Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Rev. Fred Craddock, babban mashahurin mai wa'azi wanda "ba kamar wani mai wa'azi da kuka taɓa ji ba", ya mutu, cocinsa ya sanar. Craddock, wanda ya sake fasalin fasahar wa'azi, ya mutu a ranar Juma'a a Blue Ridge, Georgia. Ba a bayyana dalilin ba. Tsohon mai shekaru 86 ya kasance cikin rashin lafiya saboda cutar Parkinson a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, a cewar United Methodist Reporter. "Fred Craddock dukiyar al'umma ce da kuma bawan coci da kuma Yesu Kristi. Tasirinsa a wa'azi - ta fuskar ilimi da aiki - ba za a iya lissafa shi ba, "in ji Rev. Thomas Long, aboki kuma fasto a Jami'ar Emory ta Candler School of Theology. Craddock ya fuskanci sabon tuba mafi wuya. Masu wa'azi sun yi nazarin wa'azin Craddock na gargajiya kamar "Shin kun ji John wa'azi?" da kuma "Alheri da wulakanci", kamar yadda masu son kiɗan jazz suka saurari mai kiɗan saxophonist John Coltrane kuma 'yan dambe masu son karatu suka yi nazarin kaset na Sugar Ray Robinson -- don alamu na girma da wahayi. Craddock ya ɗaukaka wa'azi ya zama sana'a. Sau da yawa ana kiransa gwanin wa'azi. Maimakon gabatar da wa'azi kamar lacca - gabatarwa, manyan abubuwa uku da kammalawa - ya kirkiro salon wa'azi na "tabbatarwa". Wa'azinsa ya bayyana kamar wani ɗan gajeren labari -- akwai alamomi, juzu'i, tattaunawa; harshe na ban mamaki kyakkyawa da kuma karshen mamaki. Yadda ya ƙare wa'azinsa abin tunawa ne kamar abin da ya faɗa. Ba zato ba tsammani sai ya tsaya, ya juya daga kan bagade, ya zauna a hankali yayin da masu sauraro suka zauna a shiru. Mutane ba su yi tafi ba ko kuma su yi kururuwa hallelujah bayan wa'azi. Sun shagala da abin da ya faɗa. Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, marubuciya kuma sananniyar mai wa'azi a duniya, ta taɓa cewa game da Craddock: "Ya yi maganar Kierkegaard da sauƙi kamar yadda ya yi maganar Indianapolis 500. Ya nakalto Kafka kamar yadda Korantiyawa suka taimaka... amma shi ma wani ne wanda ya lura da abubuwa da yawa game da rayuwar ɗan adam a duniya. " Craddock, wanda ya koyar da wa'azi a makarantar Candler School of Theology har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya, an zaba shi a matsayin daya daga cikin 12 mafi...
Fred Craddock ya sauya fasahar wa'azi. An zabi Craddock a matsayin daya daga cikin masu wa'azi mafi kyau a duniya. Ya mutu ranar Juma'a yana da shekara 86 a Georgia.