Celebrating 150 years of Christianity in Naga Hills Our CorrespondentMokokchung, Nov. 2 (EMN): The mission of the church is the mission itself and the greatness of a church is not based on setting capacity but on its sending capacity, said Rev. Watson Rajaratnam, Region Director, Serving in Mission, East Asia, on Wednesday. He was speaking on the second day of the Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang’s (ABAM)’s sesquicentennial celebration (150 years of Christianity in Naga Hills) at Impur, during the day’s morning worship session. ‘When we go forward with the mission, we are united, and with unity ABAM can send more missionaries, impacting Nagaland and the world,’ said the Reverend who spoke on the theme of the event “To God Be the Glory”. He also urged the ABAM leaders to go out as missionaries, saying that ‘leadership will come and go but the call to be a disciple and one who proclaims the gospel will ever remind with the Lord’. Stressing on the challenges of glorifying God,
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