BAPTIST CHURCH OF MIZORAM

BCM Headquarter, Serkawn

The Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) is a Protestant church of the Baptist denomination of Mizoram state in northeast India.

As on 2018, BCM has 1,73,988 members in 677 local churches along with 159 Pastors and 3,174 Elders in 84 Pastorates and 15 Area Baptist Councils. It is the second biggest church in Mizoram after the Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod.

History

The church was founded by Baptist English missionaries Rev. JH Lorrain (Pu Buanga) and FW Savidge (Sap Upa) in 1894. It has its headquarters at Serkawn, which is a missionary station and town close to Lunglei city, the second biggest city in Mizoram, a minor part of India bordering Myanmar.

Rev. R.A. Lorrain, younger brother of Rev. J.H. Lorrain and founder of the Evangelical Church of Maraland (est. 1907), was the first pioneering missionary to the Mara people in the southernmost part of Mizoram state, completing the task of evangelizing the people of the whole state - Presbyterians in the north, Baptists in the middle and Evangelicals in the south.

Education

The Baptist Church of Mizoram operates the following:

Seminary Academy of Integrated Christian Studies for theological studies

Christian College ; Higher and Technical Institute of Mizoram (HATIM) for further studies in Arts and Commerce.

Nursing College in Christian Hospital Serkawn

Higher Secondary School Baptist Higher Secondary School, Serkawn

Healing:

The BCM has Christian Hospital in Serkawn, and Lawngtlai

Christian Hospital, Serkawn

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 CL 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.

Affiliates/Association

BCM is a member of the Baptist World Alliance, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and an active member of the BMS World Mission.

website: BCm has its website ; www.mizobaptist.org

Statistics

The number of churches and members of BCM according to area as on 2014

 Leaders:

PRESIDENT
Rev. Lalbiaksanga Chinzah
	Date of Birth	:	4th September 1952
	Spouse	:	B.Lalrammawii
	Education	:	M.A,   BD, M.Th.
	Postal Address	:	Baptist Church of Mizoram
			Headquarters Office, Serkawn, Lunglei, Mizoram – 796691
	Telephone	:	+91-372-2342269; Fax –  +91-372-2342623
	Mobile	:	9436771360
	E-mail	:	bcmoffice@mizobaptist.org

PRESIDENT ELECT
Rev. Pc Liandula
	Date of Birth	:	9th June 1957
	Spouse	:	Dr. Hmingthanmawii
	Education	:	B.Th.,  BD.
	Postal Address	:	Baptist Church of Mizoram
			Headquarters Office, Serkawn, Lunglei, Mizoram – 796691
	Telephone	:	+91-372-2342269
	Mobile	:	8974439741
	E-mail	:	dulapachuau9@gmail.com

GENERAL SECRETARY
Rev. F. Ramdinmawia
	Date of Birth	:	1st November, 1958
	Spouse	:	F. Lalengmawii
	Education	:	B.Th. BD.
	Postal Address	:	Baptist Church of Mizoram
			Headquarters Office, Serkawn, Lunglei, Mizoram – 796691
	Telephone	:	0372-2342251(O), 0372-2342628 (R); 9436779743(M)
	Mobile	:	8974439741
	E-mail	:	generalsecretary@mizobaptist.org

ASSOCIATE GENERAL SECRETARY i/c SERVICE
Rev. R. Zohmingliana
	Date of Birth	:	6 th February 1957
	Spouse	:	Lalnuntluangi Sailo
	Education	:	B.Th. BD.
	Postal Address	:	Baptist Church of Mizoram
			Headquarters Office, Serkawn, Lunglei,  Mizoram – 796691
	Telephone	:	0372-2342252(O), 0372-2342589(R) 9436370649
	Mobile	:	8974439741
	E-mail	:	agsservice@mizobaptist.org

ASSOCIATE GENERAL SECRETARY i/c MISSION
Rev. Dr. C.Vanlaldika
	Date of Birth	:	3rd. October, 1962
	Spouse	:	H.S. Malsâwmi
	Education	:	BA, BD, M.Th.; Ph.D
	Postal Address	:	Baptist Church of Mizoram
			Headquarters Office, Serkawn, Lunglei,  Mizoram – 796691
	Telephone	:	0372-2342252(O), 0372-2342589(R) 9436370649
	Mobile	:	8974950734
	E-mail	:	agsmission@mizobaptist.org

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY – AIZAWL AREA
Rev. Dr. K. Lalrinthanga
	Date of Birth	:	21st July 1955
	Spouse	:	Dr. Chawngthanpari
	Education	:	BA, BD, M.Th.; Ph.D
	Postal Address	:	Baptist House, MG. Road,
			Upper Khatla, Aizawl- Mizoram. – 796701
	Telephone	:	0389-2323484(O), 0389-2321415(R)
	Mobile	:	919436158852
	E-mail	:	esaizawl@mizobaptist.org

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY – LAWNGTLAI AREA
Rev. R.Lalbiakliana
	Date of Birth	:	14th November 1960
	Spouse	:	Dr. Irene Colbert
	Education	:	BA, BD
	Postal Address	:	Baptist House, Lawngtlai
			Lawngtlai District – Mizoram. – 796891
	Telephone	:	03835-232216(O), 03835-233397(R)
	Mobile	:	9436157483
	E-mail	:	eslawngtlai@mizobaptist.org