[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Gospel of Christ first reached the Nagas through the sacrifices of the American Baptist missionaries whose labors established the church among a few tribes. In 1955, when the last missionary family withdrew from Nagaland, the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) took up the unfinished task of evangelising the remaining unreached tribes in Nagaland.In 1960, a Home Mission Board was formed for this purpose. As this ministry developed a decision was made in 1969 to employ a full-time Secretary for Home Mission Division. The first Home Mission Secretary was appointed in 1970. Also that year for the first time 20% of the yearly budget was designated for Foreign Mission work. To reflect this broader scope of ministry, the name Nagaland Baptist Home Mission was changed to Nagaland Missionary Movement (NMM) at the Thirty-fourth Annual Session of the NBCC in 1971 held at Kohima from 31st January - 3rd February.
With the changing trend in the world for missions, the need for changing the nomenclature of “Nagaland Missionary Movement” to “Nagaland Missions Movement” was recommended by the Board to the NBCC Executive Committee which was approved in its meeting held on 21st May, 2008 at Kohima.
In 1980, the Nagaland Baptist Church Council by its action (ANBC 79/415) declared the “Nagaland Mission Day” to be observed in all the Baptist Churches of Nagaland annually from MAY 1-7 for SPECIAL PRAYER AND RAISING OF FUNDS. Since then, our churches observe this week as Missions Week. Today, it is also observed in institutions and mission fields for prayer and financial support.
We invite you to extend your continued prayer support, financial support and personal involvement in reaching out the un-reached through the various ministry programmes of NMM, the Missions department of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC).
(MHIESIVITO VUPRU)
Asst. Office Manager
NMM/NBCC
