William D. Coleman (pastor)

The Reverend Doctor
W. D. Coleman, AELC
Born
William Dawson Coleman[3]

(1915-11-26)November 26, 1915[3]
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh (India)
DiedOctober 22, 2001(2001-10-22) (aged 85)[3]
Colebrook, Pennsylvania (United States of America)[3]
NationalityAmericans
Other namesColeman Ayyagaru
CitizenshipAmerican
Education
Alma mater- in India
Kodaikanal International School, Dundigal, Tamil Nadu,

- in the United States

OccupationPriest
Years active1938-2001[1] (44 years)
Parent(s)Smt. Edith May Shoop[1] and The Rev. Frederick Leroy Coleman, ELCA[1]
ReligionChristianity
ChurchAndhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)
Ordained1939 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania[1]
Writings
  • 1948, The Doctrine of Incarnation in Hinduism and Christianity,
  • 1958, The Development of the Indigenous Church in the Andhra Area in India on the Background of Hinduism[2]
Congregations served
Bheemavaram and Narsapur[1]
Offices held
TitleThe Reverend Doctor

William D. Coleman (November 26, 1915[3] - October 22, 2001[3]) was the first Principal[5] of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad. Coleman was born in India[6] in Rajahmundry,[1] Andhra Pradesh.

When four theological colleges came together to start Andhra Christian Theological College in Rajahmundry, William D. Coleman was installed[7] as the Principal of the College in 1964.

The Andhra Christian Theological College comprised faculty from four previous entities:

W. D. Coleman worked in an ecumenical environment together with Baptists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Wesleyans.[8] It was Coleman who supervised the relocation of the College from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad as well as establishing[9] the new campus in Hyderabad, especially during the Licence Raj.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Margaret Eunice Hawkinson née Coleman, The Church is Planted - A Biographical Record of the Missionaries in India of the Lutheran Church in America 1842-1987, Florida, 1987, p.91
  2. ^ a b c William D. Coleman, The Development of the Indigenous Church in the Andhra Area in India on the Background of Hinduism, Doctoral Dissertations in History, Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1958, p.26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f William Dawson Coleman
  4. ^ Sir Stanley Reed (Edited), The Times of India Directory and Year Book including Who's Who, Bennett, Coleman and Company, Kolkata, 1963.
  5. ^ al-Basheer, Volumes 1-2, Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad. p.29.
  6. ^ Minutes of the eleventh biennial Convention of the United Lutheran Church in America, Volumes 11-12, Board of Publication of the United Lutheran Church in America, 1938, p.165.
  7. ^ Yearbook, United Lutheran Church in America, 1965. p. 11.
  8. ^ Edgar R. Trexler, Mission in a New World, Fortress Press, 1977. p. 29.
  9. ^ Indian Church History Review, Volume 13, Church History Association of India, 1979. p. 83.
  10. ^ The Lutheran, Volume 11, Issues 1-12, Lutheran Church in America, 1973. p. 40.