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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Sia Mungno genna


Kong it Zomi SDA pawlpi mi te,

Tu sawng teng ih pawlpi sung kalsuan zia leh thubuai nengneng kikupna te Zomi-Adventist-Communication@googlegroups.com leh ZomiSDA@yahoogroups.com sung pan na sim zel ingh. Ih pawlpi kalsuan zia leh ki ukh zia te ih kikup ciang iin upna kilamdanna hang aa buaina hi lo iin pawlpi sung kalsuan zia, kikep kikhal zia te zuih loh hang ahihmanin upna akibangh ei SDA pawlpi mi te zuih ding aa SDA pawlpi in a bawl ahi Church Manual leh Working Policy tungtawn aa kikup ding bek ahi hi. Pawlpi mimal khat peuh, pawlpi mi hon khat peuh, or pawlpi hon khat peuh ii hoih saksak iin ih pawlpi a kihei ziauziau kawikawi thei hi lo hi.

Email sung aa lai kigelh te ka sim ciang iin a diakdiak iin Upper Myanmar Mission makai te leh Myanmar Union Mission makai te muanlahna leh gaal neihna vive kibul phuh phial mawk hi. Ei nget bangbang Division makaipi te in hong piak loh man iin ih Division makaipi te nangawn thoihman aa diktansakna (naa-lee-hmuh) sung ah a mangthang khin bang aa a gen pah zongh om hi. Ih zin do siam lohman peuh tawh Conference maan piak theih ding pipi a hong pia lo ding khawng iin pawl khat in ih seh khak man iin ih muhna zia a toi mahmah lam hong kilangh sak zaw hi. Division President pa Kawlpi ah a hong pai tungtaang iin Zo ngeina, Zo la, lamm leh khuang te tawh ih nadawn aa Zo puandum te ih napia hi. Itna leh zahtakna hang aa ih piak hi ding iin ka um aa conference ngah theih nading aa mai etna or thoihna a hi ding iin ka um kei hi. Conference ngah theih nading aa mai etna leh thoihna dan aa a seh kha te ading iin bel working policy tawh kituak lo pi iin hong pia thei tuan lo ahihmanin a hehsuah huai tawh kibang hi.  An kuang nek khat nek nih peuh tawh zindo siam man leh mai et siam man peuh tawh conference a kingah ahih tuan loh mah bang iin  an leh tui, lamm leh khuang, pahtawina paakkual leh letsong mal khat zongh tawh ih dawn ih piak loh hang iin working policy dung zui aa piak theih ding ahíh nak leh hong pia veve lua ding hi. Division makaipi te peen thukip guipi (principle) tawh thu vai hawm uh hi. Thoihman aa diktansakna (naa-lee-hmuh) cih khawng vive tawh a mawh saksak te in amau’ lungsim puak zia a lengkiksak (reflect) hi zaw uh hi. Division makai pi a hong suak tatak te bel ei muh bang iin muhna toi lua saam lo uh hi. Tua bang nengno tawh Division makai te in thukhen lo iin ih gamtat, ih kammal, email sung aa ih gelhgelh te Kha Siangtho tawh a kidim hiam, mi muanhuai te kammal hiam ci aa a na en gige uh hi zaw hi.

A lungdam huai thu khat ah conference te in“SDA upna nusia lo-in amau tupna khahsuahlo ding ahihmanin, GC body tawh kizop theih nang lampi khatpeuh bawlsak ding uh hi. Union buppi in Conference Status a lak keileh, Myanmar Union tawh kizomlo-in GC tawh kizopna lampi zong ding hi. Bang hang hiam cihleh mipum kikakna kitelkhialhna lianlua khin hi. Myanmar Union Conference la a, Conference policy tungtawnin Conference Status mahtawh kizopna a omtheih leh lampi tua bek om hi.” “Union Administration panpih nopna tawh kawikaih aa zolna ahilo, C lam aa khate itna tawh GC tawh kizop theih nang lampi a om mateng lungduaitak leh lungsim siangtakin i ngak ding hi. Upper Myanmar Conference ngente in SDA upna suahkhia ngeilo ding uh hi.(Thang Siangh, February 26, 2010) ci ahihmanin Sia Siangh policy bek a hih teii hang iin Conference policy tungtawnin Conference Status maan bek mahtawh kizopna lunggulh laai buang cih peen ka lung tawm khat hong nuamtuam sak hi.

February 18, 2010 ni aa Sia Siangh in “Conference legally in kidingleh, Union, Division,GC te tawh ki-akgual khen ding hilo ci aa a gen mah bang iin tu aa Mission, Union, Division, leh GC te tawh ih ki aakgual khenna peen lampi maanlo (illegal means) tawh tu maa kum 8 laai pawl akipan illegal Conference ih laak man bek bek hi zen mawk hi. Conference te peen thumaan a deih, zuau leh khem, lammaan lo a deih lo a kici te ihihmanin illegal Conference ih lak khialhna pan ih kikheel pah lian leh buaina teng a veng pah lian ding ahi hi. Tu ni dong ih pawlpi sung leh Zomi SDA te hong saatzaan peen ih kalsuan khialhman linlian ahihmanin thumaan lampi (legal mean) tawh kalsuan nopna lungsim Zomi SDA te sung ah Topa in hong guat kik mengmeng ding ka thungetna hi.

Tua hi aa Conference policy tungtawnin Conference Status mahtawh kizopna a deih taktak vive ihihmanin lammaan lo (illegal mean) tawh ih lak illegal conference peen legal Conference a suah theih nading lampi a om peuh mah leh siit nei lo “leave no stones unturn” iin sep huai ahihmanin General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Headquarter ah va pai aa GC makai te tung ah ih lungkim tak iin thu vasunh ding bek lampi om laai ahihmanin vapai mengmeng ding kisamh mahmah hi. Tua bang aa sep theih a om laai sun ih sep khit teh General Conference in hong piak theih het lohna hang a om leh lammaan mah tawh GC te hong makaihna bang iin ih zuih ding peen SDA pawlpi mi dikh te ii dinmun ding ahi hi.

