Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School

Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School
CSMBTS
Type	Propaedeutic institute
Established	1926; 98 years ago
President	Bishop B. Suneel Bhanu
Principal	Rev. B. Subhashini
Address	Luthergiri, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 533 105, India, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India; 17°1′45″N 81°46′42″E / 17.02917°N 81.77833°E
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
	Data as of November 2008

Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School (CSMBTS) was started on 8 July 1926^[1] in Rajahmundry, a town in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Background

Blenda Charlotte Swenson^[2] a graduate of Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas) was deputed by the Lutheran Mission Board to go out to India as a Zenana Sister. During her work in India at Rajahmundry, she envisioned the establishment of a Bible Training School for Christian women where they would be prepared as teachers of the Bible in Hindu homes.^[1]

Administration

Principals
1926-1928 Christina Ericksson 1928-1951 Hildegarde Swanson (interrupted) 1930-1931 Hilda Kaercher 1937-1939 Jessie Cronk 1951-1955 Maida Meissner 1955-1959 Ethel Dentzer 1959-1985 B. V. Subbamma 1985- B. Subhashini

The present Principal of this School is Rev. B. Subhashini.

Academic offices
Preceded by Rev. Dr B. V. Subbamma	Principalship of CSMBTS Rev. B. Subhashini 1985-Incumbent	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b B. V. Subbamma (Ed.), History of Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry, 1961.
^ Oscar Nils Olson (1950). The Augustana Lutheran Church in America.

Further reading

[Subbamma-1] B. V. Subbamma (Ed.), History of Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry, 1961.

[2] Oscar Nils Olson (1950). The Augustana Lutheran Church in America.

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