A Consultation on MISSION- ‘BAPTIST CHURCH OF MIZORAM- MISSION Zirhona’

 

I.             INTRODUCTION:

He paper ah hian Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) in Mission hna a kalpui dan leh a hmalak dan tarlan a ni a, chu chu kan zirho dawn a ni. Din anih tirh ata BCM hian Mission rawngbawlna hi a la thutak hle a, a tir ata Mission Kohhran ti a koh thin a ni. Mission chuan thawktu leh budget pawh vawiin thlengin a la ngah ber a. Kumin kumthar (2019-2020) a BCM Budget Rs 9490 lakhs atang hian Rs 2993.3 lakhs zet mission a hman tura ruahman leh a ni. BCM hi 1946 atang khan mahni intodelh (Self-governing, self-propagating, self-sufficient) a ni a. Pawnlam emaw foreign tanpuina kan mamawh tawh lo a, eng pawl thuhnuai ah mah kun lovin a tha tih dan berin a ngaih pawimawh ber Chanchin tha Hril hna chu a thawk miah miah mai a ni.

 

 

II.           MISSION SAWIFIAHNA (Defining the term- ‘Mission’):

Oxford English Reference Dictionary chuan, ‘hna bik emaw tum thuhmun emaw tihlawhtling tura mimal emaw pawl emaw hmalakna hi Mission tiin a hrilhfiah a”.[1] Mission tih thumal hi Latin tawng ‘Missio’ tih atanga lak a ni a. A awmzia chu ‘tir chhuak’  (to send) tihna mai a ni. David J. Bosch, Mission lama mi thiam hian Missio Dei  hi a rawn ti chhuak a, Pathian chu Mission bultan tu a ni a, mission chu a telvena a ni, amah chu mite tana Pathian a ni (God-for-people) tihna a ni.[2]

 

 

III.         KOHHRAN NGE HMASA MISSION:

Theologian lar tak Juergen Moltman chuan, ‘Vawiinah chuan mission mumal lo chuan Kohhran awmze nei a awm thei lo (Today, a relevant missiology is integral to a meaningful ecclesiology) a tih hi a pawmawm em em a ni.[3]  Theology of Mission nei lo Kohhran chuan zuih lam a pan zel ti ila kan sawi sual lo ang. Kohhran chu Mission atana Pathianin a din a ni tlat a. Goal thun lova mawi tak tak a inkhel ringawt ah chak zawk anih theih loh. Kohhran avanga mission hi lo awm a ni lova, Mission avanga Kohhran hi Lal Isuan a din zawk a ni.

IV.         BCM A MISSION LO INDIN CHHUAH DAN (HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT):

Mizoram a pioneer missionary pahnih Zosap hmasa kan tih Rev FW Savidge leh Rev JH Lorrain te kha 11^th January 1894 ah Mizoram an lo thleng a, anni hi Arthington Aborigines Mission tirh missionary te an ni. Kum 3 zorama an awm hnuin 1897 ah Arunachal Pradesh an pan a. Mizoram an hmangaih em avangin Mizorama lo let leh dan tur an ngaihtuah a, Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) tirhin 1903 ah Mizoram chhim lam an lo lut a, March 8 ah Tlabung an lo thleng a. Serkawn ah an inbengbel ta a ni. Zosap hnuhnung berin BCM min chhuahsan chu 1977 ah Pi Zomawii a ni.

 

ZOSAPTE MISSION STRATEGIES IN THE BCM:

An rawn thlen tirh phat atangin Zosapte khan Mizo te hnenah engtinnge hlawk thei ang bera chanchin tha an theh darh ang tih kha an vision a ni. An tum ber chu Mahni-ro-in-rel, mahni intodelh, mahni a Chanchintha hril hna intumchawp Kohhran din a ni (the three-self principle of self-propagating, self-supporting, and self-governing Church in Mizoram). Sap Upa khan zirna lam leh literature lam a buaipui nghal chawt a, Pu Buanga thung kha chu hruaitu chher kawngah leh training pek kawngah leh Bible lehlin lam kha a chang thung a, Mizote rohlu ni kumkhua tawh tur Mizo-English Dictionary min peih sak a, Bible bu tam tak min lehlin sak hman bawk a ni.

