Eloyi Christian Church

Eloyi Christian Church
Bayanai
Farawa	1955

Archbishop Keipheile Jakoba ne ya kafa cocin Eloyi Christian Church a shekarar 1955 a wani karamin kauye na Tsetsbjwe, a kudu maso gabashin Selebi Phikwe a Botswana. Tun daga lokacin ne cocin ya yaɗu a Botswana da kuma kasashe makwabta kamar Afirka ta Kudu da Zimbabwe. Ya ja hankalin mutane da yawa saboda abubuwan ban mamaki da ya faru da kuma fitar da aljanu. Ikkilisiya tana yaƙi da mugayen ruhohi da wakilansu, kuma tana warkar da mutane.

Cocin ya fara fadadawa a shekara ta 2005 bayan da Jakoba ya tsufa kuma ya mika alhaki ga ‘ya’yansa. Tun daga 2005 cocin ya kasance a arewacin Botswana. A farkon shekara ta 2005 membobin cocin sun yi farauta tare da tarwatsa wani maciji da suka ce yana tsoratar da dangin Tlokweng. A shekarun 2005-2007 Ikilisiya ta sami adadi mai yawa na watsa labarai saboda tsananin korar aljanu da ake yi a lokacin hidimarta. Ikilisiya tana farfado da ayyukan Tswana na gargajiya a cikin tsohon alkawari da sabon salo.

Ya zuwa ƙarshen 2022 cocin yana da mambobi kusan 150,000 a rassa a cikin Botswana, Zimbabwe da Afirka ta Kudu. Yana da rassa fiye da 170 a halin yanzu.

Ikilisiya ta samo asali ne a cikin yunkurin farfaɗowar Amurka na ƙarshen karni na sha tara. Ikilisiya tana yi wa membobinta baftisma da cikakken nutsewa a cikin Urdun.

Ikilisiya ita ce batun fim din shirin fim na mintuna 56 Encountering Eloyi (2008) wanda Richard Werbner ya jagoranta. Fim ɗin ya ba da labarin wasu ma'aurata da ba su haihu ba waɗanda suka gwada magungunan gargajiya da kuma asibitocin Yammacin Turai ba tare da nasara ba. Matar ta juya zuwa coci don a warkar da ita daga rashin haihuwa.

A watan Agusta 2021 Archbishop Keitheile Sekai wanda ya kafa Cocin ya mutu yana da shekara 93. An zabi dansa Bishop Sekai Jakoba a matsayin Archbishop don jagorantar cocin a watan Afrilun 2022 yana da shekaru 60.

A cikin watan Maris 2023 shugaban Cocin Archbishop Sekai Jakoba ya tafi ziyarar ibada ta kwanaki 7 a Isra'ila kuma ya dawo kwanaki 7 kafin hutun Ista. Daruruwan mabiyan Eloyi ne suka tarbe shi a filin jirgin saman Sir Seretse Khama. Ƙungiyar tagulla ta coci ta jira shi cikin haƙuri a filin jirgin sama inda suka tarbe shi da kiɗa mai daɗi.