- Baptist Theological Seminary
Infobox_University
name=Baptist Theological Seminary
native_name=Kakinada Seminary
latin_name=
motto=
established=1888
type=PropaedeuticSeminary
president=Rev. G. J. Frederick
principal=Rev. C. L. Johnson
students=
city=Kakinada
district=East Godavari
state=Andhra Pradesh
country=India
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address = Church Square, Jagannaickpur, Kakinada 533 002,India
campus=Rural
telephone = 91 040 2761 3892
affiliations=formerly affiliated to theSenate of Serampore College (University) , Serampore 712 201, West Bengal.
website=
footnotes=Data as of May 2008Baptist Theological Seminary [Ministry of Home Affairs [http://mha.nic.in/fd-ar0304/9.3Reported%20Associations%20for%202003-04%5CAndhra%20Pradesh.htm] List of organizations] is a
Baptist seminary located in Jagannaickpur, Church Square,Kakinada inEast Godavari district ofAndhra Pradesh ,India .It was established by the
missionaries of theCanadian Baptist Mission about a century ago.Dedication
To Rev. S.E. Krupa Rao, a past Principal of this Seminary.
Background
More than a century ago, missionaries from
Canada stepped onto coastalAndhra Pradesh to spread theGospel . The area of their operation included the district ofSrikakulam in the north through the district ofKrishna in the south. This apart from their work in the interiors ofOrissa .Foundation of a
seminary was a natural consequence of their work.In the beginning, the
seminary was affiliated to theSenate of Serampore College (University) [Please refer toAndhra Christian Theological College - The Kretzmann's Commission] . However, with the formation of theAndhra Christian Theological College (ACTC) in1964 , the seminary began sending its students forBachelor of Theology andBachelor of Divinity to ACTC.After the formation of ACTC, an
ecumenical seminary inRajahmundry in1964 , the BTS got itself amalgamated into it for Senate approved courses.However, the BTS began offering self managed and operated Graduate of Theology courses under the seal of the Seminary Council since then.
eminary Council
The
Seminary presently is overseen by a Council comprising ofPastors belonging to theConvention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars .Present Staff
Resident Faculty
* Rev.C.L.Johnson [ Freedom's Ring [http://www.freedomsring.org/44whatihear.html] Letters] , Principal
* Rev.Noah Raju, Faculty Member
* Rev.P.V.Raja Babu, Faculty MemberVisiting Faculty
*
Rev. Paul Carter [Paul Carter pastors First Baptist Church,Orillia ,Canada . "Surge" 2007, p. 12. [http://www.frwy.ca/church/uploads/surge.pdf] ]ee also
*
Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women ,Tuni
*Canadian Baptist Ministries ,Canada
*Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
*Andhra Christian Theological College ,Secunderabad ,Andhra Pradesh
*Senate of Serampore College (University) ,Serampore ,West Bengal External links
* Official site of the Canadian Baptist Ministries [http://www.cbmin.org]
References
;Notes
;Further reading
* cite journal
author=Jeremiah, D.J.
title="The Relationship of the Baptist Churches in Andhra Pradesh to the Church Union Movement in South India since 1919". Reflections on Theology Today: Papers Presented by the ACTC Faculty during the Academic Year 1988-89 on Theology and the Mission and Ministry of the Church,Andhra Christian Theological College , Hyderabad
year=1990
volume=
issue=
url =* cite journal
author=Rao, N.Surya [http://www.indianchristianity.com/html/NewsDigest.htm]
title=The History of the Theological Training Institute at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh 1882-1964. Unpublished M.Th. thesis,United Theological College , Bangalore
year=1984
volume=
issue=
url =* cite journal
author=Senftleben, Martin
title="Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh." Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
year=1992
volume=I
issue=
url =http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf* cite journal
author=__________________,
title="Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh." Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
year=1992
volume=II
issue=
url =http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf* cite journal
author=Sunanda, G.Beaulah Pearl
title="An Insight into the History of the Canadian Baptist Mission in Andhra Pradesh (1874-1924)". Unpublished M.Phil.(History) Thesis,Madras Christian College , Madras
year=1990
volume=
issue=
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