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Historia ya CDMI
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Mwanzoni mwa Karne ya 18 Uamsho Mkuu ulienea Ulaya na Amerika. Uamsho huu wa kiroho uliendelea hadi karne ya 19. Vyama vingi vya Biblia vilianza na usambazaji wa Neno la Mungu ulikuwa mkubwa. Hilo lilitokeza mazingira hapa Marekani na Ulaya ya uchunguzi wa kibinafsi kuhusu mada nyingi za kimafundisho ambazo zilikuwa zimefichwa katika tope la kutoelewa Maandiko. Sanjari na hayo, wingi wa msaada wa Biblia kama vile konkodani, kamusi, na historia ziliibuka, matarajio na furaha ya kufikia ufahamu wa wazi zaidi wa tabia na mpango wa Mungu iliwaongoza wengi katika masomo ya kibinafsi na ya kikundi kufikia hitimisho ambalo lilivuvia uamsho. katika jumuiya ya Kikristo, hasa katika mstari wa ujio wa pili wa Kristo unaotarajiwa hivi karibuni.
Mojawapo ya vikundi hivi vilisitawi karibu na uongozi wa Charles T. Russell, mhubiri mlei na mwanafunzi wa Biblia, ambaye alitumia maisha yake na bahati yake nyingi kutangaza uelewa ulio wazi zaidi aliokuwa amefikia. Akiwa mwandishi mahiri, alianzisha shirika lililoenea ulimwenguni pote, na baada ya kifo chake mwaka wa 1916 likawa limewekwa katika mawazo na kuwekewa vikwazo katika uhuru. Wakristo kadhaa waliliacha shirika hili mapema, mwaka wa 1909, au katika miaka iliyofuata baada ya kifo chake, ili kupata uhuru zaidi katika Kristo. Makundi mawili kati ya yale yaliyoanzishwa mwaka wa 1909 yalijulikana kama Ushirika wa Agano Jipya na Waumini wa Agano Jipya, sio kwamba washiriki wao walichagua majina haya, lakini kutoka kwa kuteuliwa na wengine ambao walitumia kama maelezo ya kuwatofautisha na vikundi vingine. Vivyo hivyo, Wakristo wa kwanza walijulikana kuwa wafuasi wa “Njia” ( Matendo 9:2 ) kwa sababu walielekeza kwa Yesu kuwa njia ya upatanisho na ushirika na Mungu.
Katika 1928 kikundi cha akina ndugu waliojitenga katika eneo la Hartford, Connecticut kiliunda kutaniko na lilijulikana kuwa Ushirika wa Uumbaji Mpya. Gaetano Boccaccio alikuwa mmoja wa wazee wao na katika 1940, alianza kuchapisha gazeti The New Creation kwa ukawaida. Huduma hiyo ilipanuka kufikia uchapishaji wa trakti na vijitabu na pia gazeti, ambalo sasa linasambazwa ulimwenguni pote. Ilipewa jina la Christian Millennial Fellowship (CMF). Mwanzilishi wake alipofariki mwaka wa 1996, kazi hiyo iliendelea chini ya usimamizi wa Elmer Weeks wa Port Murray, New Jersey, Marekani.
Mwishoni mwa mwaka wa 2011 CMF iligeuka kuwa Christian Discipling Ministries International (CDMI) ili kuakisi vyema kazi yetu ya utume wa kuwajenga Wakristo wenzetu kufikia ukomavu katika Kristo, na usimamizi mpya umekuwa ukifanya kazi katika mpito wa msisitizo huu mpya huku Elmer Weeks akiendelea kama mhariri wa gazeti hili. Jarida la Uumbaji Mpya. Sasa kuna makutaniko mengi ya Wakristo walio huru katika nchi za kigeni ambayo yamekubali ujumbe wake na kueneza habari njema kwa bidii.
CDMI inaungwa mkono na ukarimu wa wafadhili kutoka kote ulimwenguni. Machapisho yake yote yanatolewa bure bila malipo na wafanyakazi wa CDMI ni watu wa kujitolea wanaotoa muda na nguvu zao kama kwa Bwana. CDMI hushirikiana kwa hiari na makutaniko yote ya Kikristo yaliyo huru na yeyote anayetaka ukuzi katika kutembea kwao pamoja na Mungu kwa kuwapa vichapo tunavyochapisha katika mfumo wa vijitabu, trakti, na kozi za mawasiliano.
History of CDMI
History of CDMI
At the beginning of the 18th Century the Great Awakening spread over Europe and America. This spiritual revival continued into the 19th century. Many Bible Societies sprang up and the distribution of the Word of God was great. This created an environment here in the United States and Europe of personal inquiry into many doctrinal topics that had been hidden in the mire of misunderstanding of the Scriptures. Concurrently, a plurality of Bible helps such as concordances, dictionaries, and histories arose, an expectation and joy of coming to a clearer appreciation of the character and plan of God led many in personal and group Bible studies to arrive at conclusions that inspired a revival in the Christian community, especially along the lines of the soon-expected second coming of Christ.
One of these groups developed around the leadership of Charles T. Russell, a lay preacher and Bible student, who devoted his life and considerable fortune to promulgating the clearer understanding he had come to. A prolific writer, he developed an organization that was world-wide in scope, and after his death in 1916 became both fixed in thought and restricted in freedoms. A number of Christians left this organization early, in 1909, or in the ensuing years upon his death, for greater liberty in Christ. Two of the groups formed in 1909 became known as the New Covenant Fellowship and the New Covenant Believers, not that their members chose these names, but from designations by others who used it as a description to differentiate them from other groups. Similarly, the first Christians were known as followers of “The Way” (Acts 9:2) because they pointed to Jesus as the way to reconciliation and fellowship with God.
In 1928 a group of separated brethren in the Hartford, Connecticut area formed a congregation and were known as the New Creation Fellowship. Gaetano Boccaccio was one of their elders and in 1940, he began to publish The New Creation magazine regularly. This ministry expanded to publishing tracts and booklets as well as the magazine, which is now distributed world-wide. It was given the name of Christian Millennial Fellowship (CMF). With the death of its founder in 1996, the work was continued under the oversight of Elmer Weeks of Port Murray, New Jersey, USA.
In the fall of 2011 CMF became Christian Discipling Ministries International (CDMI) to better reflect our mission work of building up fellow Christians to maturity in Christ, and new management has been working on the transition to this new emphasis while Elmer Weeks continues as editor of The New Creation magazine. There are now many free Christians congregations in foreign countries that have embraced its message and are actively spreading the good news.
CDMI is supported by the generosity of donors from around the world. All of its publications are offered free of charge and the CDMI staff members are volunteers who donate their time and energy as unto the Lord. CDMI cooperates freely with all independent free Christians congregations and any who desire growth in their walk with God by providing them with the literature we publish in the form of booklets, tracts, and correspondence courses.
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