Ebyafaayo
11 abawandiisi · 6 ebitabo
Okuva ku Jonathan Edwards n'Okuzuukuka Okukulu okutuuka ku nkuŋŋaana ennene ez'enjiri eza Billy Graham, Amerika ezadde ababuulizi, abaminsani n'abasomesa abasomebwa mu nsi yonna. Ebyafaayo byabwe mulimu obuddu n'eddembe, okuzuukuka, n'okutandikibwawo kw'amakanisa amaggya.
Omubuulizi Omunnamerika Omukongirigganti era omutegeeza wa Katonda, omukulembeze omukulu ow'Okuzuukuka Okukulu Okusooka. Yali musumba mu Northampton, Massachusetts, era okumala akaseera yaweereza nga pulezidenti wa College of New Jersey (oluvannyuma Princeton).
David Brainerd (1718–1747) yali omuvubuka omuweereza (missionary) eri abantu Abazaalirwa ba Amerika (Native Americans) mu New Jersey ne Pennsylvania mu biseera by'obufuzi bw'amatwale. Bwe yagobwa mu Yale olw'obunyiikivu bwe, obulamu bwe obumpi yabuwaayo mu kusaba n'okubuulira ng'atambulatambula mu Badelaware n'abalala, n'alaba okuzuukuka okw'ekyewuunyo nga tannaafa olw'akafuba (tuberculosis) ng'aweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda. Ekitabo ky'ennaku kye yawandiika — ekyafulumizibwa oluvannyuma lw'okufa kwe Jonathan Edwards — kyafuuka kimu ku bitabo eby'obuweereza ebyasinga okukwata ku mitima ebyawandiikibwa, ne kikuluusanya emirembe egyaddirira, okuva ku William Carey okutuuka ku Henry Martyn.
Richard Allen (1760–1831) yazaalibwa mu buddu mu Philadelphia, n'atundibwa ng'akyali muto eri omulimi ow'e Delaware, era n'akyukira Kristo ng'akyali muvubuka wansi w'okubuulira kw'Abamesodi. Mukama we bwe yakyuka naye n'amuleka okwegula eddembe lye, Allen n'afuuka omubuulizi omutambuze eyakola omulimu ogutali gwa bulijjo; okunyoomebwa okw'entebe ezaawuddwa mu St. George's Methodist Church kwamuleetera okutandikawo ekkanisa y'Abaddugavu eyeeyimirizaawo, Mother Bethel, mu Philadelphia. Mu 1816 yatandikawo era n'afukibwako amafuta ng'omulabirizi omukulu asooka ow'ekibiina African Methodist Episcopal Church, ekibiina ky'eddiini eky'Abaddugavu ekisooka okweyimirizaawo obulambalamba mu Amerika.
Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) yali munnamateeka eyafuuka omuvaanjulizi w'enjiri, okubuulira kwe ne kuyamba okugoba Okuzuukuka Okukulu Okwokubiri mu bitundu eby'engulu ebya New York n'okusukka wo. Ng'akkirizza nti okuzuukuka si kyamagero eky'okulindirira wabula nkozesa ntuufu ey'eby'obuyambi Katonda by'awa, yatandikawo “ebipimo ebiggya” eby'enkuŋŋaana ezaawangaala n'okusaba abantu butereevu, n'alaba ebibuga ebiramba nga bikyusibwa, era oluvannyuma n'afuuka pulezidenti wa Oberlin College. Ekitabo kye Lectures on Revivals of Religion kikola ku ngeri ekkanisa ey'olulimi Olungereza gy'etera okulowoozaako okuzuukuka okuva mu kiseera ekyo.
Hannah Whitall Smith, eyazaalibwa mu 1832 mu Philadelphia, yali omwogezi era omuwandiisi Omukwaka ow'ettutumu mu kiseera ky'Ekiweekero eky'Obutukuvu. Ekitabo kye eky'amaanyi "Ekyama ky'Omukristaayo eky'Obulamu Obw'essanyu" kyafuuka ekitabo eky'ettutumu mu biwandiiko by'okwewaayo eby'Ekikristaayo. Newankubadde ng'yagwamu obuzibe obw'obuntu, yakuuma okukkiriza okw'amaanyi okwakwata ku mirembe gy'abakkiriza okutuusa lwe yafiira mu 1911. Enjigiriza ye yassa essira ku bulamu obw'Ekikristaayo obuwangula okuyita mu kukkiriza. Obubaka bwa Smith obw'okwewaayo bwakyusa endowooza y'Abakristaayo, ng'alaga okutukuzibwa nga kwe kuwummulira mu mulimu gwa Kristo ogwaggwaayo.
Omusumba Omumesodisiti Omwamerika, omusumba w’abaserikale mu Lutalo lw’Obumu era eyali munnamateeka eyawaayo emyaka gye egy’enkomerero ng’agolokoka ku ssaawa kkumi ez’oku makya okusaba. Kimu kyokka ku bitabo bye omunaana ebikwata ku kusaba, Amaanyi Okuyita mu Kusaba, kye kyafulumizibwa ng’akyali mulamu; ebirala omusanvu byafulumizibwa oluvannyuma lw’okufa kwe.
