Ministry of the Word to Zunheboto

Zunheboto shot to fame when it announced the inauguration of Asia's biggest Baptist church. When I first saw the news I had a deep desire to visit Zunheboto and introduce the ministry literature to the brothers and sisters there. Since then this town has been in my heart and also in my prayers. Having a big building is one thing and having the word of God is another thing. Since this town has attracted Christian attention worldwide, I decided to visit this place one day with one purpose: to make the ministry of the word available to Christians in town.

As we drove from Wokha towards Mokokchung, we received a call to visit a brother who lives in a  village called Rotomi or Roto New. We had to detour just because of this one phone call to meet one brother. We had a rough mountain drive where the road is partly a rivulet. Nonetheless, it was an adventurous ride. The Lord had been always with us preserving us from any untoward incident. When we finally reached our destination, we had a time of fellowship on the ministry literature with that young brother, a Youth Pastor, who was so hungry and thirsty for the word of God. He placed an order for the Holy Bible Recovery Version as we had only a sample copy to show to him. Besides, he purchased some of the ministry books. After a light refreshment and prayer, we set off for Zunheboto town again.

It was a long drive on the narrow, and muddy mountain road. Finally, when arrived at our destination at about 11 PM we had our dinner and get to sleep at past midnight. Our host is a policeman who welcomed us with his traditional Sumi Naga dishes.

Our first meeting for the ministry was with the Assistant Pastor of Asia's biggest Baptist church in Zunheboto. The Lord sovereignly arranged a time with him and the president of the committee, who both were immediately attracted by the Holy Bible Recovery Version. For the library and for their personal collection, they placed orders for the entire set of Life-study of the Bible and the whole set of selected books by Nee and Lee. The latter order they postponed it for the next year as they were short of budget for this year. Then, we met another Pastor of another Baptist church who also placed order for the Bible and the selected set of books by Br. Nee and Lee. We then met another charismatic pastor who also place an order for the Bible. 

The journey to this town was tiresome, hectic, and long, yet it was truly worth paying the price as we could bring the ministry for the first time to all these dear brothers and sisters in the Lord. One day, many seekers will get to read the truth and the Lord will recover His remnants who would bear His testimony in Zunheboto.

Aizuto

On our way to Mokochung from Zunheboto town, we dropped by a theological seminary in Aizuto. We had a time of introducing the ministry to the Principal and the Dean of the college. In fact, this was the only time in the entire Nagaland trip that someone studied about the publisher of the ministry literature and asked questions related to the accusation concerning the teaching on the Trinity and one church-one city. But we had the grace to answer the questions raised by the Dean and had a healthy conversation. Once in a while, we got to defend the truth and stand firmly for the truth. All maimings and misinterpretations of the ministry should be refuted. We were glad that we could address the issues raised and hope that with a seeking spirit they would read the ministry and be blessed by it.

I trust in what the Lord can do. Now that the ministry books are made available to the Christian of this town, in prayer and by faith, we have to wait for the word of God to take root and grow in the hearts of the readers until it finally blossoms and bears fruit for the Lord's bright and shining golden lampstand.

Lord, raise up the church in Zunheboto!