Logo Vai:Tu ni ciang dong ih pawlpi sung ah hih Logo hang aa zum thu tawh kisai iin kibuai iin a tel zo lo ih hiam, a tel nuam lo ih hiam, mumang aa kampau a bang keei laai mi tampi om hi. Hih Logo vai tawh kisai iin lai kigelh te ka sim ciang iin upadi (law) pai dan tawh gen lo iin mimal ngaihsut dan vive tawh kigen mawk hi. Thukhenmaang te leh upadi thei te in bel intellectual property right violation hang leh ei zat theih ding a hi lo pi ih zath kalhtang man aa “na veeng te neihsa deihgawh (suth) kei in” cih thukham dung zui iin palsatte (offenders) hong ci uh hi napi, pawl khat te’n lah Paul, Martin Luther, John Huss te bang aa Pasian min hang aa bawlsiatna a thuak bang iin ihmu hi. Tua ahihmanin hi ci bang tel hak ih sak luat thu ah logo a nei General Conference phualpi te va dong ziau lengg, General Conference in na zat ding uh hong phal mah ungh hong ci ziau peuh leh Mission a kici te in zum ah hong khia thei nawn lo ding bek tham lo iin tu aa thu om toto te zongh mission leh conference te in a dawh kik pah uh kul tuak ding hi. Tua ban ah Myanmar Union Mission leh Upper Myanmar Mission te in hong sim mawhna, a thumaan lohna, Working Policy a palsatna, election bawl dan a maan lohna leh logo vai cih te akipan ih lungkim lohna tuamtuam te khempeuh a khong a khia iin kaikhawm iin Conference maan a hong pia thei leh hih logo zath theih na a hong pia thei General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists phual pi aa GC Officer makaipi te, EC member te kiang leh General Counsel, Robert E. Kyte te kiang ah ih thuak bangbang Conference te in hoih tak va suut le hangh Myanmar Union Mission leh Upper Myanmar Mission in hong bawl siat dan uh ahih takpi peuh mah leh General Conference ulian te iin a maan lo aa sep peuhmah deih het lo ding uh ahihmanin thumaan hong kitel pah lian ding hi.

Logo vai ih va gen ding aa hoih kasak thu a tom iin:
1.      Hih SDA pawlpi ii Logo peen Mission te neihsa hi het lo aa General Conference ii neihsa hinapi Adventist pawlpi ii Logo ka zat uh leh Upper Myanmar Mission in ko conference a hi zaw kim laai Kaleymyo aa kumpi thukhen zum ah hong khia zawsop uh hi.
2.      Kumpi thukhen zum in ko conference te hong mawhsak zaw sop iin Sia Kai Dal leh Sia Kham Khen te ni khat thong kia ding leh sum Ks. 100,000.00 tuak a liau ding iin thu hong khen mawk uh teh lungkim lo iin a tung ah kakah toh uh leh mission te'n zongh hong zui to uh aa tu iin kha 3 thong kia ding iin a saangzaw thukhen zum in thu khen beh sawnsawn uh ahihmanin Kawl gam kumpi thukhenmang te in ko theih dan leh deih dan tawh kituak lo pi iin thu khen uh hi. 
3.      Kawlgam aa ko conference a kici te in SDA pawlpi a it takpi leh SDA pawlpi mi tatak hi ungh. Kawlgam aa mission a kici te tawh upna kibang linlian hi ungh. Tua ahihmanin bang hang in ko hih adventist logo zangh thei lo tuan ding ka hi uh hiam?
4.      Hih logo vai ah Myanmar Union Mission leh Upper Myanmar Mission in hong buaisak nawn loh nading iin hoih tak iin hong hilh sak un. Tua hi leh ih pawl sung thubuai te siiang pah ding hi.
ci iin va gen huai mahmah hi.

