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Christianity is the predominant religion in the North East states of Nagaland, MizoramMeghalaya, and Manipur, and has substantial populations in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goaand Andaman Nicobar Islands.
Born. (1761-08-17) 17 August 1761. Paulerspury, England. Died. 9 June 1834 (1834-06-09) (aged 72) Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India. Signature. William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the ...
The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani, Malankara Nasrani, or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians in the state of Kerala (Malabar region), [ 8 ] who, for the most part, employ the Eastern and Western liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity. [ 9 ]
The Church Missionary Society in India was a branch organisation established by the Church Missionary Society (CMS), which was founded in Britain in 1799 under the name the Society for Missions to Africa and the East, [1] as a mission society working with the Anglican Communion, other Protestants, and Orthodox Christians around the world.
Google Books website, A History of Christianity in India: 1707-1858, by Bishop Stephen Neill; Google Books website, The Missionary conference: south India and Ceylon, 1879, Volume 2; Anglican History website, Our Oldest Indian Mission: A Brief History of the Vepery (Madras) Mission, by The Rev. A. WESTCOTT, M.A. (1897) (online copy)
2. Official website. ielconline.com. The India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC) is a confessional Lutheran Christian church body of India headquartered in Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the International Lutheran Council [ 1 ] and the Lutheran World Federation. It has three synods, named Ambur Synod, Nagercoil Synod, and Trivandrum Synod.
Church of England Zenana Missionary Society. The Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS; founded 1880), [1] also known as the Church of England Zenana Mission, was a British Anglican missionary society established to spread Christianity in India. It would later expand its Christian missionary work into Japan and Qing Dynasty China.
4,013 (2020) Members. 1,576,830 (2020) [ 1 ] The Presbyterian Church of India (PCI) is a mainline Protestant church based in India, with over one and a half million adherents, mostly in Northeast India. [ 2 ] It is one of the largest Christian denominations in that region. [ 3 ][ 4 ]