URBAN MISSION

THU HMAHRUAI:                                                             

Urban mission chungchang  thu hi sawi chhuah a ni thin a. Keini sawi ve hma atang tawhin kan hotute leh mi dang tam tak rilruah pawh a lo inmung daih tawh a. Tuntumah hian PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT 2021-ah a lo lang ta a; thil lawmawm tak a ni awm e. BCM rorelna pawimawh ber Assembly la paltlang chiah lo mahse, he mi chungchang thua zawhna awm thei chhanna leh, a tulna leh hmalak chhunzawm a nih theih dan turte kan tarlang dawn a; urban mission hrihfiahnain bul kan tan dawn a ni.

 

2.      URBAN MISSION CHU ENG E?:

Urban chu mizo tawngin ‘khawpui’ tihna a ni a. Mission rawngbawlna thilah chuan urban tih tawngkam chuan ‘ring lo mite bitna khawpui lian tak’ a kawk ber awm e. Tichuan, urban mission chuan - khawpui tinzawn rawngbawlna emaw khawpui lian chhunga rawngbawlna lam a kawk a. ‘BCM-in urban mission i kalpui ve tawh ang u’ kan ti a nih chuan ‘Tuna kan rawngbawl dan huang hi zauhin, khawpui  lam I hawi ve tawh ang u’ kan tihna a ni thei ang.

Urban mission-ah hian ‘rawngbawlna thuang lian tak tak pahnih’ a awm thei a, chungte chu;

i)                    Khawpui thuthmun bera hmang a; khawpui chhung leh pawna cheng mi hnuaihnung zawkte zinga rawngbawlna a ni a. He rawngbawlna hi kan tih lai reng rawngbawlna a tih theih a.

ii)                  Khawpui thuthmun bera hmang a; khawpui chhunga cheng - lehkhathiam leh khawsak phunga mi pangngai tak takte zinga rawngbawlna a ni leh a. He rawngbawlna hi erawh chu kan la kalpui meuh loh rawngbawlna a ni.

 

2.1 PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT-A A LAN DAN:

Planning commission report 2021 hian urban mission rawngbawlna hi BCM-mission huang zauhna pawimawh tak atan Assembly-ah chhawpchuah a tum mek a. Assembly-in la pawm fel lo mahse ‘a tuipui apiangte’ hmuh theih tura a awm tawh avangin, tarlan hi a pawi lo turah ngaiin kan tarlang dawn a ni.

Planning commission report 2021-a a lan dan;

Urban Mission: India ram khawpui behchhan (City base/Urban Mission)-a kan rawngbawlna zauh ve hret hret a tul viau tawh a. Tun dinhmunah hian, New Delhi, Kolkatta leh Guwahati-ahte Centre kan nei ve mek a ni. Heng bakah hian a tul anga khawpui dang pawh luh chilh ve bek bek a ni ang a, thawktu Missionary intirin, native worker te pawh ruaia hmalak chhoh ve zel tur a ni. Hei hi “Urban Mission” tiin a koh theih ang. He mission hian a tum chu India ram khawpui leh a chheh vela Pathian ram din zel leh BCM Mission huang zauh a ni a. He Mission-ah hian India ram khawpui lian hrang hranga Zo-hnahthlakte rawngbawlpui tur a zawng ang.

 

3.      URBAN MISSION BIBLE-A A LAN DAN:

Urban mission hi Jona hun atanga intan a tih theih a. Jeremia leh Nehemia te pawhin lo kalpui tawhin, Thuthlung Thar-ah chuan Paula chu urban mission kalpui hlawhtling ber a ni. Tirhkohte hun laia ‘khawpuia kohhran phuntu mi ropui’ (the great urban-church planter) tia koh niin, a rawngbawlna hi khawpui lian tak tak atanga vir kual (central to periphery) a ni. Atheni chu Grik leh_Rom hun lai atang tawha vantlang mi chunglam awm khawmna khawpui (intellectual centre) a ni a: Korinth pawh sumdawnna hmunpui (commercial centre) niin, Ephesi pawh sakhaw hmunpui (religious hub) a ni a, tin Rome pawh sipai leh politic rorelna hmunpui (capital) a ni. A tawi zawngin urban mission chu rawngbawlna kalpui dan chi khat, Paula’n a rawngbawlna hmanrua (mission method) pawimawh taka a hman, bible-a awm ngei mahse tunlai  kohhran tam takin an chelek hleihtheih loh rawngbawl dan phung pawimawh tak a ni. 

