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Resource person I Lolen Imchen, pastor of Mangmetong Baptist Church (4th from left front row), along with the participants of the training.[/caption]
Dimapur, April 23 (EMN): A two-day leadership training for the church leaders under Assam Valley Baptist Mission (AVBM) was held on April 22 and 23 at its Mission Headquarter, Nakachari, in Jorhat district, Assam.
A total 105 church workers from 31 churches under the aegis of the AVBM participated in the programme. The training programme was sponsored by the Senso Mission Board of Mangmetong Baptist Church, Mokokchung.
Pastor I Lolen Imchen; Mission secretary Neken Longchar and Youth Director Meralong Langur of Mangmetong Baptist Church were the resource persons of the training. Besides, AVBM evangelists Huni Gogoi and Nimrudh Mandal assisted in the training sessions.
The Assam Valley Baptist Mission (AVBM) is a common Baptist Christian venture initiated by Baptist Churches mostly independent churches located in Jorhat, Sivasagar and Golaghat districts bordering with Nagaland in the year 2005. The Mission has a total of 51 churches.
The mission was initiated with an aim to uplift spiritual growth of all the neighbouring churches through true Christian living and by employing evangelists for nurturing the already planted but sick churches on the theme “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” The mission is also looking forward to establish a fully residential junior school with Bible as a subject for its varied children under AVBM through the active partnership with any associations, churches and individual volunteers as stakeholders in the near future.
Er. Temsu Wathi Ao, president AVBM, expressed gratitude to the resource persons for sparing their valuable time in educating the members and also to Mangmetong Baptist Church Senso Mission Board for the kind gesture and financial support towards successful conduct of the training. He further thanked all AVBM members and well wishers for their untiring support to organise the event.
