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Imbali ye-CDMI

Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-18 ukuVuka okuKhulu kwasasazeka kwiYurophu naseMelika. Le mvuselelo yokomoya yaqhubeka de kwayinkulungwane ye-19. Kwavela iMibutho YeBhayibhile emininzi yaye iLizwi likaThixo lalisasazwa ngendlela ebalaseleyo. Oku kwadala imeko-bume apha eUnited States naseYurophu yophando lobuqu kwimibandela emininzi yeemfundiso eyayifihlwe kudaka lokuqondwa phosakeleyo kweZibhalo. Kwangaxeshanye, uncedo oluninzi lweBhayibhile olunje ngekhonkodensi, izichazi-magama, nembali, kwavela ulindelo novuyo lokufikelela ekuqondeni okucace ngakumbi ngesimilo nesicwangciso sikaThixo kwakhokelela abaninzi kwizifundo zeBhayibhile zobuqu nezeqela ukuba bafikelele kwizigqibo eziphembelele imvuselelo. kuluntu lwamaKristu, ngakumbi kwindlela yokuza kwesibini kukaKristu okulindelekileyo.

Elinye lala maqela lavela ngenxa yokhokelo lukaCharles T. Russell, umshumayeli nomfundi weBhayibhile, owanikela ngobomi bakhe nangethamsanqa lakhe ukuze abonise ukuqonda okucace ngakumbi awayefikelele kuko. Engumbhali ophum’ izandla, wavelisa intlangano eyayizalise ihlabathi lonke, yaye emva kokufa kwakhe ngowe-1916 yazinziswa engqondweni yaza yaba nemiqathango kwinkululeko. Iqela lamaKristu lawushiya lo mbutho kwasekuqaleni, ngowe-1909, okanye kwiminyaka eyalandelayo emva kokufa kwakhe, ukuze libe nenkululeko engakumbi kuKristu. Amabini kumaqela asekwa ngo-1909 aye aziwa ngokuba yiNdibaniselwano yoMnqophiso oMtsha kunye namakholwa oMnqophiso oMtsha, kungekhona ukuba amalungu awo akhetha la magama, kodwa ekutyunjweni ngabanye ababesebenzisa njengenkcazo yokuhlukanisa kwamanye amaqela. Ngokufanayo, amaKristu okuqala ayesaziwa njengabalandeli “beNdlela” ( IZenzo 9:2 ) ngenxa yokuba ayesalatha kuYesu njengendlela yoxolelaniso nobudlelane noThixo.

Ngowe-1928 iqela labazalwana abazahluleleyo kummandla waseHartford, eConnecticut laseka ibandla yaye lalisaziwa ngokuba yiNew Creation Fellowship. UGaetano Boccaccio wayengomnye wabadala balo yaye ngowe-1940 waqalisa ukupapasha iphephancwadi elithi The New Creation rhoqo. Obu bulungiseleli banda bafikelela ekupapasheni amaphecana neencwadana kwakunye nephephancwadi, ngoku elisasazwa ehlabathini lonke. Yanikwa igama le-Christian Millennial Fellowship (CMF). Ngokufa komseki wayo ngowe-1996, umsebenzi waqhubeka phantsi kweliso likaElmer Weeks wasePort Murray, eNew Jersey, eUnited States.

Ekwindla 2011 CMF waba Christian Discipling Ministries International (CDMI) ukuze sibonise ngcono umsebenzi wethu wobuthunywa ukwakha abazalwana abangamaKristu ekuqoleni kuKristu, kwaye abaphathi abatsha bebesebenza kwinguqu kolu gxininiso olutsha ngelixa u-Elmer Weeks eqhubeka njengomhleli we Iphephancwadi leNdalo Entsha. Ngoku kukho amabandla amaKristu amaninzi akhululekileyo kumazwe asemzini aye asamkela isigidimi sawo nasasaza iindaba ezilungileyo ngenkuthalo.

I-CDMI ixhaswa bububele babaxhasi abavela kwihlabathi jikelele. Lonke upapasho lwayo lunikezelwa simahla kwaye abasebenzi be-CDMI ngamavolontiya anikela ngexesha namandla awo njengakwiNkosi. I-CDMI isebenzisana ngokukhululekileyo nawo onke amabandla amaKristu akhululekileyo azimeleyo kunye nabaphi na abanqwenela ukukhula kuhambo lwabo noThixo ngokubalungiselela uncwadi esilupapashayo kwiincwadana, amaphecana, nezifundo zembalelwano.

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.