lokukhulekela, ukunakekela komfundisi, nokuhlanganyela, sekuyisikhathi eside aba ingxenye yesiko elikhulu kakhulu lenkolo phakathi kobuKristu, elisukela kubalandeli bakaKristu bokuqala.
Omunye wabaguquki bokuqala ngemva kokuvuka kukaJesu - ngisho nangaphambi komphostoli uPawulu! – wayengumthenwa waseTopiya. Ukulandisa kusesahlukweni 8 sezEnzo. “Ingelosi yeNkosi” yatshela uFiliphu ukuba ahambe ngomgwaqo ongenamuntu oya eGaza. Lapho, wahlangana nendoda enamandla yase-Ethiopia eyayinesikhundla esiphakeme enkantolo yeNdlovukazi. Indoda yayisivele igxile endimeni yencwadi ka-Isaya lapho, eqondiswa uMoya oNgcwele, uFiliphu esondela futhi waxoxa nayo. “Waqala ngalelizwi lombhalo, emshumayeza ivangeli likaJesu” (ivesi 35). Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, umthenwa wabhapathizwa futhi "wahamba ngenjabulo endleleni yakhe" (uLuther 1984).
Izazi zithatha lokhu kulandisa njengesithombe esihle sevangeli elisakazekela emaphethelweni omhlaba. Lokhu futhi kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kusenesikhathi nokucacile kokuthi abantu bezizwe, izizwe, amasiko nezizinda ezahlukene bamukelekile ngokulinganayo embusweni kaKristu. Nakuba kungenakuqinisekiswa ngokuqiniseka, amanye amasiko obuKristu bakuqala athi ukusakazeka kwezindaba ezinhle zikaJesu ezwenikazi lase-Afrika kwakubangelwa abathenwa baseTopiya.
Ngiyakuthanda ukufunda ngomlando ohlukahlukene nophilayo wokukhulekela kobuKristu emhlabeni wonke njengoba ungikhumbuza ngefa lethu elicebile nelihlukahlukene. Nathi kwa-GCI siyingxenye yaleli siko eliqhubekayo. I-Grace Communion International izuza kakhulu ebunyeni-nokuhlukahlukana kobulungu bethu. Sinamabandla emhlabeni wonke futhi sibona ukukhula okumangalisayo, okwenziwe nguNkulunkulu, emhlabeni wonke. Eminyakeni embalwa nje sesamukele amalungu amasha angu-5.000 namabandla amasha angu-200, kuhlanganise namabandla amaningi kulo lonke izwekazi lase-Afrika! Kuyamangaza ukuthi abantu bobuzwe obuhlukene, ubuzwe obuhlukahlukene kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila bangahlanganiswa kanjani ekukhulekeleni uNkulunkulu oyedwa onguziqu-zintathu. Kuliqinisa ngempela ibandla lapho sazisa izipho ezihlukahlukene nomlando woMzimba kaKristu. UNkulunkulu wethu nguye lo osibizile ukuba sibhidlize imigoqo futhi sisebenzele ubunye ebandleni ngokusekelwe empilweni yethu entsha kuJesu Kristu.
Ngokubonga ukwesekwa ngabafowethu nodadewethu kuKristu,
UJoseph Tkach
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