Garo Baptist Convention – Women Ministry

Women's Ministry

is striving for better achievement

EARLY YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY SINCE 1972

Before the advent of Christianity, women are confined at home and in agricultural fields. They are illiterate and ignorant. Missionaries gave great importance to the education of women. It was the vision of two missionaries—Dr. Marcus Clark Mason and Dr. Elnathan Gooding Phillips that “if the girls would be educated, they would be killing two birds with one stone, because through girls who later on become mothers, they would be able to educate as well as pass on Christian faith on the family.”

Schools exclusively opened for women by women missionaries, trained them not only to be good mothers and homemakers but also prepared them to take active roles in the leadership of the church. They began to help missionaries in their own capacity.

1966 Onwards

Before forming an organized body of women wing in GBC, it was reported that women had separate service during ‘Soba’ (General Assembly of Convention). Still, only in 1966, during the 92nd Soba of GBC at Silkigre village, Women’s wing was officially recognized as one of the departments in GBC under the leadership of Mrs. Emogene K. Marak and Mrs. Nillie G. Momin. In 1972, the women wing named themselves Achik Baptist Mechikrangni Dalgipa Krima commonly known as ABMDK.

OUR CONTRIBUTIONS

As an organized body, ABMDK was run by the executive members. Seeing the need, ABMDK started raising funds for a full-time Secretary and sponsored the candidate. In 1987, Lt. Rev. (Mrs.) Selitha N. Sangma was appointed for the first time as full-time Women’s Secretary. She served as Women Secretary till her death.

Since then, womenfolk began to work independently and have strengthened the women’s fellowship of the churches under GBC. Their achievements and contributions to the churches are remarkable. The women are successfully carrying out many projects in the churches. They played an important role in the church’s ministry, both directly and indirectly. They organized seminars, conferences, prayer and evangelism, Arpana ministry, supporting missions, payer rides to bring back peace to our land, programs regarding human trafficking and teaching on ecology, cleaning drives, etc. GBC womenfolk sponsored the program of Garo Bibles and hymnal distribution to the surrendered insurgency group. Many women came to know Christ and became trained leaders, homemakers, and citizens of our motherland India.

Despite all the responsibilities at home, the women of GBC played an active role in supporting in various aspects. Indeed, they are the backbone of the growth of the church. All praise and glory be to our God who has enabled and made us worthy to carry out His mission in this part of the globe.