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|leader_name = Prof. Rev. Dr. R. Zolâwma
|leader_name = Rev. K.V. Thanga
|headquarters = Baptist Church of Mizoram Office, Serkawn, [[Lunglei]], [[Mizoram]], [[India]]
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'''Baptist Church of Mizoram''' is a [[Baptist]] [[Christian denomination]] in [[India]]. It is affiliated with the [[Baptist World Alliance]]. As of 2020, BCM has 169,854 members in 663 local churches along with 148 Pastors and 3,304 Elders in 85 Pastorates and 15 Area Baptist Councils.<ref>[https://www.mizobaptist.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BCM-Assembly-2018-Minute.pdf www.mizobaptist.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BCM-Assembly-2018-Minute.pdf]</ref> The headquarters is in [[Lunglei]], [[Mizoram]].
'''Baptist Church of Mizoram''' is a [[Baptist]] [[Christian denomination]] in [[India]]. It is affiliated with the [[Baptist World Alliance]]. The headquarters is in [[Lunglei]], [[Mizoram]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:BCM Entrance.jpg|thumb|Baptist Church of Mizoram Campus entrance]]
The church was founded by Baptist English missionaries, Rev. [[James Herbert Lorrain]] (Pu Buanga) and Rev. [[Frederick William Savidge]] (Sap Upa) in 1894.
The Baptist Church of Mizoram has its origins in an English [[Baptist]] mission established in 1894, by [[Frederick William Savidge]] and [[James Herbert Lorrain]] of the [[Baptist Missionary Society]]. <ref> Gerald H. Anderson, ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 1999, p. 410</ref> In 1914, the first council of the Church was formed. <ref> ToMz,
[https://www.timesofmizoram.com/2017/06/baptist-church-of-mizoram-about-history.html Baptist Church of Mizoram : About & History], timesofmizoram.com, India, June 28, 2017</ref> In 2000, it founded the [[Academy of Integrated Christian Studies]]. <ref> ToMz,
[https://www.timesofmizoram.com/2017/06/baptist-church-of-mizoram-about-history.html Baptist Church of Mizoram : About & History], timesofmizoram.com, India, June 28, 2017</ref>


According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 663 churches and 122,072 members. <ref>Baptist World Alliance, [https://www.baptistworld.org/member-unions/ Members], baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023</ref>
==Organization and structure==
[[File:Admn-Structure.jpg|500px]]


==A concise account of Mission Department==
===Assembly===
A concise account of the BCM Mission works, as it stands for 46 years (1966 – 2012) from the inception of the BCM Mission Department as the Zoram Baptist Mission, can be made as follows:


===Missionary personnel ===
Assembly is the highest table of the organisation. Assembly Meeting is held annually which will be called by the '''General Secretary''' and the '''President''' shall be the Chairman of the Meeting. Several representatives from Area Level and selected representatives from other church organisations may attend the meeting for better diplomacy among religion based organisations.
ZBM started cross-culture missionary work, employing only two full-time missionaries in 1939. Now, (in 2012) BCM Mission Committee has more than 800 mission workers including missionaries.


===Mission fields and stations ===
===Area Level===
BCM Mission Committee has 23 mission fields including mission stations in different parts of India and works in partnership with other mission agencies outside India.


===Mission fund ===
Area Level Meeting is the second highest table in the organisation. Several Pastorate ('''Bial''' in [[Mizo language]]) ranging from 3 to 10 are supervised from the Area Level Table. The Area Level is headed by an '''Executive Secretary''' or Pastors elected to be the Chaiman of the Level. Every Area is affiliated to the Assembly.
The ZBM (as its previous name) had only Rs. 12.50p (Rupees twelve and fifty paisa) in its initial stage. Now the BCM Mission budget of 2012 - 2013 has grown to Rs.11, 79, 78,000.00(Rupees eleven crore seventy-nine lakhs and seventy-eight thousand).


===Pastorate===
===Schools and students ===
At present Mission Committee runs 54 mission schools within and outside Mizoram, of which 10 are High Schools, 5 Middle Schools, 39 Primary Schools and having around 6500 students.


