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Concordia Theological Monthly

Publication Date

11-1-1952

Document Type

Article

Keywords

india, lutheran, confession, missions, evangelical, melim, tamil

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Lutherans in India have become a considerable factor among Christians. The first Protestant missionaries, Ziegenbalg and Pluetschau, were Lutherans. Lutheran missionaries had a strong influence in the early work of some of the non-Lutheran missions in South India. They can be found in the southern tip near Nagercoil, north and east of Calcutta near the Burma border, in central India. and even in Pakistan. There are Lutherans who speak Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Santali, Briya and several other languages and dialects. There are missions with only a little over two hundred members, and missions which have been replaced almost completely by churches numbering over one hundred thousand.

Disciplines

Missions and World Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

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