Conference Vai: Conference vai zongh logo vai ih vagen kawm iin a nuai aa bang iin vagen huai sa mahmah ingh. 
1.      January 6, 1987 kum iin Working Policy tawh kituak iin Conference ka nget uh hang iin Division leh Union in hong pia lo uh hi. 2002 election ah ko deih Sia Kham Khen in President a ngah kik loh khit aa kipan kiteelna maan sa thei lo kahihmanun ko leh ko thu aa SDA Conference kici aa a na tuam din hi mai ungh.
2.      Southern Asia-Pacific Division President pa hong pai aa lam hong lah hang iin thoihman aa diktansakna (naa-lee-hmuh) sung ah a mangthang khin dan ding peuh iin seh pong mawk iin ama thu ka nazui nuam kei uh hi.
3.      A kipat tung lam iin India gam sung aa Mizo Conference tawh kizop ding ka hanciam uh hang iin tua bang aa 'naupang tengta kineih' bang iin beelhei ziauziau aa kimawk zop theih nahi lo mawk ahihmanin tu ni dong guaksuak iin kizopna vai bang mah khua suak lo iin ka tavaii laai uh hi. Tua ban ah Mizo Conference pan lammaan hilh ding iin Conference Departmental Director Pr. Biakchawna hong pai liang napi ko deih bang thu hong gen lo ahihmanin ama thu zongh ka namang nuam tuan kei uh hi.
4.      Conference ci aa ka tuam din zawh uh kum 8 bang a pha hi ta napi, sawm aa khat leh sumpi te (tithes and offerings), 13th SS offering, Birthday and Investment, ADRA, GC fund tuamtuam te cih lah Division leh GC ah mu khat pe khat mah zongh kong puak nai kei mawk uh hi. 13th Sabbath overflow cih khawng te zongh lah GC leh Division lam pan khat vei zongh nong khak ngei kei uh hi.
5.      Tu'n kum 8 a cing hi petmah ta aa ko leh ko tu ni ciang dong ding zo saam kahih uhteh Seventh-day Adventist Conference maan takpi iin a hong saang zo tuan nai lo ding nahi uh hiam? Cik ciang Conference maan iin hong saang iin hong pom (recognize) ding na hi uh hiam?
6.      Conference ka kipat tung vua kipan ka upmawh thu uh leh ko ngaihsut tawm uh tawh SDA Pawlpi mi te kiang ah tu zawh kum 5, kum 10 ciang iin General Conference in Conference hong pia ding hi ci aa ka na gen kholh, kamciam ka na piak kholh pong mawk uh hi. Ei Conference te a maan zaw hi hangh. GC tawh a kizom hi hang ci iin SDA pawlpi mi te ka na lungkim sak pong uh hi. Nong piak mengmeng kei uh leh Zomi SDA pawlpi a it takpi pawlpi mi te a khemkhem khin hi ta mawk ungh.
7.      2005 GC session ah nong sam kei uh aa Myanmar Adventist Conference pan delegate khat zongh nong kihel sak kei uh hi. A sawt lo iin June 23 pan July 3, 2010 sung aa General Conference Session a om kik ding hi leuleu ta hi. Lei tung bup aa Division te, Union Conference te, Mission te pan GC Session ah a sawt lo iin delegate a pai ngeingai ding hi ta hi. Tu dong ciang ko ii Myanmar Adventist Conference te kiang ah thuzak sakna khat zongh nong nei nai kei uh aa GC session ah sapna a ngah nai lo peen ko ii phuat tawm conference bek ahi hi.
8.      Ko peen Conference cih mawkmawk hi lo iin Myanmar Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists bangh a kici thei zel phial mawk hi ungh. Tua ahihmanin ko Myanmar Adventist Conference pan delegate banghzah hong sam ding na hi uh hiam? Bang hang iin ko, Myanmar Adventist Conference te, kiang ah delegate vai khat vei zongh hong za sak nai lo tuan nahi uh hiam?
9.      Myanmar Union leh Upper Myanmar Mission khut nuai ah a ut lo bek hi ungh aa General Conference kipawlna nuai ah Conference khat iin no tawh a kizom nuam hi ungh. Hi bang ka kalsuan zia uh tawh Conference maan iin saan theih nading lam eth om laai mah hiam or saan theih ngei peuhmah loh ding te ka hi uh hiam?
10.  Bangh hang iin "Union, Division, leh GC te tawh  ki-ak gual khen" mawk aa bang hang iin General Conference in ko conference a kici hi zaw napi ungh ko tawh kizom zaw lo iin “Conference gaal ahi Union administration committee” (Thang Siangh, February 26, 2010) te tawh kizom zaw mawk na hi uh hiam? 
11.  Ko ngaihsutna ah ko peen Conference a kici hi aa General Conference tawh ka pawl min uh  kinai zaw, conference tuaktuak a ki ci keei hi ungh aa leitung bup General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church in legal conference nong piak theih ngei kei mawk uh leh SDA pawlpi’ ngeina bang iin SDA pawlpi’ neihsa ka na laksak sa te uh ahi, McNeilus building, a dangdang sang inn te, biak inn te leh van dang dang te ka na app kik uh kul mawk ding hi.
12.  Hehpihna tawh tu aa a hong tung ding June 23-July 3, 2010 aa Generence Conference Session sung ah Kawlgam aa Myanmar Adventist Conference in Conference maan recognition ka ngah theih nading un GC Session AGENDA sung ah hong guan sak hamtang unla ka kalsuan zia ding uh lam maan hong hilh un. A zenzen iin ko conference a kici te a khial pipi mah maan a kisa takpi kha pong bek, ko mah a khial zaw, kahih khak uh leh ih pawlpi a langdo do kha hi mawk ding bek tham loh iin thumaan a deih, ih Working Policy bang a zui nuam hi ungh aa midang a zui lo kha a om ciang in zongh a saang thei vet lo te kahihmanun General Conference ii Working Policy leh Church Manual tawh a kituak iin hoih tak ka kalsuan zia ding uh hong hilh hong gen pah un. General Conference in nong gen bangbang uh phun lo pau lo iin hong zui pah ding hi ungh.

ci iin hoih tak va suut ngelhngelh lengg General Conference ah thoihman aa diktansakna (naa-lee-hmuh) lut saam lo ding ahihteh lammaan hong hilh ding aa ih zuih nak leh kilemna hong om pah ding hi ci in ken ngaihsun ingh.

Conference deih ci ci iin “GC tawh kizop theih nang lampi a om mateng lungduaitak leh lungsim siangtakin i ngak ding” (Thang Siangh, February 26, 2010) hi ci pong iin computer mai ah tu iin ZomiSDA leh ZAC net sung ah Conference deihna ih gengen hang iin General Conference ah va pai iin ngen ngei peuhmah kei lengg ‘huih lak aa kumpi inn lam’ bang bek ding hangh aa ih pawlpi mi te a khemkhem bek hi mawk ding hi hangh.

January 6, 1987 kum iin Working Policy tawh kituak iin Conference ih nget hang iin Division leh Union in hong pia nai lo uh hi. Pr. Sandy Dee in Upper Myanmar President hong sep 1992-1993 sung 1992 year-end iin Union ah nget na khat a kibawl kik sim loh 1987 kum khit zawh khat vei zongh kingen kik nai lo hi. Conference a deih mahmah Mission President a sem ngei Sia Thang Siangh (1990-1991) leh Sia Kham Khen (1997-2002) te in lah President panmunh a let sung un Pawlpi nasep tawh manlah lua ahi ding uh hiam, Union leh Division te tung ah kam iin a hi aa, lai tawh ahizongh'n Conference nget ding naphawk kha ngei lo uh aa conference ngetna leh dawpna lai te khat vei zongh gelh kha lo uh hinapi iin kitelkikna ah President a ngah kik loh uhteh or ih deih sak makai khat peuh in President panmunh hong ngah kik loh uh teh Conference ih deih lam phawk kik pan kha pahpah zel hi hangh. A beisa hun te ki lakik thei lo aa tu’n a sep huai lampi khat bek a om laai sun sem lo iin ih om leh Conference maan deih takpi hi lo iin panmunh leh za deihna hang bek takpi ihih lam hong kilangh ding hi.

