Aizawl: The Salvation Army General, Lyndon Buckingham, and his wife, Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham, World President of Women’s Ministries, will arrive in Mizoram on Tuesday for a week-long visit that includes church dedications and a Territorial Congress, church sources said on Monday.
The couple, arriving from the organisation’s international headquarters in London, is scheduled to land at Lengpui Airport at 3:20 pm on October 20. The Salvation Army’s India Eastern Territory will organise a reception for them at the airport chapel, the sources said.
The Mizoram government has accorded the visiting leaders state guest status. Chief Minister Lalduhoma is also scheduled to host a dinner in their honour during their stay, according to the sources.
During the visit, the General and Commissioner Buckingham will attend the dedication and inauguration of the newly constructed ITI Corps Church and Thuampui Corps Church in Aizawl.
They will also participate in the Territorial Congress at R. Dengthuama Hall in the Mualpui Salem Veng area of Aizawl.
The couple is scheduled to remain in Mizoram for one week.