Zomi Theological College Website

Posted by: "Kam Za Pau" kzpau@optusnet.com.au
Fri May 22, 2009 7:01 am (PDT)



Dear Sang gam laizom te

Ei khamtung gam pan a masa pen ih neih Laisiangtho sangpi a hi , Falam a om , Zomi Theological College ( ZTC ) te ii Website a nuai a link pan ki en thei ta hi. A kua ma peuh in vel sak ciat ni. God bless all.........

KZP

http://www.ztccolle ge.com/


A BRIEF HISTORY
C Strait started a Bible School in Hakha in 1928. During the World War II, the school was closed. To meet the need of the growing churches in the Chin Hills, Bible Schools were opened again in Hakha by the Johnsons, 1948, and in Tedim by the Nelsons, 1947. The said missionaries went home on furlough in 1952.


A Bible School was started again in Tedim in 1953; S T Hau Go was the principal there. Though it was not yet official, S T Hau Go gave the name Zomi Baptist Convention Bible School. The school needed to be moved to Hakha in 1954; R G Johnson was the principal there. The first graduation service was held there in 1956. Johnson printed the name Chin Hills Bible School on the first graduation certificate. The Zomi Baptist Convention Executive Committee officially gave the name Zomi Baptist Bible School in December 1956. The Schools both in Tedim and in Hakha were conducted on middle school level.

Baptist Mission Secretary, E E Sowards, was much concerned for the upgrading of the school into a high school level. And the school was moved from Hakha to Falam, the then District Headquarters, in 1959.

Those years testified the fact that theological education work was mobile, shared for management through qualified leaders, regardless of geographical distance.

Principal David Van Bik proposed to change the name to Zomi Baptist Theological School, and it was adopted, 1960. The school was renamed Zomi Baptist Theological Seminary as proposed by Principal Simon Pau Khan En, in 1974. The year saw offering of the Diploma Course. The present name Zomi Theological College as proposed by principal Chum Awi was adopted in 1983. The year started the B Th degree program. The college was affiliated to the Burma now Myanmar Institute of Theology, Insein, from 1983-1991. Thus the B Th degree was conferred by the BIT for three times: 1988, 1990, 1991.

Noteworthy also is that the 2001 ZTC consultation did not feel a need to change the name of the school.

The college was accepted as a member institute of the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia, ATESEA, in 1982. Every four year visit of the ATESEA Accreditation Commission has made good report upon our degree programs and even our projects. The ZTC BTh was accredited by the ATESEA in 1991.

Since opened, the ZTC has produced Christian ministers and community leaders for 851 in number: certificate and diploma 243; B Th 445; BRE 100; B Min 26; MDiv 34. The ZTC have had a B Th joint-program with four sister schools: Chin Christian College in Hakha, Tedim Theological College, Tedim, and Bethel Theological Seminary, Tahan, Union Theological Seminary, UTC, Matupi. Those ones were already accredited by the ATESEA in 2000, 2004.

Regarding construction work, we have here three stages.

First stage:

Since the school moved to Falam in 1959, for around twenty years, she worked through one main building for students: first level for classrooms and second level for dormitory, with one small kitchen and three residential quarters. Those lovely old buildings already changed into new larger ones.

Second stage:

The first chapel building of 24ft x 40ft doublestorey was constructed and completed in 1980; its construction cost reached to K20,000. This was dismantled in April 2002 and there located is the Golden Jubilee Hall!

The Johnson hall of 24ft x 72ft doublestorey boys dormitory, cost of K70,000, was built in 1982.

The Sowards Memorial Library of 30ft x 60ft doublestorey which cost for 11 lakh kyats was built in 1991-92.

The Laura Villa of 20ftx60ft doublestorey girls dormitory was built in 1992: it cost for 8 lakh kyats.

Third stage:

The threestorey main building with measurement of 24ft x 120ft was completely constructed in 1996-1997; the cost tallied to 55 lakh kyats.

The doublestorey dining hall with measurement of 50ftx30ft; 20ftx30ft was completely constructed in 2000; the cost tallied to 50lakh kyats.

The threestorey golden jubilee hall with measurement of 24ftx40ft; 40ftx40ft was completely constructed in 2002-2003; with cost for 75 lakh kyats.

Fourth stage:
Ngun Bual Memorial Building, NBMB, donated by her children, families of Biak Hlei Mang and sisters, on 31 January 2008; three storey building with measurement of 50x30ft, to be completely constructed in one year term.

Lailun Integrated Development Centre, LIDC, is comprised of four shelters of 18x12ft., five huts for livestock breeding and storage. The centre itself for 110x40ft double storey with residential quarters for 50x30ft double storey has been planned.

The Fourfold Purpose of the ZTC:

To train students for Church ministry and Christian service
To equip students for the build-up of authentic humanity
To produce students, having mission spirit & experiencing mission work
To have fellowship with other seminaries in Myanmar

The ZTC Community Ethos:

This exercises itself with three modes, viz. spiritual formation through community life; intellectual formation through academic pursuit; vocational formation through field education. Hence, discernment and commitment.