Tua ahihmanin hi bang aa vai thupi a va gen a va vaan ding peen thugen siam mahmah, mi tampi in ih muan mahmah, Conference a deih mahmah, Zomi ading a deihsak mahmah, Upper Myanmar Mission aa President a sem ngei, Union aa Director a sem ngei, Sia Thang Siangh mah va makai iin hoih tak iin paulap leh kisik a om het lo ding iin tu tungtaang buang thu va sung ngelhngelh leh a maan lo aa a hong kibawlna a om leh a om te hong siiang sak zo tham ding iin muanhuai sa ingh. Tua ban ah Sia Siangh in Myanmar Union Mission sung ah Personal Ministries a let laai aa Division aa a pu luui Dr. Jonathan Kuntaraf peen General Conference ah Sabbath School leh Personal Ministries Director hi laailaai, US visa lak kul selo aa pai ziau thei, motor tawh a hi aa vanleeng tawh ahizongh’n va pai leh a tung pah ding hi samm ahihmanin Pu Sangchia in Kawlgam aa ZomiSDA pawlpi mi te a hong it man iin sum leh paai tampi bei iin a va pai mah bang iin khat khat te’n “Zomi Adventist Conference buppi te PA” a cih Sia Siangh in Washington D.C, General Conference Headquarter ah Conference maan a hong nget sak zo phial ding iin lamen mahmah hangh. Tu aa ih buaina vai teng leh ih lunggulh conference status maan vai teng hoih tak iin Zomi SDA te tang ding iin va gensak hi leh Union, Division, leh GC te kiang ah Conference maan deihna leh ngetna tawh kisai aa Zomi SDA te ading aa a sep khiat masak peenna lah hipah ding ahihmanin Sia Siangh a hong kipiak khiat zawh ding lamen mahmah hangh. Tua hi leh lam khial conference pan aa lammaan Conference a vaihawm zo, “Zomi Adventist Conference buppi te PA” simh taak tuam ding hi.

Zomi Advenist a kua mapeuh tung ah a maan khen tel theihna, ciimna, leh thumaan lunggulh takpi na Topa' Khasiangtho in hong pia suk takpi hen la, Topa Khasiangtho in na ngaihsutna tek uh hong makaih ciat ta hen.

Itna leh deihsakna takpi tawh,

Mungno Gualnam
Riverside, California


Kong it  Dongbawi, Thang Lian leh laisim Zomi a kua maciat,
 
Sanggampa Dongbawi in February 15, 2010 ni aa  "Kidop ding mi 7 sung ah nang min zong ka muhi.  General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist tawh a ki zom Local Conference, Upper Myanmar ah ki ngah takpi ding alau mah na hiam tua thei nuam ing. Hehpih na tawh ong tel khial het ken la lung duai tak in hong dawn kik in." ci aa nong dotna leh sanggampa Thang Lian in February 14, 2010 ni aa "Conference pawlpi mi te SDA pawlpi mi in na sang lai hiam?  ci aa nong dot te uh ka buaina a tuamtuam teng hang iin tu iin hong dawng kik zo pan kahihmanin nong telsiam ding uh hong thuum masa ingh. Ih pawlpi tawh kisai thu hi aa ih pawlpi na itna takpi uh tawh ka lungsim hong dong tel nuam hi ding ci in ngaihsun kahihmanin Pasian zahtakna, ih pawlpi itna leh ih pawlpi ngeina dung zui iin hong dawng ingh. No te geel ii dotna te uh a thu ki meemat (kizomh) sa kahihmanin kong dawn khawm peen nong telsiam ding uh zongh hong thuum nuam ingh.
 
Khangluui Maangkaang te kammal khat ah "Hoihna ih cih peen a en te mit pan hi" "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" na ci uh hi. Hih peen a dik lua hi. Ahizongh'n thukhat ah a hoih te hoih sak theihna, a maan leh khial teltheihna lungsim leh mit ih neih ding zongh thu pi sawnsawn hi.
 
Sawtpi laai pek, ei khangno te pian maa pek iin General Conference session khat ah General Conference President pa in "nang koi pan hong pai na hia" ci in leitung mun tuam khat pan aa a hong pai conference president pa kiangh ah a doth ciang iin "Leitung khempeuh a lu pan a taw dong vak kawikawi-in ka va pheklekna mun panin kong pai hi," ci hi. Tua bang ahihmawk leh "Ka nasem Job na phawk kha hiam? A paubaang lo a thutang, Pasian zahtakin gamtat hoih lo a pel, amah tawh a kibang mi dang leitungah na mu kei ding hi,'' a cih ciang iin "Job in Pasian hong mawk zahtak ahi hiam? -------------na khut zanin ama neihsa khempeuh suksak lecin na maitang mahmah-ah nang hong samsia pah ding hi," a ci hi. Tua ahihmanin kidop ding mi 7 te min a khil, Sia Thang Siangh in ama muh dan lian aa a gen hi ding ahihteh ama leh ama mit dan a nei te ading in bel gen sak theih om kei. Sia Thang Siangh gen midang guk te tangding iin zongh bang mah ka gen sak theih loh hang iin kei tangding in thu khat hong gen nuam ingh. Hih Conference vai tawh kisai in Topa Pasian in Sia Thang Siangh leh Sia Mungno lungsim amuh bang in thu hong khen ta hen cih ciang bek gen thei ingh.
 
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist tawh a ki zom, lammaan tak tawh a kingah Upper Myanmar Conference hong pian mengmeng ding ka deih mah bang iin Conference maan a deih khempeuh te in nisim iin Topa kiang ah thungen tawn tung ni. Thu khat  ih phawk gige ding ah tu aa Conference ih deih luat man aa ih lak tawm Conference pan leitung bup tawh a kizom Upper Myanmar Mission leh Myanmar Union Mission tawh ih kizop kik masiah Upper Myanmar huam sung ah  GC leh Division pan aa hong pai Conference maan ngah thei/zo ngei lo ding hi hangh. Upper Myanmar Mission sung aa SDA pawlpi mi khempeuh kipum khat iin maa ih nawt khawm masiah, mi nam dang te ih it masiah, Mission leh Union makai te tawh lungkihual iin ih sep khop nop masiah Conference maan cih peen a kingah ngei ding hi lo hi. Ih working policy sung ah mi nam dang a mu dah te, ih pawlpi makai te a mu dah te Conference kipia thei hi cih na om lo hi. Mission sung a te'n hong hanciam unla Conference maan nong ngah uh ciang iin Conference ah kipum khat ni cih peen a hoih mahmah tawh aki bat hang iin leitung bei dong a piiang lo ding thu hi aa Dawimangpa in hong khem beh na lampi khat mah hi zel hi.
 
