The Church of God, Meghalaya and Assam is one of the larger Christian denominations in Meghalaya with presence in a few other states also. Apart from normal Church activities, the Church also runs Primary, secondary and Higher Secondary Schools. It also has a Theological College called the Nichols-Roy Bible College. However, a long felt need of the members of the Church is for a secular college which will cater to the needs of many students mostly from rural areas, who have, for one reason or another, been deprived of a sear in the colleges in Shillong. This need found expression in the meeting of the General Ministerial Business Council which is the apex body of the Church. In its meeting on 22nd July 2015, the Council took a resolution to have such a college under sponsorship of the Church. The Church of God Business Association which is the executive arm of the Church was directed and authorised to take all necessary action to implement the resolution.

It was resolved that the name of the proposed College should be the JJM Nichols-Roy College, Shillong with the Church of God Business Association as its Sponsoring Authority. An Adhoc Committee was formed by the Association to expedite matters with the Academic Session 2018019 as the target date for opening the College..

The Committee proposed the formation of the Governing Body of the College with Rev. Dr. B.R Sohkhia as the President and Mr. L. Roy as the Secretary. The Committee also formed a Search Team for suitable Principal for the College The team identified Rev. Dr. L. Pohsngap as a nominee for the post. All the above recommendations were formally approved by the Business Association in meeting.

The JJM Nichols-Roy College, Shillong was duly registered as a Society under the Meghalaya Societies Registration Act, XII of 1983 vide certificate No. E.16/5/2017/123 by the Joint Registrar of Societies, East Khasi Hills, Shillong. Further, the Dorbar Shnong, Qualapatty gave its no Objection for the setting up of the College within the Qualapatty locality. The Education Department of the Government of Meghalaya was then approached for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to open the college and after inspection, the same was duly granted vide letter No. CE/OP/01/PT/2009/5119 dated 11/5/2018 from Shri S. Bhattacharjee, Joint Director of Higher and Technical Education addressed to the Secretary, Governing Body, JJM Nichols-Roy College, Shillong.

The College has received the opening permission from North Eastern Hills University (NEHU) on 23rd July, 2019 according to Letter No. CDC/86/JJMC/2018/-234. And then the NEHU give us the Provisional Affiliation on 13th October, 2020 as per letter No. CDC/86/JJMC/2018/-924. We are happy that we have also been granted the examination centre on 10th March, 2021 according to the Letter No. F.1-5/Ex-Con/JJMNRoy/2021-1208.

The Church of God Business Association allotted the newly vacated and renovated Centenary Building of the Church for classrooms and other requirements of te College. Furthermore, the Association allotted a plot of land and a house situated at Chapel Road, Qualapatty, Shillong for the College. A plot of land belonging to the Association at Mawdiangdiang, New Shillong could also be used for future expansion.

The motto of the College is Developing potential For Service. The College opened its doors for admission for the 2018-19 Academic Session for the B.A Course with 6 subjects namely English, Khasi, Economics, Sociology, Political Science and Education. Initially, 59 students were admitted.

The Faculty consists of full time as well as part time teachers many of whom already passed the National Eligible Test conducted by UGC. The College Library has been set up and is being further improved in terms of number of books and a qualified Librarian has been appointed.

The Sponsoring Authority and the College are fully committed to continuously improve the quality of the Faculty and infrastructure till it attains the status of the more established Colleges in the /State to render to the student community the very best College education at reasonable cost.