ABOUT LAI BAPTIST CHURCH
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The Outset And History Of Lai Baptist Church
The Lai Baptist Church initially started in 2009 with a small group of people who wanted to worship God in their own native tongue, Chin Hakha. Lai Baptist church was legally recognized as a church on January 6, 2013. The Church was run with 103 people in its beginning. The Church has been blessed by God year after year, and now standing with 136 members in January 1, 2017. The Church is located at 1225, Brighton Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150.
The Church is run by refugees of Lai tribe, who migrated from Myanmar to Buffalo city. We are the fruits of the American Baptist mission in Chin hill, Myanmar through the hard work of Rev. Arthur Carson & his beautiful wife, Laura. Even though the Church is still small but there are many opportunities to be involved in God’s ministry by its members as follows;
Executive Committee
Pastoral office (department)
Deacon department
Mission department
Financial department
Building department
Youth department
Women department
Christian Education department
Praise & worship department
The door of our Church is widely opened for new people, who are interested in worshiping God with us. All friends are warmly welcome to participate in our worship services. We have worship services for spiritual exercise & growth as follows:
Sunday worship service from 12:00PM- 2:00PM
Friday night women worship from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Saturday night youth fellowship from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Saturday morning prayer service from 9:00AM – 12:00 PM (The first week and third week of every month)
Sunday school for children from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM.
All our members feel our Church as their own home. Please come to join us at our worship services at least once in your days. God bless you all.
ABOUT OUR CHURCH PASTOR
Rev. Dr. Lian Cung was born on March 20th, 1977 in the small village of Ruabuk, Thang Tlang Township, Chin State, Myanmar. After his conversion in Christ, he got the call from God and went to Theological Colleges to prepare himself in the word of God. His biggest plan was to become an effective servant of God in the days to come. By the grace of God, he was really by God wonderfully and graduated with the following degrees as below:
- B. Th degree in 2000 at Gospel For Asia Bible College, Yan Goon, Myanmar,
- M. Div degree in 2002 at New Life Theological College & Seminary, India,
- M. Th degree in 2008 at Tabernacle Baptist Bible College & Seminary, India, and
- D .Min degree in 2017 at Institute of Church Management, India (by correspondence/distance classes).
- 1 year (2002) as Dean of Academics at Victory Bible Institute, Yan Goon, Myanmar,
- 4 years as Director of Mindon Mission Field under Believers Church, Myanmar,
- 1 year as Dean of Academics at Gospel for Asia Bible College & Seminary (current name: Believers Bible College & Seminary), Yan Goon, Myanmar,
- 2 years as Founder & Church Pastor at Klang Meru FGT, Klang Meru, Malaysia,
- 4 months as Pastor and evangelist at Chin Christians Fellowship, Malaysia, and
- 8 years as Church Pastor at Lai Baptist Church, Buffalo, NY, USA.