 

Chhinchhiah tlak tak pakhat chu Lunglei an thlen atanga thla 1 a ralin tirhkoh 2 khaw thenawm a Mission hna thawk turin an tir chhuak hman a ni. Chung mite chu zanriak buhfai khawnin Kristian hmasa ten an chawm a ni. Chutiang ang taka Missionary Vision nei leh thupui bulfuk nei a lokal an nih avang chuan Mizote’n 1944 a Mission Golden Jubilee a lawm chuan Mizo zawng zawng deuh thaw Kristian an ni hman tawh a ni. Kum 1946 atang phei chuan BCM hruaitu zawng zawng chu a ram mi Mizo kan ni vek hman tawh a ni.

(a)  Ramchhung Mission (Home Mission)

BCM in Mission hna mumal taka a thawh tak tak tan chu 1939 Chapchar Presbytery atangin a ni a. Thiltlang Kohhranah nghah a ni. 28^th October 1939 ah chuan Kohhran rorel angin Tuikuk leh Takam zinga Missionary hna thawk turin Kawha leh Siama te tirhchhuah an ni ta. Evangelist Missionary angin lak an ni a, thla khat ah Rs 11 an hlawh a ni. Vawiin thlengin home mission hi kalpui a la ni a, Home Mission hian Tuikuk/Takam (Brus/Chakmas) leh Non-Mizo ho tinzawn ber an ni. Kum 2014 khan Mission Platinum Jubilee (Kum 75na) lawm a ni nghe nghe a ni. Kum 1962 ah BCM chuan Ramthim Committee a din a. 1966 ah her remin a aia committee lian zawk dinin Zoram Baptist Mission (ZBM) tiin a hming a thlak leh a ni. Kum 1998 ah BCM chuan ZBM chu Mission & Evangelism Department tiin a hming a thlak leh a, 2011 a BCM Planning Commission din a lo nih chuan Mission Department tiin a hming a thlak a. Mission co-ordinator post siam tharin lian takin BCM ah Mission chu a Vawk LAL len lurh mai a ni.  Vawiin ah chuan BCM pawhin a Home Mission field ah Mahni intodelh Kohhran din mek in Bru Baptist Church (BBC) leh Chakma Baptist Church (CBC) a din a, a rammi ngei tam tak a chhawr tawh a, mahni intodelh kohhran rei lote ah an ni thuai a beiseiawm hle a ni. Bru leh Chakma Pastor tam tak chher chhuah tawh an ni a, hmalam hun a eng viau a ni.

(b)  State pawn Mission (Mission Outside the State)

Official taka State pawn a Missionary BCM in a tirh hma hian mi thahnemngai thenkhat state thenawm Tripura, North Cachar, leh Manipur a Kohhran mal emaw mimal emaw hminga kal chu an lo awm nual tawh a. 1969 khan BCM State pawn missionary hmasaber Rev Rokhama chu Assam Rabha field ah tirh luh a ni. State pawna mission hi a hmingah Outreach Mission vuah a ni a, Missionary tam tak India ram state hrang hrangah tirh chhuah an ni ta. Kan kalna apiangah Mission strategies hran zel hman a ngai a, BCM in a tum ber chu Chanchin tha hril a, kohhran phun a, mahni intodelh Kohhran siam zel hi a ni a. Sikul 2 - Arshang English School and the Calvary English School in Arunachal Pradesh te hi a ram mi vekin an enkawl tawh.

