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183and obtaining jobs in the British Government opened up anewlifestyle to the Kukis, which made it easier for them tobecome Christians. In order to be eligible for a job, onehad to go to the mission schools for an education.Many ofthe early converts became Christians while attending themission schools.The other factor was arevival movement that beganin Mizoram and swept the whole of Manipur.These two factorscontributed to the conversion of alarge number ofKukis during 1920-1945. Of course, the work of Dr. and Mrs.Crozier was the strongest human factor contributing to thegrowth of the mission during these decades.The outbreak ofthe Second World War brought an end to the second period.The third stage of growth of the church among theKukis began in 1946 and continued to 1979.During thesethree decades the growth was much faster. During thesedecades, the Kuki churches became conscious of organizingthemselves into Kuki Christian Churches. So the leadersformed organizations such as the Kuki Christian Organization,the Kuki Christian Asso~iation,the Kuki Baptist Association,the Northeast Kuki Baptist Association of Manip~r,and the Kuki Baptist Convention.Along with the growth ofthe churches, there was an increased sense of Kuki identity,which expressed itself by Christians organizing themselvesinto the kinds of groups mentioned above and by trying tointegrate Christianity more faithfully into the Kuki lifeand culture. And increased desire for Kuki Christian unity