ZBC Tangthu

By Rev. Khoi Lam Thang

ZBC pianma thu.


1899 in Carsonte Zogam hong tung a, 1953 kum in ZBC piang hi. 1948 kum a piang HBA, FBA, leh TBA kigawm ZBC kici ahi hi. Hih bangin Association thum a pian ma

in Zogam bup a om Baptist Pawlpi khempeuh “All Chin-Hills Baptist Association” kici hi. 1919-1938 ciang Cope topa vaihawm “Tedim Kam Thu kizakna lai” zong “Chin Hills News” kici hi.

1940 kiim India gam sanggamte in zong “Mizo” a kicih hun pawl a kipan in “Chin” sangin “Zo” tawh kiminlawh ding ngaihsutna hong laang hi. Rev ST Hau Go US pan

hong ciah ciangin Zogam pawlpite dinmun sangmangte in hong puahphat nop hun tawh kituak a, HBA, FBA lah TBA teng kipawlna khat neih ding hong gel uh hi. Tua

vaihawmna a tangtun na dingin ZBC hong piang hi. Mi pawlkhatte in Sia Hau Go makaih ahih manin “Zomi” min a pua hi ci in mawhsak uh hi. Hih hun lai pek a kipan in min thu bek hi lo a, sum thu leh a dangdang ah zong khat le khat kigimneihna kinopmawhna khaici kipanpan khin hi.


CCOC kipatma ciang:

Sangmang Johnson bangin zong “Chin” mah ci viuveu hi leh kilawm hi. ZBC makaihna nuai ah Lai Siangtho sang kiphuan a, Zomi Baptist Bible School kici pen a masa pen certificate piak ding ciangin (1959) a laidal
tungah “Chin Baptist Bible School” ci in Johnson in gel hi. Rev Kam Khaw Thang in nasia tak in thalnial
ngei hi.



Zomi te a phualphual ah biakna lam i kimakaihzia

kibang lo hi. Falam gam Khalkha gam ah Pasian leh

Pasian nasemte zahtakbawl in thupisim uh a, Tedim gam

ah Pasian nasemte pen kithupisim khollo in maineu uh

hi. Tua ahih amnin mipil misiam a khangmasasa in

Pasian nasep ding sangin kumpi nasep ding sumzon ding

hanciam zaw uh hi. I lawm dangte in Tan 10 ong, BA,

B.Sc ngahte mah biakna lam ah na kipia uh a, Zogam ki

makaihna ah dinmun kician hong nei hi. 1980 masiah

ciangciang Tedim mi lak ah Tan 10 ong leh Graduate

khin sa Lai Siangtho sang kah tawm mahmah a, a om

sunsun ZBC, MBC, MCC dongah na kihel uh hi. Tedim mite

in makai haksatna (Leadership crisis) phukha hi hang.



Tua kawmkal ah TBA sung pan ZBA leh SRBA inntuan hi.

Tuiphum pawlpi nusia in Thang Za Kam, EBC, AG, UPC …

te piang hi. Hih bang a minam sung kitapzan ngiingei n

ate ah thudam leh thunamtui tawh kikhen liailiai na om

khol hi. Thang Za Kam pawlpi tawh kikhen ding lai in

ZBC pan a lemtuah ding hong pai makaite in “No Tedimte

na haksatna uh pen Surgical method na zat luat man uh

hi” hong ci kici hi. Nengno a na khat kheisuk ding a

ling lakhia ding cih lungpuak nei hi hang.



CCOC pan 1995 ciang

1983 ciangin CCOC hong piang hi. CCOC min ngiat pen

“Chin” min dinpihna khat in kimu hi. Ahih hangin Tedim

lamte in nasia takin mapang a, CCOC ading in a simasa

Cin Khaw Thawn Tedim mite mah ahi hi. Asi 7 lak ah 5

in Tedim mite hi. Piakkhiatna ah zong a hanciampente

hi. Hih bang hun laitak in ZBC makaihna nuai ah sumzat

zia, makaihzia a kipan thu tuamtuam ah Tedim mi

makaite teltheihloh thu, mawhsakna, etkhialhna hong

khang semsem hi.



Hih hun sung mah in ZBC structure et phat kikna ding

nakpi tak in ZBC EC ciangah kikum den uh hi. Khalkha

lamte in ZBC pan paikhiat ding hanciam ngei hi. ZBC

mahmah MBC tawh kizom lo in BWA tawh kizop ding ciang

makaite ngaihsutna thusim ah om ngei hi. Ni khat ni

ciang kihen kul veve ding ahih ciangin

“kampau-language” bulphuh a kikhen zaw ding maw “gam

le lei-geography” bulphuh a kikhen zaw ding cih pen

thulu lianpi hong suak a, a tawp ma ah ZBC Trienial in

a khensat ding ciang tun uh hi.



