"…Kei pawh tha ka ti. Pastor pasalah an nei a nih chuan rawngbawlna kha an ngai pawimawh hmasa tur a ni...” tiin Mizoram Baptist Kohhran rorelnaa an pastor nupui sorkar hnathawkte thawk chhunzawm lo tura tih chungchangah Lungleia sorkar officer pakhat chuan facebook group pakhatah a comment a. A sawi zelnaah pastor nupuiten sorkar hna an thawh duh kher nachhan tur a hriatthiamloh thu leh “Pathian tana an pasalte lo support & rawngbawlpui kha an hna tur a ni tawp mai!" nia a hriat thu a ziak tel bawk a.
Hetiang ngaihdan hi rawngbawlna leh economy hriatthiamlohna vang ni berin a lang. Chuti chung pawha mi tam takin an pawm bawk si avangin kohhranten ti zawng hian I han ngaihtuah dawn chhin teh ang, Mizoram Baptist Kohhran chauh lo paw’n.
"Pastor pasalah an nei a nih chuan rawngbawlna kha an ngai pawimawh hmasa tur a ni".
Tualchhunga pastor te rawngbawlna kan tih hi saptawnga “ministry” tih nen hian a intluk a. Rev William Williams-a te, Rev JH Lorrain-a te, Rev FW Savidge-a ten an pian leh murna sapram kalsana Chanchin Tha hrila an rawn kal vang vang ang kha chu kohhran rawngbawlna tawngkam hmanah chuan “mission” tih a ni. Chutiang rawngbawlnaa telte chu “missionary” te pawh kan ti bawk. China ramah khian kei pawh Pathian khawngaihna leh Kohhran te duhsakna vangin missionary rawngbawl hna kum 2 ka thawk ve tawh a. Chuta kan team hotupa chu Reverend/pastor a ni a. A nupui professional background chu nurse lam hna a ni. An inneih dawnin kan team hotupa nupui chuan a pasal tur rawngbawlna avangin a nurse hna chu a kalsan a. A pasal pastor nen chuan Pathian rawngbawlin kohhran enkawl hna an thawk a. Rei tak pastor hna an thawh hnuah kum 10 chhung missionary rawngbawl hna thawk turin an inpe a. An pahnih hnihin chu rawngbawl hna chu English zirtirtu angin an thawk dun a. An nupa kaihhruaina hnuaiah Mizo pawh 5 lai chu mission rawngbawl hna kan thawk a. A then kan thawh hun a zova, a then full time-a mission hna thawk chhunzawmin an awm bawk a.
Kum 3/4 kalta khan kan team hotupa te nupa chuan an mission rawngbawl hna an thawk zova. Tunah hian kan team hotupa chuan kohhran enkawlin pastor hna a thawk leh a. A nupui erawh chuan a pasal neih hmaa hna a lo thawh thin nurse hna chu a thawk chhunzawm leh a. Hna thawka sum a hlawhchhuah loh chuan kohhranin pastor hlawh chauh an pek atangin an inenkawlna/khawsakna man a daih lo a ni. Nikum kum tir khan kan chhungkuain chawlhkar 2 chamin kan va thlen chilh a. Kan hotupa nupui hian a pasal kohhran enkawlna leh rawngbawlna hi a ngaipawimawh hle a, kawng tinrengin a pasal rawngbawlna a tawiawm a ni. Pastor nupui ten full time-a hna an thawh hian an pasalte rawngbawlna an ngaipawimawh lo emaw an thlawp tha lo tih ngaihdan hi ngaihdan dik niin a lang lo. Thlawp that loh chu sawi loh nasa takin pastor rilru hahna tur te an venpui a. An thlawp tha hle zawk a ni.
Tin, he ngaihdan hi kan pastor leh thuhriltute ngei ngeiin an lo sawi thin, “Eng hna pawh thawk ila, Pathian rawng kan bawl thei a ni” tih nen hian a inkalh tlat bawk a. Sum melh ran mi chu awm tak mah se, pastor nupui an nih avanga an pasal pastor rawngbawlna tibuai hi sawi tur an tam lovang. An sum thawhchhuah thawhlawma an pek phei chu Pathian Ram tana a tangkai em avangin kohhranin lawm takin kan la pawm zel a ni.
Ministry tih hi Oxford dictionary chuan heti hian a hrilhfiah a: The spiritual work or service of a Christian or a group of Christians, especially evangelism. Kohhran puipa ni mekte leh lo ni tawh zawng zawng ten “a nilo” an tih miah loh tur chu he thlarau lam hna hi khawvel thil – sum – tellovin a thawh theih loh tih hi a ni ang. Sum hi pawimawh ber a nih loh laiin Pathian berin he’ng kan thawhchhuah sum te a hman si chuan chu sum hnar lo danchan tum ngawt kha a “logic” hriatthiam a har khawp.
