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E. Prakasam, AELC | |
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| The Reverend | |
| Church | Lutheran |
| Diocese | Synods of East Godavari, West Godavari, East Guntur, West Guntur, Central Guntur |
| See | Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) |
| In office | 1944–1950 |
| Predecessor | Post Created[1] |
| Successor | A. N. Gopal[1] |
| Previous post(s) | Pastor, AELC St. Paul's Church, Rajahmundry[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1897[3] |
| Died | India |
E. Prakasam, a Lutheran, was the first[4] Indian[1] President[5][6] of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society whose ministry was primarily based in the Guntur District and also in East Godavari District, West Godavari District, Krishna District, and Visakhapatnam District. Being one of the established Indian Pastors, Prakasam was elected as president and served from 1944 to 1950 after which he resumed his Pastoral duties as a Lutheran Pastor.
B. C. Paul and K. L. Richardson, Professors of Church History at the Protestant Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad have successively researched the history of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church. B. C. Paul first researched at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago covering the period from 1905 to 1927[7] while K. L. Richardson covered the period from 1927 to 1969[1] at the United Theological College, Bangalore. Both of them have covered the era of E. Prakasam in their research.[1]
When the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary was created, E. Prakasam was appointed to the key ecumenical position in 1953, a post which he held until his retirement in 1963[8] and was succeeded by A. B. Masilamani of the Protestant Church Society, Canadian Baptist Mission/Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars.
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ACHwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hambye, Edward René (1982). The St. Thomas Christian encyclopaedia of India. Vol. 1. p. 67. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ Report of the ninetieth Synod, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Augustana Book Concern, 1949, p.205. [1]
- ^ St. Paul's Lutheran Church, York, Pa: 125th Anniversary. St. Paul's Lutheran Church (York, Pa.). 1961. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ B. C. Paul, The Emergence of a Church in South India: A Study of the Growth and Development of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church: 1905–1927. Unpublished Th. D. thesis submitted to the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. 1984. "ELCA Global Mission Bibliography: India". Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
- ^ Annual Report of the American Bible Society, Volume 147, 1963, American Bible Society, p.140. [2]