Sanggampa Thang Lian in February 14, 2010 ni aa "Conference pawlpi mi te SDA pawlpi mi in na sang lai hiam? cih hong dotna tawh kisai iin tu aa ei leh ei ii lak tawm Conference pawlpi mi te peen SDA upna a it, a umh, a len nuam takpi mi te hi ci in ka mu hi. Ahihhangin Conference makai pawl khat te in SDA working policy leh Church Manual a zui nuam lo te hi cih bel kitel muh mahmah hi. SDA pawlpi mi in na sang lai hiam cih thu ah kei mah ngiat peen SDA pawlpi mi khat lel ka hi aa sep theihna leh sep zawh na executive power nei lo kahihmanin ken hong dawng thei lo hi'ng.
 
Ahizongh'n Southern Asia Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventist Church aa ih President pa, Pr. Albert Gulfan in kei tung aa September 28, 2005 ni aa Mission leh Conference te kikaal ki telkhialhna vai siansak nading (To solve the problem of Mission/Conference misunderstanding) cih thu lu tawh ka lai khak a hong thuhna ah “Conference a deih a kici te in MYUM leh UMM makai te ii policy zuih loh genbel iin nei uh hi. Ahizongh’n policy tawh a kituak vet lo iin Conference min paulam iin pawl tuam a phuat uh peen saang nuam lo uh hi. Pawlpi mi te pawl sung pan zau hawl khiat ding cih peen hi sa lo hi’ng. Ahihhangin GC leh Division ii phalna om lo pi aa amau tung aa om kipawlna saang nuam lo iin pawl tuam phut cih peen policy palsatna dang khat hi aa hi bang peen Church Manual in thumanlohna (insubordination) iin seh hi. Hi bang thumanlohna peen policy tungtawn iin khalna piak theih hi.” “—amau kiang ah ih kipawlna pawlpi maan hong zom kik un ci aa a ki thuumthuum peen hong nial teitei uh ahihmanin ka cih theih nading uh om nawn lo aa pawlpi pan paihkhiatna kinei aa Seventh-Day Adventist kipawlna ah a kihel nawn lo ta ahi hi. Hih peen ka deih het loh, naa kasak mahmah ahihhangin ih pawlpi a kinawngkai sak ding phal thei lo hi hangh.”ci hi.
 
“The conference advocates keep on repeating about the MYUM and UMM leadership not following the provisions of the policy.  But they refuse to admit the fact that their organizing themselves into a separate organization under the guise of a Conference is neither in accordance to policy.”  “I do not agree with disfellowshipping church members indiscriminately.  But refusal to recognize duly recognized authority by the higher organization and establishing another organization without sanction of the Division and the GC is another violation of the policy and the Church Manual and is considered insubordination.  Insubordination according to policy is a ground for discipline.”  “----plead with them to join the truly recognized one and they continue to refuse to do that, we cannot help but declare them disbanded and declare them as not belonging to the Seventh-day Adventist organization.  That is very painful to me, but we cannot allow the church to be intimidated.”

Tua ahihmanin ei SDA pawlpi a it takpi te in ih hehna ih khasiatna a om phial zongh iin tua te Topa Pasian ih muan ih belhna tawh mi te khialhna maai sak iin leitung bup SDA pawlpi tawh a kizom Mission or Conference tawh kizom iin pawlpi mi ih suak kik ding thala tek ni. A beisa iin a hong ki makaih khialhna te ih zuih khak mah leh zongh mit taw sial khau let lo iin ih pawlpi ngeina zui iin ih it ih pawlpi tawh hoih tak iin kizom kik zaw ni. Mission cih min in gupna hong pia thei hi lo aa Conference cih min in zongh gupna hong pia thei hi tuan lo ahihmanin Mission or Conference cih min khawng tawh Zomi u leh naau sanggam khat leh khat ihihna khek lo iin ih it SDA pawlpi pan pusuah lawh leh sihpih ngam dihdih kei ni. Ih SDA pawlpi ih it takpi aa SDA pawlpi upna a nei takpi ihih leh leitung bup SDA pawlpi tawh a kizom Mission or Conference ah kizom zaw iin SDA upna leh nuntak zia te nuntakpih zaw ni ci iin itna takpi tawh Zomi SDA te a kua mapeuh hong kunh ingh.

Itna takpi tawh,


Sia Mungno Gualnam
Riverside, California



Kap leh laisim Zomi a kua ma ciat:

Dear Kap,

Nung sung teng ka manlah luat manin ih thu kikup zomh pah manlo kahihmanin tu’n a hong thuk thei pan suak ingh. Nong tel siam ding lamen ingh. Nong gen suk diudeu thu te kikum pah ni.

1.      "logo"vaitawh ong mawhkawk theih na uh thupen,hih  te ongkipat cil lai a kipan, a ngimna  a omsa khat a hihi.Bang hang hiam cihleh C a kidin ding ciang in tampi kikupna om a,a hih hang in tualai in ki khen khia nailo hi.C te tuamom nuamthu a ki theih ciang in UNION pan in section,local ah a meng (decree) ong khah khia uh a,tua sung ah,pawl pi sung sumpi khialo te leh,hih C vai a makai te pawlpi pan in ni 90 sung a ki sikna a omkei leh a mauleha mau a lulu tawh a ki hawlkhia ding hi cih lai ongki hawm hi.Tua ciang in section metting pan in C lam amakai ding a a upmawh uh,mi pawl khat EC meeting vote tawh pawlpi pan ong hawl khia in a meng (decree) ong thoh leuleu uh hi.Tua khit a kipan in C lam a deih peuh mah biak inn ah pawlpi mi in ki ciamteh lo in ki khawm maimai in ong kibawl a,ko tonzang bang tua munpan a buai na ong kipan hi a,hihpen i pawl pi manuel ah mihon disband piak theih na ding power pen UNION leh section ah power a ki pia mah a hi tam?Ipawl pi tawnzia mah a hitam?cih nong dot thu tawh kisai iin “C te tuamom nuamthu a ki theih ciang in”ci Conference pen tuam om nop himhim peen ei SDA pawlpi ngeina hi lo iin Conference a deih makai te ii a khialhna masa peenpeen ahi hi. Conference ih deih aa hong kipiak kei leh ei leh ei aa ding ding cih peuhmah policy ah om lo hi. Division President Pr. Albert Gulfan tawh ka lai kikhak te uh sung ah a thu a kicing in om ahihmanin ama hong gen bang lian iin hong khak ingh.

