List of Protestant missionaries in India
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[edit] Early missionaries
- Thomas the Apostle.[1][2]
- Saint Bartholomew
- St. Francis Xavier.
- Roberto de Nobili.
- Edward H Noel. (Founder of Noel Memorial Schools in Kerala, India.)
[edit] Protestant missionaries
These include:
- Paul Olaf Bodding.
- Paul Wilson Brand.
- Nathan Brown.
- William Carey.
- Amy Carmichael.
- Alexander Crawford - first presbyterian missionary to India (1823-29)
- Alexander Duff.
- James Glasgow (1805-90) - early missionary from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. (1841-1864)See: PRONI files.
- Sam Higginbottom
- Alexander Kerr - early missionary from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. (1841-184?)
- Anthony Norris Groves.
- Lyman Jewett
- James Long
- Dr Johannes Maas founder, Worldwide Faith Missions
- Carl Caeser Menge (1811 - 1885), Missionary in Nasik
- John Philippp Menge (1815 - 1878), Missionary in Gorakhpur
- John Christian Frederick Heyer.
- John Nelson Hyde.
- Samuel H. Kellogg, translator of Hindi Bible
- Joshua Marshman.
- Henry Martyn.
- Donald McGavran.
- V. Nagel
- George Uglow Pope.
- Ida S. Scudder.
- Lars Olsen Skrefsrud.
- Graham Staines.
- Alfred Sturge.
- William Ward [1]
- Rev. C T E Rhenius - First CMS Missionary
- Sister Joyce M Woollard
- E. Stanley Jones
- Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Klijn, A.F.J. (2003). The Acts of Thomas: Introduction, Text, and Commentary. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-9004129375.
- ^ This is currently under question by Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican. See Thomas's visit under doubt-India-The Times of India
[edit] Further reading
- In the Shadow of the Mahatma: Bishop V. S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India by Susan Billington Harper.
[edit] External links
- Mission India
- Joshua Project India
- Literary Contributions of Select List of Tamil Scholars from Overseas
