IMPHAL, Dec 14: Greater Kakching Churches Fellowship felicitated first two pioneering Christians of Kakching on the occasion of Advent Christmas Celebration today at Kakching Library and Information Centre Auditorium.
Over 500 hundred Christian members from surrounding Kakching sub-divisional area shared the joy of the upcoming Christmas, a release of the Greater Kakching Church Fellowship said.
Naorem Thambaljao, son of Naorem Mangoljao of Kakching Ningthou Leikai embraced Christianity in 1957, followed by Moirangthem Lairenjao Singh, son of Moirangthem Lolito Meitei of Kakching Khunyai Leikai in 1961, the release said.
Thambaljao, after embracing Christianity became evangelist and worked mostly among the Kom tribes in Sagang area, while Lairenjao served 65 years in his birth place and founded the first Church at Kakching, which is known as United Pentecost Church, it added.
Following in the foot steps of these two pioneers, today, there are nearly 1000 Christians at Kakching and nearly 10 different denominational churches. The churches in and around Kakching sub-divisional office have been bringing community transformation at various aspects of life, the release said.
Greater Kakching Churches Fellowship is a platform to have fellowship and share Christian love and share among the churches and community, it added.