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Resource persons and delegates from different countries pose for a photograph during the CRCILC held at Bangkok from November 19 to the 21st.[/caption]
Dimapur, Nov. 21 (EMN): A three-day Christian Revival Church (CRC) international leaders conference (CRCILC) was held at the Church of Christ in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 19 to the 21st.
The three-day conference was organised by Nagaland CRC with Rev. Dr. Israkul David Thamungraksat as the local co-coordinator. The resource persons were NCRC mission director Rev .Dr. Imcha Yanger, NCRC president Rev. Dr. N Paphino, and vice president of Asia Evangelism Explosion International Malaysia Rev. Voon Yuen Woh.
Rev. Woh, a Chinese origin who migrated to Malaysia, shared his testimony about how he started the missionary. Rev. Woh said he changed everything- his family, friends, job, and place for God’s sake. He also shared about his ministry which is about 29 years old.
An update from NCRC stated that Rev. Woh had organised about 1800 training events till 2018 and has about 60 thousand churches under Explosion Evangelism (EE).
Rev. N Paphino, in his message, shared about the existence of CRC in Nagaland. He said CRC came into existence with God’s revelation in 1958 and came into formation on January 9, 1962.
He also highlighted that the first northeast CRC convention was held in 1997 at Kohima, adding NCRC golden Jubilee was celebrated in 2012 and organised the All India CRC Convention in 2010. He also stated that 1st CRC international leaders conference was held in 2015.
Expressing his gratitude for choosing Bangkok as the venue for CRCILC Rev, Israkul said that Thailand needs more missionaries and mission works where only 1 percent is Christian out of 70 million people. He said Thailand was never colonised by the British which resulted in more independent.
Delegates Africa, China, Malayasia, Nepal, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh attended the conference.
Reports presented by different states
Kenya (Africa): Rev. Peter Mukhwana Wanyonyi, chairman of KCRCC, shared about the existence CRC in Africa. He said CRC in Africa was formed on August 24, 2019, with 200 members. He said the church is functioning under Kenya Christian Revival Churches Council (KCRCC), South Africa.
He added that there are 30 churches functioning under KCRCC in Africa. He also owns a bible school, medical clinic and has expressed desired to let the CRC to take over.
Nepal CRC: Nepal CRC was founded in the year 1996. There are about 25 to 30 lakh Christians in Nepal. Gospel has reached nine districts out of 77 districts. A total of 31 CRC are functioning under Nepal CRC Council. Nepal has also celebrated silver jubilee on November 9, 2018.
In 1987, CRC came into existence in Arunachal Pradesh and currently has about 400 full times church workers. Under Arunachal Christian Revival Churches Council (ACRCC), there are 800 CRC churches.
In 1980 CRC came into existence in Manipur and has 37 churches functioning under its wing. There are four organisations under MCRCC namely Mao CRC, Maram CRC, Poumai CRC, and Imphal Valley CRC.
Altogether, 110 delegates participated in the conference. The next conference would be held in Kula Lampur, Malaysia, which would be hosted by Full Gospel Tabernacle Church, Malaysia. The house has selected Rev. N Paphino as the convener and Rev. Tai Ete as the secretary of the CRC International Fellowship 2020.
