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168preach the Gospel among the Meiteis.He prayed to the Lordto open a way for him to become a true instrument of theGospel to this people.The Lord answered his prayer bysending him to study missiology leading to the d e qze eofM.Th. at the School of World Mission at Fuller TheologicalSeminary, California, U.S.A. from November 1975 to April1976. During this time, Dr. T. Lunkim wrote a thesis on theSUbject of "Multiplying Pure Meitei Churches in ManipurValley."Thus, when a mission was opened in 1977 a mong theMeiteis, Dr. Lunkim becam e the missionary in charge for theMeitei mission of the Kuki Christian Church.There are now fifteen workers among the Meiteis, tenevangelists and five ordained pastors, who are assigned toshepherd the Meitei Christians.Dr. Lunkim employs only theMeitei valley people themselves to be evangelists and pastors.There are now thirty Meitei Christian churches.These are mostly house-churches, most of which are locatedin and around Imphal, the capital of the State.Dr.Lunkim uses mission strategies which he learnedfrom Fuller. He identifies with the Meiteis in his dressand speech whenever he goes to preach among them.The house churches among the Meiteis show signs ofgrowing in membership. Dr. Lunkim has two or three goodsingers a mong his evangelists, who happened to be professionalsingers before their conversion.The Meiteis listen moreattentively to the songs that are sung by these professional