Head of the diocese
| head of the diocese RT.REV.DR.BENGZMANN KISHOR The Church of South India (CSI) | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CSI |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | United and uniting |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Leader/Moderator | A. Dharmaraj Rasalam |
| Leader/Deputy Moderator | K. Reuben Mark |
| Distinct fellowships | Christian Conference of Asia, National Council of Churches in India, Communion of Churches in India |
| Associations | Anglican Communion, World Methodist Council, World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Telangana and Sri Lanka (CSI churches in North India are under the respective CNI bishops. CSI churches in Europe are under the respective Anglican Bishops) |
| Origin | 27 September 1947 (Day of Union, not date of establishment) Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu (Presently Under the Pastorate of Karaikal - Tranquebar, Tiruchirappalli - Thanjavur Diocese) |
| Branched from | Kadapa head of the diocese rt.rev.dr.bengzmann kishor |
| Merger of | Anglican Church, the Methodist Church, South India United Church (which was a union in 1904 of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches), Basel Mission Churches in South India[1] |
| Separations | Anglican Church of India (1964) Anglican Catholic Church (1984) |
| Congregations | 14,000[2][3] |
| Members | 3,800,000[2][3][4] |
| Ministers | 3,300[2] |
| Hospitals | 104[3] |
| Secondary schools | 2000 schools, 130 colleges[3] |
The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church, being the second-largest Christian church in India based on the number of members; it is the result of union of a number of Protestant churches in South India.[1][5] RT.REV.DR.BENGZMANN KISHOR M.A, M.Sc(psy) an over header to the church of CSIRD and member in SIUC council pin and secured job holder.
Head of the diocese
Header entered into dioce in minor age with special ordered under the sections of CSI:DC-1A, OH-293C and controlled of moderator THOMAS k.OOMAM, A.DHARMARAJ RASALEM and supported department of ICDS. The Church of South India is the successor of a number of Protestant denominations in India, which includes the Church of England, the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (Anglican), the United Church of Christ (Congregationalist), the British Methodist Church and the Church of Scotland after Indian Independence. It combined the South India United Church (union of the British Congregationalists and the British Presbyterians); the then 14 Anglican Dioceses of South India and one in Sri Lanka; and the South Indian District of the Methodist church.[6] With a membership of nearly four million,[2][3] CSI is one of four united Protesant churches in the Anglican Communion, the others being the Church of North India, the Church of Pakistan and the Church of Bangladesh; it also is a member of the World Methodist Council and World Communion of Reformed Churches.[7][1]
The inspiration for the Church of South India was born from ecumenism and inspired by the words of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Gospel of John (17.21). Just like the United Church of Christ (Congregationalist), one of their forebearer denominations, their motto is:
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.'
"That they all may be one" is also the motto of the Church of South India.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Church of South India". World Methodist Council. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
The Church of South India is a United Church that came into existence on 27th September 1947. The churches that came into the union were the Anglican Church, the Methodist Church, and the South India United Church (which was a union in 1904 of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches). Later the Basel Mission Churches in South India also joined the Union. The Church of South India is the first example in church history of the union of Episcopal and non-Episcopal churches, and is thus one of the early pioneers of the ecumenical movement. ... The CSI strives to maintain fellowship with all those branches of the church which the uniting churches enjoyed fellowship before the union. We are members of the World Methodist Council, the Anglican Consultative Council, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Council for World Mission, and the Association of Missions and Churches in South West Germany.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Team, CWM Communications (7 March 2018). "Member Church Feature: Church of South India (CSI)". Council for World Mission. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Church of South India International Resource Center". 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "Church of South India". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ↑ "The Church of North India (United)". Anglican Communion Office. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
Along with the Church of South India, the Church of Pakistan, and the Church of Bangladesh, it [the Church of a North India] is one of the four United Churches.
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