== Beliefs ==
A pastorate consist between 3 and 10 local churches. The pastorate is headed by a Designated and Qualified Pastor. The Pastorate level has separate Fellowship Organisation Departments in its own level. Every Pastorate is affiliated to Area Level.
BCM is a member of the [[Baptist World Alliance]].


==Education==
===Local Churches===


===[[Academy of Integrated Christian Studies]]===
Local churches have their own church in their respective locality. The leaders of the Local Church are elected every 2 years ''(1 year for Chairman)'' from Church Elders. Every church is affiliated to Pastorate.

==Institutions==
The Baptist Church of Mizoram operates the following:

===Academy of Integrated Christian Studies (AICS)===


[[File:AICS Mizoram 1.jpg|thumb|Academy of Integrated Christian Studies,Tanhril, Mizoram]]
[[File:AICS Mizoram 1.jpg|thumb|Academy of Integrated Christian Studies,Tanhril, Mizoram]]


The '''Academy of Integrated Christian Studies''' (AICS) is a BD Level theological institution established by the Baptist Church of Mizoram in 2000 under the leadership of Prof. Dr. R.L.Hnuni. This institution offers several programs such as Theological Training, Missionary Training, Ministerial Training, Music Training and Research and Development. The institution is located in '''Shekina Hill, P.O. Box – 80, Aizawl – 796001 Mizoram'''
The Academy of Integrated Christian Studies (AICS) is a BD Level theological institution established by the Baptist Church of Mizoram in 2000 under the leadership of Prof. Dr. [[R. L. Hnuni]]. This institution offers several programs such as Theological Training, Missionary Training, Ministerial Training, Music Training and Research and Development. The institution is located in 'Shekina Hill.


===Baptist Higher Secondary School (BHSS)===
===Baptist Higher Secondary School (BHSS)===
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[[File:BHSS School Bldg.jpg|thumb|Baptist Higher Secondary School, Serkawn]]
[[File:BHSS School Bldg.jpg|thumb|Baptist Higher Secondary School, Serkawn]]


'''Baptist Higher Secondary School''' is a school owned by Baptist Church of Mizoram. The school enrolls students for Secondary and Higher Secondary levels. The current Principal of Baptist Higher Secondary School is Pu. R. Zosangliana. The current Vice Principal is Pu. R.Lalneihthanga.
Baptist Higher Secondary School is a school owned by Baptist Church of Mizoram. The school enrolls students for Secondary and Higher Secondary levels. The current Principal of Baptist Higher Secondary School is Pu. R. Zosangliana. The current Vice Principal is Pu. R.Lalneihthanga.


The school has three hostels, one for Junior section, the Girls’ hostel and one for the boys. The over all administration is run by the Principal with the help of the two Vice Principals. The over all strength of the staff is around 80 in number. The school's motto is '''"The Utmost for the Highest"'''.
The school has three hostels, one for Junior section, the Girls’ hostel and one for the boys. The over all administration is run by the Principal with the help of the two Vice Principals. The over all strength of the staff is around 80 in number. The school's motto is "The Utmost for the Highest".


[[File:Students for a devotion.jpg|thumb|Students gathering for a devotion]]
[[File:Students for a devotion.jpg|thumb|Students gathering for a devotion]]


Baptist Church of Mizoram expanded the school into lower classes including Nursery to Middle Schools by merging with co-existing school called '''Baptist English School''' , thus, from 2005 it is known as '''Baptist Higher Secondary School Junior Section'''. It enrolls a number of 1,070 students in the 2019-20 Academic Session with 43 Teaching Staffs. The current Vice Principal for Baptist Higher Secondary School Junior Section is Pu. Z.D. Lalnunmawia.
Baptist Church of Mizoram expanded the school into lower classes including Nursery to Middle Schools by merging with co-existing school called Baptist English School , thus, from 2005 it is known as Baptist Higher Secondary School Junior Section. It enrolls a number of 1,070 students in the 2019-20 Academic Session with 43 Teaching Staffs. The current Vice Principal for Baptist Higher Secondary School Junior Section is Pu. Z.D. Lalnunmawia.


===[[Higher and Technical Institute of Mizoram]] (HATIM)===
===[[Higher and Technical Institute of Mizoram]] (HATIM)===
HATIM is the first Christian residential co-educational college in Mizoram, India, and is located in Lunglei.


