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193The syncretistic nature of Hinduism has stronglyinfl~enced many Christians towards liberalism and poses athreat to the Kuki church. Therefore, a strong evangelicalinstitution is necessary for training the leaders of thechurches. In order to meet this challenge, the K.C.C. incooperation with theC.C.C.C. of the U. S. A. has foundedthe Trulock Theological Seminary (T. T. S.) at Imphal, thecapital of Manipur State in India.The evangelists, pastors,and lay leaders need to receive adequate instructionthrough courses on Bible, theology, apologetics, missions,other religions, evangelism, and church growth not only inorder to be more effective in their work, but also to beable to defend the Christian faith.The basics of historicalChristianity need to be taught to the leaders of thechurches and also to the regular church members.Many Kukichurch members do not have agood understanding of thefaith, because they have not grown up in a Christianenvironment.Many Christians in India, including some tribalChristialls, have absorbed the teaching of Hinduism,Buddhism,Islam, or even Communism. These ideologies need tobe countered by correct doctrine about the person and teachingof Christ.Christianity is not to be understood as amere religion, but as afaith consisting of experientialfellowship with the risen Lord who died for us sinners androse again from the grave. However, this Christian experienceof salvation is quite different from what the Hindus