Rev. Executive secretary ABAM, Dr. Mar Atsongchanger has been appointed as president of National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) while also holding charge of president Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC).
A press release by ABAM officers and staff of Impur stated that Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger was the first among the North-Easterners to hold the post of president NCCI. It also stated that NCCI was an ecumenical community comprising of 14 million members from 30 protestant and orthodox churches, 17 Regional Christian councils and 24 other Church related ecumenical bodies rooted in the gospel as revealed in the person, life and work of Jesus Christ.