Gerard Bramwell Long

**Gerard Bramwell Long** (an haife shi a ranar 10 ga Disamba, 1957 a Landan) malamin addinin Kirista ne, mai wa'azin bishara, marubuci, mai magana mai ƙarfafa gwiwa, kuma tsohon babban jami'in banki. Ya kasance babban darektan darakta a kwas ɗin Alpha USA kafin ya yi ritaya a shekarar 2014 don yin aiki a ayyukan hidima na Awakening to God. 

## Rayuwar farko
A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, Long ya sami gagarumar nasara a matsayin ɗan tseren tsakiya kuma shi ne kyaftin ɗin ƙungiyar da ke da ɗan tseren Olympics Sebastian Coe . Ya nuna ƙwarewa a kasuwanci tun yana ɗan shekara 22, inda ya fara harkar kasuwanci tun yana ɗalibi a jami'a. Ya zama Kirista yana da shekaru 22, a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 1980. 

## Sana'a
Da zarar ya fara aiki, Long ya amince ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto a cocin Arewacin Landan, inda ya zauna na tsawon shekaru 22 (a wannan lokacin shi ma Shugaban Kiristoci a fannin Kudi, wanda aka kafa a 1875). A wannan lokacin, Long ya sami gagarumar nasara a duniyar kasuwanci, inda ya zama babban jami'i a HSBC Plc, ɗaya daga cikin manyan bankuna a duniya, kuma babban banki a Turai. Aikinsa na banki ya kai shi ko'ina a duniya kuma ya haɗa da wasu muhimman mukamai ciki har da Daraktan Shirin Shekara ta 2000 ( Millennium Bug ) na Burtaniya da Turai. A shekara ta 2001 an mayar da shi New York don ƙaddamar da wani samfuri na duniya sannan aka mayar da shi Chicago don jagorantar haɗakar HSBC da Household International, bayan siyan dala biliyan 13.8 na ɗayan a 2003. Ya bayyana a talabijin da kuma manyan jaridu duka a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan Millennium Bug (Y2K) da kuma a matsayin Kirista mai rayuwa ga Yesu Kiristi a birnin Landan.

A shekara ta 2006, Long ya yanke shawarar barin aikinsa na banki ya koma Alpha USA. Inda ya kasance shugaban kamfanin na tsawon shekaru bakwai, wanda ya taimaka wa masana'antar ta bunkasa sama da kashi 300%. Ya yi murabus a shekara ta 2014 saboda nutsewar 'yarsa.  Jaridar Washington Post ta bayyana Long a matsayin "tsohon shugaban bankin" a matsayin daya daga cikin "taurarin da ke cikin da'irar ceton coci," kuma Alpha a matsayin "kasuwancin ceton coci" wanda "ke sayar da kayan kwas da aka tsara don haɓaka membobin coci." 

## ''Nasarar''
A watan Oktoban 2010, Alpha USA ta fitar da littafin Long na farko, The Breakthrough . An haɓaka shi tare da haɗin gwiwar ƙwararren kasuwanci kuma marubuci Ken Blanchard, The Breakthrough misali ne na zamani. Ɗauko shafi daga ayyukan "almarar kasuwanci" kamar Manajan Minti ɗaya na Blanchard, Long yana amfani da labari mai sauƙi don isar da ra'ayoyi na asali game da Allah, addini, wahala da kuma bayan mutuwa. Yanzu yana aiki akan littafinsa na biyu wanda batu zai mayar da hankali kan asara da baƙin ciki, ta hanyar gogewarsa ta kansa, da kuma yadda mabiyan Kristi za su iya fahimta da shawo kan sa.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Long yana zaune tare da matarsa, Jeannie, a Malibu, California. Ya rasa 'ya'ya biyu sakamakon bala'o'in da ba a zata ba. 'Yar Long, Rebecca, ita ma ta yi aiki a Alpha USA a matsayin Daraktan Matasa na Ƙasa; ta nutse tana da shekaru 32 a Tafkin Michigan a watan Mayu na 2014. Ƙaramin ɗansa, Alex, ya kashe kansa yana da shekaru 17 a shekarar 2005.  Ɗan Long da ya tsira, Ben, yana aiki a Birnin Landan .

## Manazarta