1995 Khuasak thupiang

Khuasak ah 1995 kum in ZBC Trienial tung a, tua sung

ah ZBC pen khang tawntung kikhen lo ding cih vekpi

lungkim in khensat uhhi. Tua thu khensatna khit

ciangin “kitelna” om hi. ZBC GS dingin Rev. Dr. Chum

Awi a ki norminate khinsa ahi hi. Tedim lamte ngaihsut

na ah tutung pen ei Tedim lamte GS sep hun ahih manin

GS post hong piak uh leh ZBC tawh kipawl lai ding,

hong piak kei uh leh ZBC pan paikhia ding cih

vaihawmna tawh England a sangkah kim lai Rev. Thawng

Khan Cin kisam a, GS kidemsak hi. Kilel hi. (ZBC GS

ding a kitel Rev. Dr Chum Awi in kum khat zong sem

manlo in gamdangah hong zinsan a, KVBA GS ding a kitel

Rev. Tuang Khan Kap in vaihaksapi sung GS sem hi.)



GS a kingah loh ciangin Khuasak khua ZBC Trienial

kikhoppi sung mah ah Tedim lam teng kituam kup pah uh

a, ZBC pan paikhaitna ding vaihawm uh hi. Tuate sung

ah TBA, TTBA, KZBA, TVBA, ZBA teng kihela, SRBA in a

mau leitang tung a thu kivaihawm laitak ahih na hang

tawh kikhen ding thu pompih zolo uh hi. ZBA te a sawt

lo in ZBC mah ah kileh kik uh hi. TBA tangmite inn a

tun kik uh ciangin mipi lungkim lo ahih manin a pai

khiate lah pawm nawn lo, ZBC ah lah ciah kik lo in

tangdin uh hi. A paikhia te in “ZBC sung sum leh

paaizat na ah hong muang zo kei ung” cih siksan bulpi

in nei uh hi.





Hih thu teng a pian ciangin ZBC in commission a

dawldawl seh in haksatnate lem napi 1998 kumthum cin

kik dong kigawm kik ding ciang tun zolo hi. A paikhia

te in ZBCM min pua uh a, Kawlpi ah kiphual uh hi. ZBC

tung ah inntuan nang thu dam tawh a nget uh hangin

lawhcing lo hi. ZBC in a paikhia te kiang ah vok go in

a khaam kawikawi hangin zong a phattuamna om nawn lo

hi. Tua kawmkal ah Tedim mi sung (a diakdiak in TBA

sung ah) ‘C’ leh ‘M’ thu hangin zum kong mang kong

kitun, u leh nau ki nopmawh, sisan naisan luanna piang

hi.



TBA in thudot (Patron) dingin a seh uh Rev. Dr. Pau

Khan En, Rev. Dr Kam Khaw Thang, Rev. Dr. Do Sian

Thang leh Rev. Smith Ngul Za Thawng te tawh kimuh na

zong om zelzel hi. Tedim kampau sia khempeuhh

kimuhkhopna zong kibawl hi. ZCLS makaihna tawh

consultation zong kisam hi. Ahih hangin thudot te in

“ZBC ah ciah kik ding” hi kinken a, ZBCM makaite in

“Ciahkik lo ding mainawt ding” hi den hi. Tua bangin

TTBA, TVBA, leh KZBA in ZBCM mintawh “ngal hapaksa tum

kik kei” ci in mainawt suak uh hi. TBA tangdin gige

hi. TBA sung pan in Mualbeem khawk te in TAB ci in

Association thak kipan uh a 1999 Trienial ah ZBC tawh

kizom uh hi.



1998 Trienial khit

ZBC triennial in MBC ah hih thu haksa a puak toh

dingin a kigen hangin EC leh ap kik hi. 1999 kum

ciangin MBC tun pan uh hi. MBC GS pen Rev. Saw Mar Gay

Gyi leh Rev. Simon Pau Khan En hong kilaih hun tawh

kituak hi. Sia Enno makaihna tawh MBC thuhaksa lemtuah

pawl in Khamtung gam ah hong kuan uh hi. ZBCM tawh

bangmah vaihawm kha nawnlo uh hi. TBA bulphuh deuh uh

ahih mah bangin TBA in zong “ZBCM pai ding lah lung

kim khin zo kei ung. ZBC ciah kik ding lah lungkim

khin zo kei ung, MBC nuai ah Baptist innkuan sun pan

lah taikhia het kei nung” a cih ciangin MBC in TBA

mailam ding ngaihsutsak hi.



