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101sionary responsibility seriously.Most local churches p l a nto send out a group of people at least once a year to a Ku kivillage where the people have been found to be receptive tothe Gospel.When such a group is sent out to a Kuki village,they remain in the village <strong>for</strong> at least three to four days.They conduct house to house visitation and urge the head ofthe house to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior and thro waway the Doibom.When they have won one or two families,the families' names will be enlisted in the register of thatsending church.soon be baptized.Personal contacts will follow and they willThe pastor or the evangelist will alwaysfollow such groups and seek to plant achurch, building onthe results of the young people's work.An exa mple of how this process worked can be seen inthe experiences of Mr. T. Lunkim. In 1956 Mr. Lunkim (nowRev.Dr. T. Lunkim) led a group of young people from his ownclan on an evangelistic visit to Saichang village w h o r etheChie:f was staunchly opposed to the <strong>Christian</strong> Gospel.Theclan feast was being held in that village and visitors fro mall around the area were coming, including important leadersfrom other villages of the clan.The clan mithun was readyto be killed <strong>for</strong> the feast.The Chief declared that the<strong>Christian</strong>s had come to spread their religion among hisvillagers.He said, "I have <strong>for</strong>bidden any of myvillagers tobecome a <strong>Christian</strong>, but today there will be a contest bet-

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