Amanda Berry Smith (1837–1915) yali muvvangeri ow'obutukuvu Omuwafirika-Omuyamerika eyazaalibwa mu buddu mu Maryland n'asumululwa nga kitaawe aguze eddembe ery'ab'omu maka ge. Nga mu mulimu gwe yali mwozi wa ngoye, yafuuka omu ku babuulizi abaatambula ennyo mu kibiina ky'obutukuvu ekya Wesley-Holiness, ng'aweereza mu Amerika, Bungereza, Buyindi, ne mu myaka munaana mu Buwafirika obw'ebugwanjuba nga omumisonaali eyeeyimirizaawo. Nga yafiirwa ba bbaawe babiri era ng'aziise abaana bana ku bataano be, oluvannyuma yatandika kimu ku bisulo by'abaana abatalina bazadde ebyasooka mu Illinois eby'abaana abaddugavu era n'afiira mu Sebring, Florida.
Dwight Lyman Moody, eyazaalibwa mu 1837 mu Northfield, Massachusetts, yava mu buto obutalina kitaawe ng'ali ku faamu ne mu dduuka ly'engatto e Boston n'afuuka omuvanjilisiti eyamanyibwa ennyo mu kyasa eky'ekkumi n'omwenda, ng'abuulira abantu abawera obukadde ekikumi okwetooloola Amerika n'e Bungereza. Nga teyawongebwa era ng'asomye katono nnyo, yatandikawo amasomero ga Northfield, Moody Bible Institute, n'omulimu ogw'okusaasaanya ebitabo ebirungi eby'Ekikristaayo eri buli muntu. Emboozi ze ez'enjiri ennyangu era ez'ekisa — ezirangibwa okwagala kwa Katonda n'okukubiriza okw'amaanyi okusalawo ku Kristo — zikyasomebwa mu nsi yonna.
Reuben Archer Torrey (1856–1928) yali Omwamerika omubuulizi, omusumba era omusomesa eyajja mu kukkiriza ku Yale ku kiro kye yali asazeewo okumalawo obulamu bwe. D. L. Moody yamufuula omukulembeze asooka ow’Essomero lya Baibuli erya Moody, era yali omusumba w’Ekkanisa ey’oku Chicago Avenue, oluvannyuma n’aweereza ng’omukulu asooka ow’Essomero lya Baibuli erya Los Angeles. Awamu ne Charles Alexander yabuulira eri obukadde n’obukadde mu Australia, mu Asia ne mu Bizinga bya Bungereza wakati wa 1902 ne 1905 — olugendo lwe yagamba nti lwava mu kusaba okw’oku Lwomukaaga akawungeezi. Yawandiika ebitabo ebisukka mu amakumi ana, okusinga ku kusaba ne ku Mwoyo Omutukuvu.
A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) yali omusumba Omunnamerika eyeeyigiriza ow'ekibiina kya Christian and Missionary Alliance, ng'ebitabo bye, okusinga byonna The Pursuit of God ne The Knowledge of the Holy, awamu n'obulamu bwe obw'okusaba ng'avunamye mu kusinza, byamufuula eddoboozi erya bunnabbi eriyita ekkanisa okudda eri okunoonya Katonda yennyini. Yali musumba okumala emyaka egisukka amakumi ana, okusinga okwatuukirira mu Southside Alliance Church mu Chicago, era yalongoosa akatabo k'ekibiina kye ky'eddiini okutuusa lwe yafa.
Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) yafuuka nnamwandu bba we Jim n’abalala bana bwe battibwa Waorani ab’e Ecuador — n’alyoka agenda okubeera wamu n’abo bennyini abaamutta, ng’alaba bangi nga bajja eri Kristo. Okuyita mu myaka mingi egy’okuwandiika n’okuyigiriza ku kubonaabona n’okugondera, yafuuka omu ku ddoboozi erisinga okwesigibwa mu ivangeri ey’ekyasa eky’amakumi abiri: “kola ekintu ekiddako.”
Jonathan Edwards, omusumba w'e Northampton, Massachusetts, mu kyasa ekya 18, atera okuyitibwa omutegeeza wa Katonda asinga Amerika gw'ezadde. Ebiwandiiko bye ku kuzuukuka ne ku nneewulira ez'eddiini bikyayigibwa.
Lemuel Haynes ye yali omusajja Omuddugavu eyasooka okutuuzibwa ekibiina ky'Abaporotesitanti ekikulu mu Amerika. Richard Allen yatandikawo African Methodist Episcopal Church, ate Jarena Lee n'afuuka omukazi omubuulizi eyasooka okukkirizibwa mu yo.
The Pursuit of God ekya A. W. Tozer n'ebitabo bya E. M. Bounds ku kusaba bimpi, bikebera omutima, era byagalwa nnyo.