===Nursing College===
Courses offered by the institution are as follows:
The Baptist church of Mizoram has a nursing college operated under the Serkawn hospital and runs GNM course.<ref>{{cite web |title=GNM Admission Notice – 2023 |url=https://www.mizobaptist.org/page/gnm-admission-notice-2023 |website=mizobaptist.org |access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref> It has intake of 20 nurses per year at present.<ref>{{cite web |title=Serkawn Christian Hospital Nursing School-a graduate |url=https://www.zonet.in/serkawn-christian-hospital-nursing-school-a-graduate-thar-mi-18-te-graduation-day-leh-he-nursing-school-a-lut-thar-tur-mi-20-te-lamp-lighting-ceremony-chu-nimin-khan-agriculture-minister-pu-c-lalrin/ |website=zonet |access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref>
*Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
*Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
*Bachelor of Arts in English (BA)
*Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA)
*Bachelor of Arts in History (BA)
*Bachelor of Social Works (BSW)

[[File:HATIM Lunglei Bldg.jpg|thumb|[[Higher and Technical Institute of Mizoram]] Main Building]]

HATIM also established Skill Training programme courses as under:

*Agriculture (Sloping Agriculture Land Technology)
*Horticulture
*Tailoring
*Carpentry
*Electrical engineering
*Mechanical engineering
*Computer Applications
*Electronics
*Entrepreneurship

The budget for infrastructure development, recruitment of new staff and establishment and running of the courses is [[Indian rupee|INR]] 20,000,000 ($262,174 [[USD]]) <ref>https://www.mizobaptist.org/hatim-5/</ref>

The current principal of the institution is Pu. V. Vuansanga

==Mission (Beginning)==
The year 1968 had remarkable significance for the Baptist Church of Mizoram. In that year, the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS), after working for almost 65 years, decided to withdraw their mission work in south of Mizoram due to the Indian Government's rejection of their permission to stay longer in Mizoram. In the same year that the BMS decided to withdraw their mission work, the ZBM also sent Rev H. Rokhama as the first cross-culture missionary outside Mizoram. Moreover, on 18 January 1968, Rev C.L.Hminga was appointed as the first full-time ZBM Secretary, and the ZBM had also organized its own office in a separate building. From this time onward, until the Assembly of BCM decided to form a new structure, all the office works of the ZBM was conducted from this office.

==A Concise Account of Mission Department==
A concise account of the BCM Mission works, as it stands for 46 years (1966 – 2012) from the inception of the BCM Mission Department as the Zoram Baptist Mission, can be made as follows:

===Missionary Personnel ===
ZBM started cross-culture missionary work, employing only two full-time missionaries in 1939. Now, (in 2012) BCM Mission Committee has more than 800 mission workers including missionaries.

===Mission Fields and Stations ===
BCM Mission Committee has 23 mission fields including mission stations in different parts of India and works in partnership with other mission agencies outside India.

===Mission Fund ===
The ZBM (as its previous name) had only Rs. 12.50p (Rupees twelve and fifty paisa) in its initial stage. Now the BCM Mission budget of 2012 - 2013 has grown to Rs.11, 79, 78,000.00(Rupees eleven crore seventy-nine lakhs and seventy-eight thousand).

===Churches===
BCM Mission Committee has established more than 1436 local churches and 25 preaching stations among different tribes and people groups.

===Believers===
BCM Mission Committee has roughly 1,81,768 believers in different mission fields and mission stations.

===Schools and Students ===
At present Mission Committee runs 54 mission schools within and outside Mizoram, of which 10 are High Schools, 5 Middle Schools, 39 Primary Schools and having around 6500 students.

== Beliefs ==
BCM is a member of the [[Baptist World Alliance]].

