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* TELC Adiaikalanathar church http://www.adaikalanatharchurch.com/ |
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* TELC Arulnathar church, kilpauk |
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* TELC Anbunathar church, Annanagar |
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Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India, which was established in 1919[1] and has approximately 200,000 members.[2] Its headquarters is in Trichy,Tamil Nadu.[3]
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The bishops have the title Bishop of Tranquebar.[4] It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation.[5] The Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Church of Sweden Mission were active in the area of Trichy in the 19th century and are still active there today.
The other Lutheran churches, belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, are: [6]
- Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Arcot Lutheran Church
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
- Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
- Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
- South Andhra Lutheran Church
Bishops of Tranquebar
- 1921-1926 Ernst Heuman from Sweden
- 1927-1934 David Bexell from Sweden
- 1934-1956 Johannes Sandegren from Sweden
- 1956-1967 Rajah Bushanam Manikam
- 1967-1972 Carl Gustav Diehl from Sweden
- 1972-1975 A.J. Satyanadhan
- 1975-1978 L. Easter Raj
- 1978-1993 Jayseelan Jacob
- 1993-1999 Johnson Gnanabaranam
- 1999-2009 T. Aruldoss
- 2009- H.A. Martin
Famous churches of TELC
- TELC Adiaikalanathar church [7]
- TELC Arulnathar church, kilpauk
- TELC Anbunathar church, Annanagar
References
- ^ http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp
- ^ http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/TamilEvLuthCch-EN.html
- ^ http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=B4bUAAAAMAAJ&q=Rajah+Bhushanam+Manikam+inspired+the+following+headline:+INDIAN+POTENTATE+ARRIVES+FOR+VISIT+A+rajah+may+...+He+is+the+Right+Reverend+Rajah+B.+Manikam,+who+as+Bishop+of+Tranquebar+is+spiritual+leader+of+the+Tamil+Evangelical+...&dq=Rajah+Bhushanam+Manikam+inspired+the+following+headline:+INDIAN+POTENTATE+ARRIVES+FOR+VISIT+A+rajah+may+...+He+is+the+Right+Reverend+Rajah+B.+Manikam,+who+as+Bishop+of+Tranquebar+is+spiritual+leader+of+the+Tamil+Evangelical+...&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KZb6UeDjJJat4AOkgoGwCQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA
- ^ http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/TamilEvLuthCch-EN.html
- ^ http://www.the-uelci.org/member-churches.asp
- ^ http://www.adaikalanatharchurch.com/.
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