Pr. Albert Gulfan to Mungno, September 28, 2005 RE: To solve the problem of Mission/Conference misunderstanding cih thu lu tawh ka lai khak a hong thuhna ah “Conference a deih a kici te in MYUM leh UMM makai te ii policy zuih loh genbel iin nei uh hi. Ahizongh’n policy tawh a kituak vet lo iin Conference min paulam iin pawl tuam a phuat uh peen saang nuam lo uh hi. Pawlpi mi te pawl sung pan zau hawl khiat ding cih peen hi sa lo hi’ng. Ahihhangin GC leh Division ii phalna om lo pi aa amau tung aa om kipawlna saang nuam lo iin pawl tuam phut cih peen policy palsatna dang khat hi aa hi bang peen Church Manual in thumanlohna (insubordination) iin seh hi. Hi bang thumanlohna peen policy tungtawn iin khalna piak theih hi.” “—amau kiang ah ih kipawlna pawlpi maan hong zom kik un ci aa a ki thuumthuum peen hong nial teitei uh ahihmanin ka cih theih nading uh om nawn lo aa pawlpi pan paihkhiatna kinei aa Seventh-Day Adventist kipawlna ah a kihel nawn lo ta ahi hi. Hih peen ka deih het loh, naa kasak mahmah ahihhangin ih pawlpi a kinawngkai sak ding phal thei lo hi hangh.”ci hi. Hih peen ih pawlpi kalsuan zia hi.

“The conference advocates keep on repeating about the MYUM and UMM leadership not following the provisions of the policy.  But they refuse to admit the fact that their organizing themselves into a separate organization under the guise of a Conference is neither in accordance to policy.”  “I do not agree with disfellowshipping church members indiscriminately.  But refusal to recognize duly recognized authority by the higher organization and establishing another organization without sanction of the Division and the GC is another violation of the policy and the Church Manual and is considered insubordination.  Insubordination according to policy is a ground for discipline.”  “----plead with them to join the truly recognized one and they continue to refuse to do that, we cannot help but declare them disbanded and declare them as not belonging to the Seventh-day Adventist organization.  That is very painful to me, but we cannot allow the church to be intimidated.”

2.      “Logo tawh ong mat theih na pen hibang a, a mau in decree a piak a kipan a,C tepen SDA a hilo a ciam teh uh in tua hang a logo ong sut cih na tawh thu ong khia thei hi uh hi.C te ii lungsim leuleu pen,ko SDA upnapan pial lo in,C tawnzia deih hi ung cih na tawh a ki ding khia mah na hihi.Hih pen na genbang mah in khawlpak lo ding leh ki nung kiklo kha zaw ding hi.Tham lo hihbang a buai napen leitung bup gamtam pi ah na tam mahmah a hihmanin kawlgam a bek veng thei tuanlo ding hi.GC pan in zong gamdang a buai te zong enkhol lo a hihban ah,kawlgam ong pai uh hang in,M lamte tawh ki  mu lel in C lamte tawh ki mu lo a hihman, i bang cih buai na bei thei mah ding hiam?Kumpi hoih gam ah mipi in lung phona a neih leh paliman ten mipi a ding a hoih theipen in na naksep mahmah uh a,mipi a lungkim na ding lampi zong in khan tohna ding vai hawm uh hi.Ei pasian paliman ten mipi lungpho na a omleh gawl mek pahpah cih pen Pasian deih na tawh a ki tuak tam?”

Kap aw, Conference te ii “lungsim leuleu pen,ko SDA upnapan pial lo in,C tawnzia deih hi ung cih na tawh a ki ding khia mah na hihi.” ci aa na gen peen kei zongh telsiam mahmah ingh. Conference a deih te lak ah SDA pawlpi pan pusuak iin pawl tuam phut ni a ci hi peuhmah lo cih peen ka thei hi. Kei zongh nang zah mah iin Conference a deih peenpeen khat ka hi hi. 1987 kum aa Conference ngetna ah zongh kihel iin ngetna lai a khen khia tektek peen Dr. Dallian leh kei mah ka hi hi. Ahizongh’n leitung ah kipawl na khat ciatciat ah bylaw, manual, policy, cih te om aa tua te ih palsat ciang iin buaina piiang hi. Ih palsatna pan ih kihei kik ciang iin buaina veng hi. Kihei kik nuam lo iin mai ih nawt teitei ciang in buaina pung semsem hi. Conference deih te kihawl khia ding hi leh kei zongh hong kihawl khia khin ding hi. Tu dong hong kihawl khia nai lo hi. Southeastern California Conference ah ih pawlpi te leh ih sang te ah sum leh paai lam hi ta leh kalsuan zia te Working Policy tawh kituak maw kituak lo (policy compliance) cih ni sim iin a sem den ka hi hi. Pa Thuk Kim te, Pa Cin Ngaih Mung te zongh Conference deih mahmah uh ahihhangin Union leh Division pan lampi maan kalsuan zia ding a kigen ciang iin tu aa ih Conference ii kalsuan zia peen SDA pawlpi ii Working Policy tawh kituak lo ahihmanin khawl kik uh aa ih pawlpi pan ki disfellowship lo hi. Conference deih man iin kua mah ih pawlpi pan kihem khia ngei lo aa Working Policy zuih ding ki hanthawnthawn ta leh a mang nuam lo teitei te bel kihem khia thei hi.