== Statistics ==
Brief statistics of BCM according to BCM Assembly 2020 are as follows:

{| class = "wikitable"
|-
! Sl. No. || Particlulars || FY 2018-19 || FY 2019-20 || Difference
|-
| 1. || Total Churches || 677 || 663|| -14
|-
| 2. || Families || 36242 || 36338 || 96
|-
| 3. || Church Members || 173373 || 169854 || -3519
|-
| 4. || Baptized Members || 122284 || 122072 || -212
|-
| 5. || Addition of Members (Incl. Birth; Joining from other denominations; etc.) || 5569 || 5126 || -443
|-
| 6. || Subtraction of Members (Incl. Death; Joining other denominations; etc.) || 1793 || 2549 || 756
|-
| 7. || Active Ministers || 154 || 148 || -6
|-
| 8. || Pensioned Ministers still Alive || 39 || 39 || 0
|-
| 9. || Probationary Pastors || 27 || 18 || -9
|-
| 10. || Senior Church Elders ''(Upa)'' || 3229 || 3304 || 75
|-
| 11. || Junior Church Elders ''(Rawngbawltu)'' || 4150 || 4105 || -45
|-
| 12. || Pastorates || 85 || 85 || 0
|-
| 13. || Areas || 15 || 15 || 0
|-
| 14. || TKP Members || 47372 || 48791 || 1419
|-
| 15. || BMP Members || 15684 || 15100 || -584
|-
| 16. || BKHP Members || 33746 || 35364 || 1618
|-
| 17. || KNP Members || 33427 || 33384 || -43
|-
| 18. || Mission Fields & Stations || 24 || 24 || 0
|-
| 19. || Mission Partnerships || 29 || 29 || 0
|-
| 20. || Foreign Mission Partnerships || 9 || 9 || 0
|-
| 21. || Missionaries || 1001 || 1001 || 0
|-
| 22. || Local Workers || 296 || 298 || 2
|-
| 23. || Total of Sl. 21 & 22 || 1297 || 1299 || 2
|}

===Area Wise, Bru Baptist Church, Chakma Baptist Church and Non-Mizo Statistics===
(''Statistics as on 2020'')
{{Pie chart
| caption= Population of BCM as of FY 2020
| other =
| label1 = Lunglei Area
| value1 = 49.26 | color1 = silver
| label2 = Aizawl Area
| value2 = 22.20 | color2 = #008
| label3 = Lawngtlai Area
| value3 = 14.66 | color3 = #08f
| label4 = Bru Baptist Church
| value4 = 9.67 | color4 = red
| label5 = Chakma Baptist Church
| value5 = 3.66 | color5 = brown
| label6 = Non Mizo
| value6 = 0.51 | color6 =
}}

{| class = "wikitable"
|-
! Particulars || Lunglei Area || Aizawl Area || Lawngtlai Area || Bru Baptist Church || Chakma Baptist Church || Non-Mizo || Total
|-
| Families || 17661 || 8836 || 5087 || 3196 || 1300 || 258 || '''36338'''
|-
| Members || 83684 || 37713 || 24912 || 16441 || 6230 || 874 || '''169854'''
|-
| Baptized Members || 63843 || 26854 || 17047 || 9713 || 3890 || 725 || '''122072'''
|-
| Senior Church Elders ''(Upa)'' || 1498 || 822 || 531 || 342 || 93 || 2 || '''3304'''
|-
| Junior Church Elders ''(Rawngbawltu)'' || 1518 || 1005 || 653 || 483 || 378 || 68 || '''4105'''
|-
| '''Total Number of Churches''' || '''187''' || '''192''' || '''91''' || '''104''' || '''71''' || '''18''' || '''663'''
|-
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* [http://www.mizobaptist.org/ http://www.mizobaptist.org/] official site of the Mizoram Baptist Church
* {{official website|https://www.mizobaptist.org/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090528091826/http://www.mtkp.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090528091826/http://www.mtkp.org/] official site of the Mizoram Baptist Youth Fellowship
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080529141515/http://www.marachristian.net/?p=54 A brief history of Pioneered Churches in Mizoram]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050913233945/http://www.bwanet.org/Contact%20Us/MemberBodies.htm Baptist World Alliance Member bodies]


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Baptist Church of Mizoram
ClassificationEvangelicalism
OrientationBaptist
PresidentRev. K.V. Thanga
AssociationsBaptist World Alliance
HeadquartersBaptist Church of Mizoram Office, Serkawn, Lunglei, Mizoram, India
Origin11 January 1894; 130 years ago (11 January 1894)
Mizoram, India
Congregations663
Members122,072
Official websitewww.mizobaptist.org
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Baptist Church of Mizoram is a Baptist Christian denomination in India. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Lunglei, Mizoram.