MBC, TBA leh ZBC makaite kimu uh a, TBA mailam ding a

gel na uh a (1) TBA pen Association 3 kisuah ding a,

Convention in a din theih nang kithawi ding. (2) Tua

hun sung ZBC ah kipawlna sum khia ding a, ZBC kum 50

cin zong bawl khawm ding. (3) ZBC in zong TBA mailam

ding a hoih pen in vaihawmsak ding (4) hi bang laklawh

hun sung MBC in TBA akisam bangin vaan ding cih ahi

hi. Hih vaihawm na mah bangin MBC in TBC a van zawhzah

in van hi. TBA zong Association thum kisuah a (1)

Northern Tedim Baptist Association, Tedim (central)

Baptist Association leh Southern Tedim Baptist

Association kici hi. Tua teng ki gawm leuleu in Tedim

Baptist Convention dingin vaihawm (form-up) uh hi.



Hih thu 2001 ZBC Trienial Hnaring ah kigen hi. MBC pan

Sia Enno leh Sia Authur Kolay, leh TBA makaite zong

hong pai hi. ZBC triennial delegate in TBA te

convention a suah theih nang MBC tungah puaktoh dingin

lungkimna pia zo lo hi. Tua bangin dinmun a kisawn

toto pen 2003 ZBC EC in ZBC kum 50 cin Jubilee tawh

kituak in thukimpih na a pia ahi hi.



Mai lam ah

TBC pen MBC in a kipsak nang ZBC in thukimpih ta hi.

Hih pen MBC kalsuanzia lam man a tawn ahi hi. MBC in a

pia taktak diam cih om lai hi. Ol no tak in piaziau

lel thei ding a, zong pialo thei ek ding hi. Banghang

hiam cih leh ei phut bang buaina Shan gam Kachin gamte

ah om kawikawi a, MBC in aktui kitam ding bang a a dop

kingkiang laitak” ahi hi.

Tua ban ah MBC Kumnih cin khawmpi bek in Convention

kipsakna a pia thei ding hi a, tu kum January kha sung

Myitkyina khua ah tua khawmpi kibawl ahih manin tu

zawh kum 2 sung sawt thei lai ding cih lamet om lailai

hi.



1953 lai a TBA teng i kipawl khawm thei tam!

!948 kum in a piang TBA pen 1953 kum in ZBC a piangsak

suangthuthum lak ah khat ahi hi. Kum 50 sung ah

convention 3 leh Associaiton 15 a kipha ta suak hi.

1. Tedim Baptist Convention

(1) Northern Tedim Baptist Association,

(2) Tedim (Central) Baptist Association

(3) Southern Tedim Baptist Association



2. Zomi Baptist Convention sung ah

(4) Zo Baptist Association piang hi.

(5) Siyin Region Baptist Association piang hi.

(6) Kalay Valley Baptist Association

(7) Tamu Kabaw valley Baptist Association

(8) Kuki Baptist Association

(9) Tedim Association of Baptist

3. Zomi Baptist Convention of Myanmar sungah

(10) Tonzang Township Baptist Association

(11) Kalay Zomi Baptist Association

(12) Tamu Baptist Association

(13) Zanggam Baptist Association

(14) Gungal Baptist Association (?)

(15) Cikha Baptist Associatioan (?)



*(?)nih pen ka thu nung zak hi a, a min bulhdan khawng

tel siang lo hiing.



Hih Convention thum sung a om Association 15 tengin

Zomite khantoh nading leh phattuam na ding vaihawm

khop theih nang kipawlna khat i vaihawm zo diam? A

phamawh in ngaihsut ding thupi ta hi.



A tawp nong nong simsak lungdam ing

Khoi Lam Thang



Attachment in hong khak ing. Piang leh U Dalte in zong hong simsak theih ding ban ah midang a lunglutte in hong theihpih ding

deihna in Zonet sung mah pan hong dawng ing. Laibu leh

record ka siksan ding khat zong kem paklo ka hih manin a

thulup zia ciang bek mah a huampi in hong gelh thei suak ing.



Rev. Kam Khaw Thang gelh ZCLS in a suahsak "Zogam

Tuiphum Pawlpi tangthu" lai bu innlam pan na vaikha

thei le cin, thu guicingin om deuh ding hi.



Ka lungdam;

Khoi Lam Thang