 

(c)  Rampawn Mission (Foreign Mission and Partnership)

BCM hminga Rampawn a missionary kan tirh hma hian Kohhran mal leh mi thahnemngai te chawmin Miria, Burma, Khumi etc ho zingah missionary engemawzat an lokal tawh. Rampawn ah BCM chuan hmun 10 ah Mission Field neiin a bung mek a ni. Heng mission kan thawhna ah hian thawhpui (Partnership) engemawzat kan nei bawk a ni. Global Interaction Australia (GIA), Baptist Missionary Society (BMS), South East Asian Mission Society (SEAMS) te hi a thawhpui lian zual te an ni. Heng hmunah te hian Mission Field kan nei:

1.       Thailand- Thai- Buddhist

2.       China- Chinese-Hui

3.       Bangladesh-Miria/Chakma-Buddhist

4.       Nepal-Nepali-Hindu

5.       Bhutan-Bhutanese-Hindu

6.       Kenya-Somali-Muslim

7.       Ghana-Dangbanli-Muslim

8.       Indonesia- Indonesian- Muslim

9.       Andaman & Nicobar Island- Hindu

10.   Burma-Sittwe (Arakan Field)-Buddhist

I.             MISSION STRATEGIES:

BCM hian a dintirh atang hian Chanchin tha hril tur hian tihdan hrang hrang (Methods & Strategies) a hmang nasa hle a. chung zinga a hman uar zual te ila thlir ho ila:

a)            Kohhran din: BCM mission reng reng ah Kohhran din hi ngaih pawimawh a ni a, hruaitu chherin, a rammi te pastor leh evangelist turin tam tak a chher zel a, hma a la mek a ni.

b)           Schools: Statistics a kan hmuh ang khian BCM chuan chanchintha hril nan School 56 zet a din a, chungah chuan Evangelist Teacher ruaiin mi tam takin hemi kaltlang hian Mission hna an thawk mek. A rammi te hmantlaka chherchhuah hi a thupui ber a ni.

c)            Mistiri hna, Puantah, Puanthui (Carpentry, knitting, sewing) hmangin.

d)           Christian Music – BCM hian Music leh solfa thiam tam tak Music teacher hmanga rawngbawl mek a chhawr a. Hlawk thlak takin anni kaltlang hian rawngbawl mek a ni.

e)            Medical: Missionary nurse hmun tam takah dahin an bung mek a ni. Hengho hian damdawi te zuar nghalin, hlawk takin Chanchin tha an hril mek.

f)             Social works

g)            Power encounter

h)           Direct Evangelism

i)             Relief work

 

Tlipna:

A din tirh ata BCM hian Mission Rawngbawlna hi a hna pawimawh berah a neih a ni a. Missionary nupui te pawh BCM chuan Missionary ah a pawm ve ta vek nghe nghe a. BCM Budget 40% hi direct in Mission rawngbawlna ah hman a ni a. a dang tam tak pawh hi indirect a la hman tho tho a ni. Heng mai bakah hian nasa takin tualchhung Kohhran te’n Work Camp kan bei tluk tluk a, Mission Field an khawhar tak tak hman lo tih a ni thin. Missionary te Krismas, Good Friday etc hmanpui kan intih hmuh a, hlim takin khawhar lovin Kohhran te’n siam kan tum thin. BCM member 160000 velin a hma kan lak ang tak hian Khawvel Kohhran te hian Kan Lalpa thu min pek ang ngei hian Mission hna hi thawk ve ta ila, Khawvel pum hi Lalpa ram a ni tawh ngei ang mawle.

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[1] Oxford English Reference Dictionary.

[2] David J. Bosch, Transforming Mission (New York: Orbis Books, 1991), 10.

[3] Cited by George Mathew Nalunnakkal, “Mission and Unity in the Context of Contemporary Challenges”, in Quest For Justice Perspective on Mission and Unity, Ed. by G.M. Nalunnakkal and Abraham P. Athyal (Delhi: ISPCK, 2000), 56.