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Baptist Church of Mizoram
ClassificationEvangelicalism
OrientationBaptist
PresidentProf. Rev. Dr. R. Zolâwma
AssociationsBaptist World Alliance
HeadquartersBaptist Church of Mizoram Office, Serkawn, Lunglei, Mizoram, India
Origin11 January 1894
Mizoram, India
Congregations663
Members169,854
Official websitemizobaptist.org
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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.[1] The headquarters is in Lunglei, Mizoram.

History

The church was founded by Baptist English missionaries, Rev. James Herbert Lorrain (Pu Buanga) and Rev. Frederick William Savidge (Sap Upa) in 1894.

In 1968, 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.

According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 663 churches and 122,072 members. [2]

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).

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.

Education

Academy of Integrated Christian Studies (AICS)

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)

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)

See also

References

  1. ^ www.mizobaptist.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BCM-Assembly-2018-Minute.pdf
  2. ^ Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020


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