History

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Baptist Church of Mizoram Campus entrance

The Baptist Church of Mizoram has its origins in an English Baptist mission established in 1894, by Frederick William Savidge and James Herbert Lorrain of the Baptist Missionary Society. [1] In 1914, the first council of the Church was formed. [2] In 2000, it founded the Academy of Integrated Christian Studies. [3]

According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 663 churches and 122,072 members. [4]

A concise account of Mission Department

[edit]

A concise account of the BCM Mission works, as it stands for 46 years (1966 – 2012) from the inception of the BCM Mission Department as the Zoram Baptist Mission, can be made as follows:

Missionary personnel

[edit]

ZBM started cross-culture missionary work, employing only two full-time missionaries in 1939. Now, (in 2012) BCM Mission Committee has more than 800 mission workers including missionaries.

Mission fields and stations

[edit]

BCM Mission Committee has 23 mission fields including mission stations in different parts of India and works in partnership with other mission agencies outside India.

Mission fund

[edit]

The ZBM (as its previous name) had only Rs. 12.50p (Rupees twelve and fifty paisa) in its initial stage. Now the BCM Mission budget of 2012 - 2013 has grown to Rs.11, 79, 78,000.00(Rupees eleven crore seventy-nine lakhs and seventy-eight thousand).

Schools and students

[edit]

At present Mission Committee runs 54 mission schools within and outside Mizoram, of which 10 are High Schools, 5 Middle Schools, 39 Primary Schools and having around 6500 students.

Beliefs

[edit]

BCM is a member of the Baptist World Alliance.

Education

[edit]

Academy of Integrated Christian Studies

[edit]
Academy of Integrated Christian Studies,Tanhril, Mizoram

The Academy of Integrated Christian Studies (AICS) is a BD Level theological institution established by the Baptist Church of Mizoram in 2000 under the leadership of Prof. Dr. R. L. Hnuni. This institution offers several programs such as Theological Training, Missionary Training, Ministerial Training, Music Training and Research and Development. The institution is located in 'Shekina Hill.

Baptist Higher Secondary School (BHSS)

[edit]
Baptist Higher Secondary School, Serkawn

Baptist Higher Secondary School is a school owned by Baptist Church of Mizoram. The school enrolls students for Secondary and Higher Secondary levels. The current Principal of Baptist Higher Secondary School is Pu. R. Zosangliana. The current Vice Principal is Pu. R.Lalneihthanga.

The school has three hostels, one for Junior section, the Girls’ hostel and one for the boys. The over all administration is run by the Principal with the help of the two Vice Principals. The over all strength of the staff is around 80 in number. The school's motto is "The Utmost for the Highest".

Students gathering for a devotion

Baptist Church of Mizoram expanded the school into lower classes including Nursery to Middle Schools by merging with co-existing school called Baptist English School , thus, from 2005 it is known as Baptist Higher Secondary School Junior Section. It enrolls a number of 1,070 students in the 2019-20 Academic Session with 43 Teaching Staffs. The current Vice Principal for Baptist Higher Secondary School Junior Section is Pu. Z.D. Lalnunmawia.

Higher and Technical Institute of Mizoram (HATIM)

[edit]

HATIM is the first Christian residential co-educational college in Mizoram, India, and is located in Lunglei.

Nursing College

[edit]

The Baptist church of Mizoram has a nursing college operated under the Serkawn hospital and runs GNM course.[5] It has intake of 20 nurses per year at present.[6]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Gerald H. Anderson, Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 1999, p. 410
  2. ^ ToMz, Baptist Church of Mizoram : About & History, timesofmizoram.com, India, June 28, 2017
  3. ^ ToMz, Baptist Church of Mizoram : About & History, timesofmizoram.com, India, June 28, 2017
  4. ^ Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
  5. ^ "GNM Admission Notice – 2023". mizobaptist.org. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Serkawn Christian Hospital Nursing School-a graduate". zonet. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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