 

4.      A TULNA LEH A HUN TAWH DAN:

BCM-in mission department hmanga rawng a bawl dan hi ring lotu ‘thingtlang mite tinzawn rawngbawlna’ (rural area focus mission) a ni ber a. He rawngbawlna hi kum tam tak kalpui tawh niin; mission rawngbawlna pumpui 90% vel chu ‘thingtlang mite tinzawn rawngbawlna’ (rural area focus mission)  kan tih hi a ni.

 

Tichuan, ‘rural area focus mission’ hrula kan hmachhawp  urban mission chu kan kalpui thei a, hma kan la chhunzawm thei a nih chuan;  he  rawngbawlna hian nasa takin kan huang min zauh sak dawn a, khawpui lian zawka cheng ring lo mi maktaduai tam tak, Pathian hmangaihna chanchin la hre ngai lote hnenah, Chanchin Tha kan hril thei dawn tihna a ni.

 

Tin, BCM-in hma thar a lo lak tawh dan kan chhui kirin ‘a lo dawngsawngtu turina Chanchin Tha emaw BCM a lo pawm dan (tur)’ (receptivity) chu rawngbawl tura kohhrante thutlukna siam tirtu (criteria) pawimawh tak a lo ni tawh thin a. He mi tlukpui; a aia pawimawh zawk mah chu; rawng bawl tura kohna leh veina nung tak nena kal kawp  - tul tihna emaw, ti lo thei lova inhriatna ( mission mandate) Pathianin a mite thinlunga a dah thin chu a ni. Chutiang ang veina leh tul tihna nung tak chu a fawng vuantute (responsible person) thinlungah a awm a, a tlak nat hmasak a tul thin a. Chu chu tunah hian a fawng vuantute thinlungah a inmung mek a tih theih a. Chuvangchuan urban mission kalpui hi ‘a tulin, a hun ve takzet ta’ a tih theih a ni.

 

5.      A TIHHLAWHTLIN DAN TUR LEH HMALAKNA TUR:

Pawl leh kohhran tam takin Urban mission an lo kalpui tawh danin, he mission kalpui tur hian a tih dan phung (mission model emaw method) tam tak a awm thei a. Chung zinga langsar zual chu lo tarlang I la; i) Member tlemte te inpawl khawm zinga rawngbawl (small group ministry), ii) Mission buaipuitute intelkhawmna (misional community) din, iii) Kohhran din (church planting), iv) Hruaitu chher (leadership development) leh v) Intihphur tawnna hmunpui (centre of influence) buatsaih te a ni.

 

Heng bakah hian mission rawngbawlna atana kan hmalak mekna leh kan la chin than loh thil tha tak tak hmangin urban mission tihhlawhtlin dan tur hi a duan theih a. Planning commission report-2021-in chutiang ang chu a tarlan loh avangin, rawtna thenkhat - BCM tihtur leh mission field/station tihtur thliar hrang sain a hnuaiah hian lo tarlang I la.

 

5.1  BCM tih tur:

i)                    Pastoral ministry huang zauh policy kalpui.

Tuna BCM-in pastoral ministry hmanga kan rawngbawlna hi thuang 4-ah a then theih a, chungte chu;

-          Office Administration rawngbawlna

-          Bialtu Pastor rawngbawlna

-          Institution emaw zirtirna lam rawngbawlna

-          Field director rawngbawlna te a ni.

Heng bakah hian ministry huang zauh policy dang pakhat kalpui atana tha em em, urban mission tih hlawhtlina atana tha bawk si ala awm thei a, chu chu -  India ram chhung Theological institution hrang hranga partnership zawn a ni.

 

Hei hi thil awmsam tak erawh a ni lovang  a. Amaherawhchu Istitution 5-ah chauh pawh inzar pharhna kan hmu thei a nih chuan, chu chuan post siam belh kawngah min pui nghal dawn tihna a ni a. Tin, AICS atanga B.D graduate, a hnua Post graduate degree neite tan BCM Pastoral ministry beisei kher loin rawngbawlna kawng a hawn sak nghal dawn tihna a ni a, a tha em em a ni. He tiang ang policy hi kan nei thei anih chuan, policy anga tirhchhuah apiangte chu dan pangngai anga missionary kan tir chhuak angin kan tir chhuak ang a, chu tiang hmang chuan urban mission hi kan ti phuisui chhunzawm thei zel dawn a ni.

 

ii)                  Tent making missionary policy hman tangkai ni se

Tent making mission policy hi  BCM-in policy kan kalpui reng, kan hman tangkai lutuk si loh a ni a. Urban mission tih hlawhtlinna atana hmanraw tangkai tak a nih theih dawn avangin, hman tangkai ngei tum ni se.

