Dimapur, December 7 (MExN): The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has described the recent unification movement launched by the Western Sumi Hoho as a “positive step in the direction towards ultimate Naga unity”. “It is not a total one yet and the process might lack design, but any effort to bring people together and cease fighting is welcome”, stated a press note issued by NBCC General Secretary Rev. Zhabu Terhuja and Director, Peace Affairs Rev. Kari Longchar.
In this regard, the NBCC felt that “one particular tribe or one Church alone working for peace for all Nagas must not be despised” and cited examples of other countries where a few concerned individuals got together, prayed and sought God’s will and “wrought national reconciliation and peace”. As such, the NBCC urged every tribe to work towards ultimate peace in Nagaland “in their best level”. The NBCC also welcomed the “near unanimous view expressed so far by diverse public bodies that “unification must aim to bring all Naga tribes together whatever differences may have divided us”. The NBCC stated that it was its prayer that by “God’s grace and guided by Him we will begin to dismantle the obstacles blocking the path to our future.
