Chin Christian University
university in Hakha, Chin State, Burma
Chin Christian University (CCU) is a Christian university in Hakha, Chin State, Burma. CCU is one of the departments of Chin Association of Christian Communication (CACC). After 25 years of its establishment (1990-2015), the college was transformed into a university, and its name changed to Chin Christian University by the 9th Triennial Meeting of Chin Association of Christian Communication, held at Hakha Khuahlun Baptist Church on April 4, 2015.
Today, CCU is one of the full-fledged accredited members of the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA).
CCU accepts students from variety denominations and from different parts of Myanmar such as Kachins, Nagas and Burmese.
History
Rev Dr Chester U. Strait and spouse, an American Baptist missionary couple to the Chins, started a Bible school in Hakha in 1928. The school was closed in 1932. To meet the needs of the growing churches, two Bible Schools were opened, one at Tiddim in 1947 running up to 1950 by Rev & Mrs Franklin and Phileda Nelsons (also American Baptist missionary couple), the other one at Hakha in 1948 running up to 1950 by Rev Dr & Mrs Robert G. and Elizabeth Johnsons, the last American Baptist missionary couple to the Chins. Because of the long furlough of the missionaries the two Bible Schools were discontinued and a new Bible School was started again at Tiddim in 1953, with Rev S.T. Hau Go (Native Chin) in charge. Rev S.T. Hau Go was elected as General Secretary of the newly formed Zomi Baptist Convention (Present Chin Baptist Convention) and thus moved to Falam.
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