Lalitha Kumari (pastor)

The Reverend
M. S. G. Lalitha Kumari, CBCNC
Ammagaru
Born
Mutyala Sarah Grace Lalitha Kumari

(1942-06-01)1 June 1942[2]
Gunnanapudi, Krishna district,[2] Andhra Pradesh
Died25 September 2013(2013-09-25) (aged 71)[4]
Secunderabad, Hyderabad district, Telangana
NationalityIndian
Other namesLalitha Krupa Rao[3]
CitizenshipIndia
Education
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Pastor and Seminary Teacher
Years active1964[2]-2011 (47 years)
ReligionChristianity
ChurchProtestant Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars Society
Ordained1992
Writings
  • Fellow-Workers with God / దేవునితో జత పనివారు (1997),[1]
  • Acts of the Apostles / అపొస్తలుల కార్యములు (1999)[2]
Congregations served
Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh)
Offices held
Teacher/Principal,[3] Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women, Tuni (1964-1968/1993-2011), Seminary Teacher, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (1975-1993)[2]
TitleThe Reverend

M. S. G. Lalitha Kumari a.k.a. Lalitha Krupa Rao[3] (1 June 1942[2] – 25 September 2013[4]) was the eighth Principal of Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women, Tuni. She held the term from 1993[2] through 2011. Lalitha was a theologically trained woman who also used to pastor a Church.[5] With her ordination in 1992,[2] she became the first Woman priest in the Protestant Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars.

  1. ^ Lalitha Krupa Rao, Fellow-Workers with God, Seminary Council, Kakinada, 1997.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lalitha Krupa Rao, Acts of the Apostles, Telugu Christian Literature Service, Chennai, 1999.
  3. ^ a b c James Elisha Taneti, History of the Telugu Christians: A Bibliography, Scarecrow, Plymouth, 2011, p.179.[1]
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference OWCM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Johanna Rose Ratnavathi, The Ministry of Women in Baptist Churches of Andhra in Kenneth Gill, Count us Equal: The Ministry of Women in the Church of South India, ATTWI, Bangalore, 1990, pp.189-190.[2].