Kap aw, “Ei pasian paliman ten mipi lungpho na a omleh gawl mek pahpah cih pen Pasian deih na tawh a ki tuak tam?”cih dotna tawh kisai iin tu’n Conference deih uh cih a kigen ciang iin Conference huat man tawh a mawk hawl khiat pah dan iin ken mu lo hi’ng. 2002 pan 2005 dong kum 3 or 4 sung bang kipum khat theih ding ut iin kihanciam mahmah aa thu leh la a tuamtuam hang iin piiang thei ngiat lo ahihmanin 2005 ciang aa Division leh Union ii makaihna tawh khentatna a kibawl ahi hi. Tua sepna te ah kei kihel kha lo kahihmanin a neng a tawng iin tel lo hi’ng. Ahihhangin pawlpi mi peuhmah SDA pawlpi pan kipai khia nuam ngei lo hi. Division, Union, leh Mission in piiang thei nawn sa lo uh ahihman aa a sep uh hi ding hi. Pr. Gulfan in“Hih peen ka deih het loh, naa kasak mahmah ahihhangin ih pawlpi a kinawngkai sak ding phal thei lo hi hangh.”a cih ngiat mah bang iin pawlpi mi hi zah kihem khia cih peen a dah lo khat zong om lo ding hi. Pawlpi mi te deihna lungphona (pulaakna) hang iin gawl mek pahpah hi leh bel Pasian in deih iin ka um kei hi. Thu khat ah leitung bup ih pawlpi kipawlna ngeina bang iin kum 3 or 4 bang kipawl kik theih nading ngakngak aa a pian theih loh ciang aa Division makaihna tawh a kisem peen ka mawh sak luat nading mu kei mai ingh. Division President pa ngiat Kawlpi ah hong pai ban aa hong vaan den napi kum 3 or 4 sung dong aa kilemna a deih tuan lo, working policy palsat aa a pial teitei te Pasian in a lungkim pih ding peen seh hak ka sa mahmah hi.  Conference te in “SDA upna pan pial lo iin C tawnzia deih hi ung cih na tawh” ahih tei hang iin Conference ii kalsuan zia ah ih ut leh Mission ih ut leh Conference tawnzia ci aa ei ut bangbang aa kimawk hei theih hi lo aa kalsuan zia (steps and procedures) zuih ding leh a ngah thei ding (eligible) ihih kisam hi. Tu’n ih kammal te ah “back gear nei lo”, “Conference ah kigawm ding leh thu khat Mission ah ciah kik ngei lo ding” cih mawk peen nang mahmah zongh Division makai ulian ding iin kiseh le cin Conference ngah maa nangawn iin Union leh Division makai te thu mang kei leh ngah khin le uh tung siah thu mang ding iin na um diam? Tua bang thumang lo te Conference na pia ngam diam? Division te’n zongh a bang pau lam iin pia ngam mawk ding hiam?    

3.      Ih Tonzang pawlpi sung aa na buaina taktak uh peen ken tel lian lo hi’ng. Bangbang ahizongh’n a tom iin gen lengg Conference ih deih theih peen teina khat hi. Conference ih ngah nop peen khan tohna khat hi. Union leh Division in a hong piak mateng lungduai tak aa Pasian tate zia leh tong tatak bang aa ih ngak ding peen ciimna hi aa tua ciimna nei lo kha ihihmanin buaina hong tung ahi hi. Conference ih ngah theih nading a dawldawl te ih picin dong ngak hi lengh tu ni tu hun iin ih Tonzang SDA pawlpi sung ah ki itna dim iin khangto mahmah ding aa buaina a cih om lo ding hi. Working policy zui nuam lo iin ei cih bek ih cih man iin a ki it mahmah ding Zomi SDA laizom teng kimuh khialhna a hong tun peen khasiat huai mahmah hi.  

4.      “Hihbuai napen khat lam ah lutkik cihbnag leh khat lam pum mawhkawk tawh kilem na omlo kha zaw in mu ing,” na cih thu tawh kisai iin tu aa ih conference gengen peen GC, Division, leh Union pan ih ngah hi lo ahihmanin SDA pawlpi taktak ihih leh leitung bup SDA pawlpi tawh akizom pawlpi leh kipawlna ah ih lut kik ding kisam hi. Tua bang aa pawlpi ngeina zuih nop masiah kilemna om lo ding hi. SDA pawlpi a it takpi te ading in a haksatna khat zongh ka mu kei hi. Tua bang khit ciang iin SDA Conference maan ngah zo ding iin Topa’n thupha a hong piakna tawh kizui iin SDA Conference maan ih nget ih laak ding peen SDA pawlpi mi taktak te ii kalsuan zia ding ahi hi.

Pr. Albert Gulfan tawh ka lai kikhat te uh tawm hong khak sawn ning.

Albert/Mungno October 3, 2005, 11:15:15 a.m. “If the people leading the conference movement are really honest and sincere, then they should come back.” “Conference a makaih te in a cihtakpi uh ahih leh hong kihei kik uh hen.”

Albert/Mungno, October 3, 2005, 11:33:41 a.m.  “As leaders of the Division, our desire is that all our organizations will reach the Conference status, both the Unions and the local fields.  If our unions and local missions/sections/field become conferences – in the true sense of the word-, that would be very good ---” “Division makai te ii ka deihna uh ah ih Union te leh mission te (local fields) in Conference dinmun a hong bat (tun) ding uh ka lunggulh uh hi. A khiatna maan/dik tak bang iin ih Union te leh ih mission/section/field/ te conference maan suak zo ciat uh hi leh nak lungdam huai mahmah ding hi.

