Rev. Khup Za Go

Rev. Khup Za Go

Parentage: Khup Khaw Neng & Awi Khaw Dim
Date of birth : March 1, 1944
Place of birth : Murlen Village, Champhai District, Mizoram
Spouse : Niang Khan Man
Children : Mr Carey Pum Khan Tuang
Mr John Khual Lian Mung
Daughter-in-law: Niang Ngaih Lun (Carey's wife)
Grand daughters: Rita Man Sian Muang & Deborah Ciin Biak Dik

Education & Training:

High School Leaving Certificate, Mizo High School, Aizawl, Mizoram
Pre-University Certificate, Oriental College, Imphal, Manipur
B.A., D.M. College (Gauhati University), Imphal, Manipur
M.A. (Pol. Science), Gauhati University, Assam
American Baptist Boston Seminar (September – December), Andover Newton Theological School, Boston, MA, USA
B.D., Serampore College, West Bengal, India
Book Publishing Course (January-June), Oxford, England, UK
M.Th. (History of Christianity), United Theological College (Senate of Serampore College), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Responsibilities in the church and ministries:

1971-1978 Field Director, Chin Baptist Association (affiliated to Manipur Baptist Convention & Council of Baptist Churches in North East India)
1982-1987 Assistant Director/Director, Christian Literature Centre, Guwahati, Assam
1987-1997 Executive Secretary, Literature Secretary, Mission Secretary, Pastor, CBA
1991-1992 Vice President, CBCNEI
1999-2000 Lecturer, John Roberts Theological Seminary, Shillong
2000-2005 Pastor, Zomi Christian Fellowship, Delhi

Attended/participated:

Nagaland Baptist Centennial, Impur, Nagaland, 1972
Billy Graham Crusade, Kohima, 1972
EFI Conference, Guwahati, 1974
Management Skill Seminar, Guwahati, 1974
Church Growth Seminar, Guwahati, 1974
BSI Translations Workshop, Rajpur, UP, 1974
Family Welfare Seminar, Guwahati, 1975
CBCNEI Silver Jubilee, Jorhat, 1975
EFI Silver Jubilee, Hyderabad, 1976
Baptist Union of India Assembly, Bangalore, 1976
Asian Baptist Congress, Hyderabad, 1979
Communication Workshop, Madras, 1983
Publication Workshop, Bangalore, 1983
Billy Graham Mission England, Bristol, UK, 1984
Asia Region World Association for Christian Communication, Bali, Indonesia, 1985
National Consultation on ‘Publications on Development Issues’, Delhi, 1985
CBCNEI Sesquicentennial Celebration, Dimapur, Nagaland, 1986
Consultation for the Christian Publishers and Booksellers in India, Delhi, 1986
International Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, 1986
National Association of Christian Communication, Nagpur, 1986
Billy Graham Mission World, Shillong, 1990
CBCNEI Seminar on Leadership in 21st Century, Guwahati, 1996
Seminar on Mizo Identity organised by Hrangbana College, Aizawl and Art & Culture Department, Government. of Mizoram, 1996
North East India Pastors Conference, Shillong, 1997

Organisations:

Founder member, Evangelical Graduates Fellowship, Churachandpur, Manipur
Organised Churachandpur Baptist Fellowship
Organised Kuki-Chin Baptist Union, Manipur
1993 Patron member, Bible Society of India, Churachandpur, Manipur
1994 Life member, Chin Students Association, Churachandpur, Manipur
2001 organised Zo Research & Communication Centre, Delhi

Translated from English into Tedim:

Pasian’ Nalamdang Bawlte I & II(1972)
Mihing’ Lungtang (1973)
Sum Sawm Lai Thum Tangthu (1974)

Proofread:

Holy Bible in Tedim (1975-76)
New Testament Pocket size in Tedim (1995)

Authored in Tedim:

Zomi Baptist Convention (1981)
Tedim Lai Siangtho Hong Piankhiatna (1981)
Zat Tangzanng (1984)
Pasian Thu Bu (1984)
Lai Bang Ci Gelh Ding (1988)
Tedim Pau Leh Lai Khantoh Thu (1990)
Zo Minam Tawh Kisai Thu (2001)
Lai Zat Tangzang (2004)
Khristian Khutzat (2004)
Leivui Panin (2004)

Authored in English:

Christianity in Chinland (1985)
Chin Chronicles (1988)
A Critical Historical Study of Bible Translations among the Zo People in North East India (1996)
Zo Chronicles (2008) published by Mittal Publications, Delhi

Edited:

Zo Aw quarterly, Guwahati
Lungdamna Aw monthly, Churachandpur, Manipur
Zomi Christian International, bi-monthly, Delhi

Prizes, awards, etc received:

Certificate of Achievement by the Board of International Ministries, ABC, & ANTS
Proficiency Prize by the Serampore College, 1981, Serampore, West Bengal
Edward & Mary Prize by the Serampore College, 1981, Serampore, West Bengal
Research Fellow by the American Biographical Institute, North Carolina, USA.

The Zo Aw Publications has been established in his remembrance and in an effort to continue his work in publications.