 

iii)                Recognized missionary policy hman tangkai ni se

He policy hi BCM employee ni  lo, hna leh thil dang avanga hmun danga awm,  rawngbawlna rilrupu tak taktena an zawm thin policy a ni a. Record hlui hai chhuah theih hnaivai atanga hriat theih danin he policy hnuaia recognized missionary kan neih zat chu mi 20 zet an ni nghe nghe a ni. 

 

Policy kan neih sa ti danglam hlekin ‘ Thalai- lehkha zir avanga phaia awm, rawngbawlna rilruputen an zir hun chhunga missionary rawngbawl hna – thu, nun leh chetzia hmanga an kalpui theihnan ‘Temporary Recognized Missionary Policy for Students’ siam ni bawk se. Chu chuan ring lote leh zirna avanga hmun danga awm zirlai tam takte nun a tha zawngin a hruai ngeiin a rinawm a. Policy zawmtu pawh chu chuan a tih pun phah ngei ang tih a rinawm a. Urban mission hnuaia hmalakna tha leh tangkai tak a ni tel ngal thei dawn tihna a ni.

 

5.2 Mission field/station tih tur:

iv)                Virtual church/ community din:

Virtual church hming dang chu cyber-church emaw online church a ni a. Community chu ringtu ‘inpawl khawm’ a tih theih mai awm e. A awlsam zawngin internet hmanga inthlunzawm kohhran emaw ringtu inpawl khawm tihna a ni. Cyber-church, a tira a lo zik chhuah dan leh, a din hmasatuten an lo hman tangkai dan angin; hetia’ng kohhran emaw community hi a hrana din emaw a tul kher lo va; kohhran khat leh biakin khata lawi si, khawsakna inkar hlat lutuk vanga ‘ringtu inpawl khawm’ regular-a zawm hlei thei lo  – thlun zawm a, inpawh tawnna petu atan a hman tangkai theih a ni. 

 

He tiang ang inthlunzawmna hi khawpui lian lutuk (metropolitan city), inkar hlat bawk si, inpawh zung zung theih lohna hmuna awmte tan a tangkai em em a; urban mission tana hmalakna tangkai tak a ni ngei ang tih a rinawm tlat a ni.

 

v)                  Heng a chunga hmanraw pawimawh lutuk pali kan tarlante bakah hian urban mission kan kalpui dan azirin ‘rawngbawlna atana hmalak chhunzawm dan tur’ tam tak a duan theih a.

A tira kan tarlan tawhte (mission model emaw method) bakah heng a hnuaia mite hi hmalakna tur atana rawtna duhawm tak an ni thei bawk ang; i) Ringtu/ member ni sa hui khawm, ii) Thiam thil (skill development) zirtirna hmanga rawngbawl, iii) Vakrawlai ho leh khawlaia let mai maite (homeless) tana tanpuina thilpek (charity) hmanga rawngbawl, etc leh thil dang tam tak a awm thei a. A nihna takah chuan urban mission-ah hian thawh sen loh leh hmalak sen rual loh rawngbawlna a awm (dawn) a ni.

 

6.      INVEN A NGAIHNA:

Urban mission hi rawngbawl dan phung pangngai (rural area focus mission) anga kalpui ve a awlsam hle dawn a. Chuvangchuan kan kalpui tak tak hmaa ‘kan mi tinzawn turte’ (mission focus) kan tih chian hmasak a tulin rinawm. Hei hi kan ngaihthah emaw kan ngai pawimawh lo a nih chuan he mission hi a pian a fuh lo thei a. Khawsak phunga mi pangngai leh lehkhathiamte tinzawn hmasak zet hnu a, a tul ang zela ko thlak leh insiam rem hi he mission-in ‘pianpui mizia’ anga a neih ni thei se thil duhawm tak a niin a rinawm.

 

7.      A TAWPNA:

A chunga kan thil tarlan zawng zawngte hi research tenau behchhana ziak, mimal ngaihdan leh rawtna thenkhat bilh tel hlek paha thu lakna hnar belhchian dawl tak hrula thu phuah khawm a ni ber a. A phena thuchah awm; chhiartu apiangtena kan hmuh kan hauh loh tur chu – i) urban mission hi lo hlawhtling ngei se, ii) rawtna leh ngaihdan tha zawkte lo piang zelin, ii) he ruahmanna hmang hian Pathian ram lo zau zel rawh se tih hi a ni.