Kohima Lotha Baptist Church


Kohima Lotha Baptist Church is a church located in the locality of the Chandmari colony, Kohima, Nagaland. The church building was opened in 2017, although the Baptist congregation had been formed since 1956. It is one of the biggest Lotha Baptist churches in Nagaland and also the main church building of the Lothas in Kohima city.

History

The Kohima Lotha Baptist Church was established on 4 March 1956. The old church building was demolished in 2011 and a new building was constructed in 2017. Today the church has a total membership of 2406 with 7 sectoral fellowships across the city.

Architecture

The four floored building has a 3000 seating capacity with two floors in the basement for vehicular parking. It was built at a cost of Rs. 11,63,65,000. Hutoshe Awomi as the Chief Engineer and Nungsangwati as the Chief Architect.