“Pastor nupuiten sorkar hna an thawh duh kher nachhan tur ka hre lo”
Nulain pasal a neih hmain Pathianin a nunkawng a zawh tirna hnaah tui takin a lo thawk thei a. A nuna a pek, a pasal kha pastor a nih vang ngawtin, rawngbawlnaah pawh a lo ngaih theih, a tui em em na hna chu thawk zawmlo ngawt tura beisei a dik thei dawn em ni? Rawngbawlna lam chu a ni lo naa nu pakhat lehkha zirsang tak ka hriat chu a pasala chhungten a thiamna lama hna a thawh chak em em an sawi hnawm sak zel a. A tawpah phei chuan an nupa inthenna chhan lian tak a tling hial a. An nupa inthen hnu chuan a thawh thiam zawng leh nuam tih zawng thawkin zalen takin a hun a hmang ta a. Hna a thawh avanga hlawkna chhar tam tak kum tinin Zoram hmun tin atanga fuan khawm Aizawl khawpuiah hian an awm nghe nghe.
“Pathian tana an pasalte lo support & rawngbawlpui kha an hna tur a ni tawp mai a ni!”
"Support" tih hi hrilhfiah a nih loh chuan a chiang lo hle. He sorkar hnathawk hlawh petu Mizoram sorkar tunlaia a buaina ber chu sum leh paiah a ni a. Kohhran pawh hi a tak takah chuan sum ah kan hnianghnar tehchiam lo. Pastor, hlawh tamlo tak, kohhran mipuiin nasa taka kan phut lawi si te hian sum leh paia lo tanpui theitu nupui an neih te chuan a tha hle zawk dawn lo'm ni? Chhungte leh thenrual tha ten an remchan dana pastor te an lo sih chhuah chang te hian an lawm theihzia hi!
Tin, mimal nun, chhungkaw nun hi pastor te leh an nupui te hian an nei ngei ngei tur a ni a. Kan pastor te hi mihring ve bawk an nih avangin an tlin loh thleng thlenga thawk turin kan beisei tur a ni lovang. Holiday chawlh pawh mumal takin kan siamsak ngei ngei tur a ni. Pastor nupui te hian hna an thawk lo a nih pawhin an pasalte anga kohhran rawngbawlnaah kan phut chuan thil diklo hulhual a ni bawk ang. A chhan chu kohhranin hlawh kan pe ve tlat lova. An pasalte rawngbawlna an tawiawm hi Pathian avanga an inpekna liau liau a nih avangin an chhungkaw enkawlna aia an pasal pastor te rawngbawlna dah hmasa tura kohhranin kan phut a nih chuan kan tisual hle tihna a ni ang.
Sum tello hian a khawsak theih loh tih kan hre theuh a. Sum hi sual a nih loh avang leh kohhran rawngbawlnaah mi inpe te leh an rawngbawlna chak taka kaltirna tur sum thawkchhuaktu tam zawk kan mamawh avangin pastor nupui sorkar hna thawkte hi Mizoram Baptist Kohhran hian a bantir a nih chuan pastor rawngbawlna tihchak tumna nia sawi hi pastor rawngbawlna tichautu zawk a ni thei ang.
Tin, he thilah hian Mizoram Baptist Kohhran hruaituten an thlir telloh nia lang chu, kohhrana hlawh la nilo Mizoram sorkar emaw Central sorkar hnathawk te hi All India Service (Conduct) Rules 1968 in a phuar a. Sorkar hnathawkte lo ban emaw bantir hi Mizoram Baptist Kohhran emaw Mizoram Presbyterian Kohhran Synod pawh ni se, an thuneihna piah lam a ni. Sorkar “kuanglo nawr” kan sawi thin a. He hmalak tumna hi kuanglo nawrna chiang tak zawk chu a ni awm e. Sorkar hnathawkte ban theihna tura India sorkarin dan a siamah hian pastor nupui an nih vanga ban theihna a awm tlat lo. Hindu puithiam nupui an nih vang pawhin ban tir theihna a awm chuang lo.
A tawp berah chuan rawngbawlna kan tih hi kohhran hruaitute leh kohhran mi te hian kan bih chian a tulin a lang. Tin, pastor nupui te dinhmun leh an tih tur pawh hi kan hrilhfiah chian a pawimawhin a lang. Sum chungchang pawh kan inzirtir leh a tul awm e. Sum nilovin sum ngainat zawk hi Bible in sual tinreng bul a tih a ni a. Dik taka sum thawkchhuakte hian thil an tisual lo. Tihsual ahnekin thil tha tak an ti a ni. A lo itsiktute an awm a nih chuan chu’ng mite chuan Pathian hmaah thil an tisual zawk a ni ang. Bible zirtirnaah itsikna hi milem biakna a ni miau si a (Kol 3:5).