Maymyo aa session a kineih maa aa Division President Pr. Gulfan kiang aa mission a ci pawl leh conference a ci pawlpi sim pan delegate hong piak ciat ding ka ngetna tawh kizui aa Division President pa in October 5, 2005 ni aa a hong thuhna lai sung ah “With the Mission’s constituency session, all organized churches are supposed to send delegates to the Mission Session according to the provisions of the operating policy of the Mission.  At least one delegate should come from every organized church.  Even if there may be some conference movement sympathizers in some organized churches, as long as they have not yet been disbanded, they are entitled to a delegate.  I will make sure that this instruction is given clearly to the Pastors so that no one will be left out and be given another opportunity to criticize the leadership.  I hope that there are not too many churches that have been disbanded as yet.  I would like to believe that this is the case in Upper Myanmar.” “Mission ii session kikhoppi ah Mission ii zat policy dung zui iin a kiphut kipsa pawlpi khempeuh pan delegate te hong puak ding uh hi. A tawm peen iin a kiphut kipsa pawlpi khat sim pan a tawm peen delegate khat a hong pai ding uh ahi hi. Conference te kalsuan zia a lainat pih a kiphut kipsa pawlpi te pan mahmah zongh a kipai khia khinsa (disbanded) ahih kei nak leh delegate khat ngah khuan nei hi. Pawlpi makai te mawhsakna a om behbeh loh nading leh delegate ding khat peuh a ki nusiat khak loh nading iin hoih tak iin ka na pia ding hi. Pawlpi tampi tak a kipai khia nai lo ding iin lamen ingh. Upper Myanmar Mission sung ah hi bang ding iin a ngaihsun ka hi hi.” Kawlgam aa ih mission leh conference tang aa ka nget na hong dawng hi. Kei om kha lo kahihmanin Division President tawh ka kikup bang un Upper Myanmar Mission aa te in sem/bawl uh hiam cih bel ken thei kei ingh.     

Seventh-day Adventist Church Manual, Revised 2005, 17th Edition, pp. 212 & 213: 

Thu hoih khat ah pawlpi te peen tatkhialhna hang aa thuhilhna ding iin hawl khiat tawm pha mahmah hi.  Banghang cih leh pawlpi ii tupna leh masuan in a mangte zong aa gupkhiat ding ahihi.  Upna pan pialna thu hang, Church Manual bang aa zuih nop lohna hang, ahih kei leh conference/mission/field ki ukna langdona hang aa buaina lianpi a om leh, paihkhiatna a om loh theihtheih nading in nakpi in hanciamna neih ding a hi hi. 

Occasions for expelling churches for disciplinary reasons are fortunately rare, for the mission of the church is to seek and to save.  Where serious problems such as apostasy, refusal to operate in harmony with the Church Manual, or rebellion against the conference/mission/field persist, earnest efforts should be made to avert the need for expulsion.

North American Working Policy 2005-2006, laimai 69, B 80 05 Conference te, Mission te, leh Union te Beisakna: Pawlpi ki ukna ah a saang zaw kipawlna in conference, mission, field, union, leh pawlpi honkhat kipawlnate khat peuh ah pawlpi mi a tam zaw te in upna pan pial, or pawlpi thukhunte leh kipawlna zungpi a om bang iin kihual tak aa sep ding a nial aa, langdona a om iin a muh leh tua kipawlna ah a saang zaw kipawlna in a citak pawlpi mi te leh pawlpi min a huut nading sepkhiat ding mawhpuakna nei hi.    

North American Working Policy 2005-2006, page 69, B 80 05 Discontinuation of Conferences, Missions, and Unions by Dissolution: If a situation arises where it is determined by the higher organization that the majority of members of a conference, a mission, a field, union, or a union of churches are in apostasy, or that the organization refuses to operate in harmony with denominational policies and constitutional requirements, and is in rebellion, the higher organization has a responsibility to act for the protection of its loyal members, and the good name of the Church.

A telnop ding leh a tom iin Church Manual leh Working Policy ii genna te a nuai aa bang ahi hi:
(a)  Church Manual p. 53 ah “conference/mission/field makaipi te leh departmental director te tawh kithuhual iin sem khawm ding”
(b)  Church Manual p. 61 ah “Pawlpi sumkempi in siit nei lo iin a vekpi iin tua kha sung aa conference/mission/field sumpi a ngah khempeuh conference/mission/field sumkempi kiang ah puak ding hi. Ngimna tupna khat peuh hang iin pawlpi khat in conference/mission/field sumpi te leitawi, zangh, leh lencip thei lo ding”
(c)  North American Working Policy, B 80 05, p. 69: “pawlpi thukhunte leh kipawlna zungpi a om bang iin kihual tak aa sep ding a nial aa, langdona a om iin a muh leh tua kipawlna ah a saang zaw kipawlna in a citak pawlpi mi te leh pawlpi min a huut nading sepkhiat ding mawhpuakna nei hi.” (Theih ding: Laimai leh section number te a kibat loh hang in SSD policy leh NAD policy te a thu kibang hi.)

Tua hi in Kap aw, SDA pawlpi ih cih peen leitung bup kipawlna pawlpi hi aa ei mimal or mi pawl khat or honkhat in ei ii muh leh ngaihsut dan aa kipai ziazua pawlpi hi lo hi. AG te, EBC te, or pawlpi dangdang te dan aa mi tei, mi pil khat peuh in pawlpi a phuan tawm ziauziau ihih lo lam thei pi pi iin mi pawl khat te in pawl dang te eng uh ahihmanin hi ci bang buaina a nei zenzen kha ihi hi.  Mi pawl khat te in amau deihna bang a pian loh ciang iin Union, Division, leh GC te dong iin mawh sak pong iin a ma khialhna hum teitei mawk uh hi. Christian dik tak, SDA pawlpi mi dik tak ihih leh “kei cih bek” ci teltal pong lo iin leitung bup ih pawlpi in a na khun dimdiam sa te ih zuih ding mimal ii mawhpuakna a hi hi. Kawlgam, Zogam pan Leitung bup ih pawlpi ii Working Policy ei deih bang aa ih kheel nop mawk leh tangtung ngei lo ding hi.

Hi lai sim SDA pawlpi mi a kua ma peuh in leitung bup SDA pawlpi tawh a kizom kipawlna tawh kizom iin ih pawlpi kikepdan ngeina te zuih ih sawm ciat ding kong hanthawn hi. Tua hi leh ih gengen pawl sung buaina te lum mei bang iin hong theng pah ding hi. Topa’ Khasiangtho in a kua mapeuh hong om pih ciat ta hen.

Itna tawh,

Mungno Gualnam
Riverside, California     



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