William Powlas Peery

William Powlas Peery
BornMay 21, 1922[1]
Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
DiedJanuary 20, 2000[1]
Alamance County, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Parent(s)John Carnahan Peery and Pearle Miller (Powlas) Peery[5]
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in America, North America
OrdainedSeptember 30, 1945[1] by the South Carolina Synod[1] of the ELCA
WritingsThe church and its ministry as seen by Lutherans and the Church of South India, Vanderbilt University, 1959.[2]

A Christian understanding of south Indian Vaishnavism, Duke University, 1972.[3]
A Lutheran Understanding of Worship and Liturgy: basic principles and present concerns,[4] Gurukul, Madras, 1983,

The place of Mary in the Lutheran Church, Gurukul, Madras, 1983.[4]
Congregations served
Tumrukota[1] Parish of West Guntur Synod, Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (1946-1951)[1]
Offices held
Executive Director, Inter-Church Service Agency,[1] Egmore, Madras (1969-1970)
TitleThe Reverend Doctor

William Powlas Peery (May 21, 1922 – January 20, 2000) was a Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America/Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church who taught theology at ecumenical institutions, the Andhra Christian Theological College[1] at its erstwhile location in Rajahmundry and also at the United Theological College, Bangalore[6] both of which are affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore.

Peery was in India from 1945[7] through 1987[8] laying the foundation for ecumenical ventures, especially his role at the Andhra Christian Theological College in overseeing the merger of the Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary in 1967 as well as involving himself in the negotiations on Lutheran dialogue with the Church of South India.[9] Peery was a member[10] of the Church of South India-Lutheran Inter-Church Commission. During the third meeting of the Commission called for by the chairmen, Rajah B. Manikam and Hospet Sumitra that was convened by the Secretary Joshua Russell Chandran on 8 and 9 January 1963[10] at the United Theological College, Bangalore, Peery presented a comparative analysis of the constitutions of the Lutheran and the Church of South India Societies. After the conclusion of the third Inter-Church Commission, Peery was made Convenor[10] of a Committee to come up with two drafts relating to the importance of episcopy, one on episcopal basis and the other partly-episcopal and partly non-episcopal.

Peery also took part in Lutheran-Oriental Orthodox negotiations[4] where he came up with two papers on Lutheran perspectives entitled, A Lutheran Understanding of Worship and Liturgy: basic principles and present concerns[4] and The place of Mary in the Lutheran Church.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Historical Sketches, North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. [1]
  2. ^ The church and its ministry as seen by Lutherans and the Church of South India, Vanderbilt University, 1959, OCLC, World Cat. [2]
  3. ^ A Christian understanding of south Indian Vaishnavism, Duke University, 1972, OCLC, World Cat. [3]
  4. ^ a b c d e K. M. George, Herbert E. Hoefer (Edited), A Dialogue Begins: Papers, Minutes and Agreed Statements from the Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue in India 1978-1982, Gurukul/Sophia, Madras/Kottayam, 1983, pp.44-55, 162-180. [4]
  5. ^ The Lutheran, Volume 22, Issue 13, Board of Publication of the United Lutheran Church in America, 1939, p.31. [5]
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hiwale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ A History of the Lutheran Church in South Carolina, South Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, 1971, p.396. [6]
  8. ^ Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy, North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Antecedents, 1773-1999, North Carolina Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2001, p.363. [7]
  9. ^ Rajaiah David Paul, J. Kumaresan, Church of South India-Lutheran Conversations: A Historical Sketch, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1970, p.40. [8]
  10. ^ a b c CSI-Lutheran Inter Church Commission