Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church (LIKBK)

Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church (LIKBK)

The work of the Baptist Missionary Society of England in the 20th Century was the beginning of Christianity in the Lairam (Lai Land), India. BMS missionaries such as Rev. J.H Lorrain & Rev. F.W Savidge were the pioneers who evangelized the Lai and developed them into ecclesiastical formation. Since then, the Lai Baptists continue to grow until they were established and organized into a body called ‘ASSEMBLY’ (Convention) in two stages: 1970 and 1982.

For quite sometime, since the Lai Baptist were formed into two groups they grew in parallel on the basis of their stages of formation. Formerly the first group was called ‘THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST’ and the second group called ‘LAIRAM BAPTIST CHURCH’. After a hard struggle for reunification the two paralleled groups came together and merged as one body in the year 1999. The united Lai Baptist Body was first called ‘THE LAIRAM CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST’ without bearing any ‘Baptist’ name. However, since they are of Baptist origin, they are always baptistic in confession and practice. In the annual Assembly of 2003 at Lawngtlai Electric Local Church it was unanimously resolved to rename the Church as "LAIRAM JESUS CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH" (Lairam Isua Krista Baptist Kohhran).