Andhra Christian Theological College
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| Motto | Ad Consummationem Sanctorum In Opus Ministerii |
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| Type | Seminary |
| Established | 1 July 1964 (1 July 1964) |
| Affiliation | Senate of Serampore College (University) |
| Director | R. R. D Sajeeva Raju, STBC[1] (Chair of the Board of Governors) |
| Principal[1] | A. John Prabhakar, D.Th. (Serampore) |
Academic staff | 15+[2] |
| Location | Hyderabad , Telangana , India 17°25′36″N 78°27′10″E / 17.42667°N 78.45278°E / 17.42667; 78.45278 |
| Website | actchyd.com |
Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC) is a seminary[3] in Telangana which was founded in 1964.[4] It is affiliated with India's first[5] university, the Senate of Serampore College (University) (a university under section 2(f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956),[6][7] and has degree-granting authority under a Danish charter ratified by the government of West Bengal.[8] ACTC is on the Hussain Sagar canal (north) in Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Secunderabad Junction railway station.[9]
The college was founded on the Lutheran Theological College campus in Rajahmundry and the founding societies included[10][11] the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Church of South India, the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars, the Methodist Church in India and the South Andhra Lutheran Church. The Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches held its B.D. classes at ACTC in 1967, and in 1972 the B.D. programme of the Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary was integrated into the college. When M. Victor Paul was principal (1991-1993), Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church joined the college.[12][13][11]
Christian missions in Andhra Pradesh[14] opened seminaries in Gooty (Union Theological Seminary),[15] Dornakal (Andhra Union Theological College, [16] for the Church of South India), Ramayapatnam (Baptist Theological Seminary, for the American Baptists), Luthergiri[17] (Lutheran Theological College), Kakinada (Baptist Theological Seminary, for Canadian Baptists) and Shamshabad (Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College, for the Anabaptists). Although professors were exchanged among the seminaries, Bachelor of Divinity students attended Serampore College in West Bengal.
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Academic block face
ACTC Tower
Contents
1 Overview
1.1 Kretzmann Commission
1.2 Merger
2 Administration and faculty
2.1 Board of governors
2.2 Motto
2.3 Hall system
2.4 Principals
3 Serampore University affiliation
3.1 Degrees for pastors
3.2 Distance education
3.3 Registrar visits
3.4 University convocations
4 MDiv programme through ATA
5 Academics
5.1 Library
6 Student life
7 Notable figures
8 Notes
9 References
10 Further reading
Overview
Kretzmann Commission
A. B. Masilamani of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars, who composed hymns and espoused Bhakti theology, was a member of the Kretzmann Commission.
ACTC constituted the Kretzmann Commission in 1969,[18] consisting of:
- M. L. Kretzmann, D.D., secretary for planning, study and research of the Lutheran World Federation's Department of World Missions
K. Devasahayam, M.A., B.D. (Hon.), S.T.M., Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
A. B. Masilamani, M.A., Th.M., Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars- C. S. Sundaresan, bishop of the Church of South India's Diocese of Rayalaseema
The commission's report, presented to the board of governors, suggested increasing the Bachelor of Divinity curriculum and abolishing the Licentiate in Theology programme.
Merger
In 1964, the college was founded in Luthergiri, Rajahmundry, East Godavari district with the merger of three[19] theological colleges:[20]
Andhra Union Theological College in Dornakal, Baptist Theological Seminary in Kakinada,[21] and Lutheran Theological College in Rajahmundry.[21]
With William D. Coleman as its first principal, the college was dedicated on 1 July[22] 1964 by R. M. Clark[22] of the BTESSC.[a] The inaugural address was delivered by Senate of Serampore College registrar C. Devasahayam in Rajahmundry.[23]
The Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary was a separate part of the college in Rajahmundry until it merged in 1972.[13][22][12] By 1973, the college had moved from Rajahmundry to Secunderabad due to pollution from nearby paper mills.[24] The new buildings were dedicated by Church of South India bishop Pereji Solomon in the presence of Catholic archbishop Samineni Arulappa and seminarians from St. John's Regional Seminary.[25] During the 1990s, the college's postal address changed to Hyderabad (now in Telangana).
Administration and faculty
Board of governors
| Succession of Old Testament and Hebrew faculty |
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The college is administered by a board of governors composed of representatives of participating Protestant ecclesiastical societies:
- Telangana
- Church of South India (CSI) Dioceses of Dornakal, Karimnagar, Medak (headquartered in Dornakal, Karimnagar and Medak)
Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church (headquartered in Bhadrachalam)
Methodist Church in India, Hyderabad Regional Conference
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Society, Deccan Association
Tamil Nadu
- CSI Dioceses of Madras and Vellore (headquartered in Chennai and Vellore)
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, headquartered in Guntur
- CSI Dioceses of Krishna-Godavari, Nandyal and Rayalaseema (headquartered in Machilipatnam, Nandyal and Kadapa, respectively)
- Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars, originally headquartered in Kakinada
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches, originally headquartered in Nellore
South Andhra Lutheran Church, headquartered in Tirupati
Motto
The college motto is derived from Ephesians 4:12, which reads in the Latin Vulgate: "Ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii..."[38] ("For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry..." in the King James Version).
Hall system
| Succession of New Testament and Greek faculty |
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W. D. Coleman, the college's first principal, explained the hall system: "Each of the participating denominations has its own 'hall'. There are two hours of instruction each week about the liturgy, history, and policy of each denomination".[51]
The churches commonly associated with Protestantism in southern India include the Anglicans, Congregationalists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Lutherans and Methodists. Each church has its own tradition. At ACTC, students learn their respective church doctrine in addition to general theology.[52]
Principals
ACTC Creche
Hostel
The principal serves a four-year term (2018-2022), with each participating church having an opportunity to provide a principal. The current principal is the Rev. A. John Prabhakar, D.Th. (Serampore).
| Term | Years | Church | Denomination | Principals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964–1972 | 8 | AELC | Lutheran | W. D. Coleman, Ph.D. (Hartford) |
W. P. Peery, Ph.D. (Duke) | ||||
| 1972–1980 | 8 | CSI | Wesleyan | P. Victor Premasagar, Ph.D. (St Andrews) |
| 1980–1986 | 6 | CBCNC | Baptist | K. David, Ph.D. (Edinburgh) |
| 1986–1990 | 4 | STBC | Baptist | Suppogu Joseph, D.Th. (Serampore) |
| 1990–1994 | 4 | AELC | Lutheran | M. Victor Paul, D.Min. (Luther) |
| G. Sampurna Rao, D.Min. (McCormick) | ||||
| 1994–1998 | 4 | CSI | Wesleyan | Regunta Yesurathnam, D.Th. (Serampore) |
| 1998–2002 | 4 | CBCNC | Baptist | K. D. G. Prakasa Rao, M.Th. (Serampore) |
| D. J. Jeremiah, M.Th. (Serampore) | ||||
| 2002–2006 | 4 | STBC | Baptist | B. J. Christie Kumar, M.Th. (Serampore) |
| 2006–2010 | 4 | AELC | Lutheran | N. V. Luther Paul, D.Th. (Serampore) |
| 2010–2014 | 4 | CSI | Wesleyan | Ch. Vasantha Rao, Dr. Theol. (Hamburg) |
| 2014–2018[1] | 4 | CBCNC | Baptist | T. Matthews Emmanuel, D.Th. (Serampore) |
| N. V. Vijaya Kumari, M.Th. (Serampore) | ||||
| 2018–2022 | 4 | STBC | Baptist | A. John Prabhakar, D.Th. (Serampore) |
Serampore University affiliation
Metropolitan Aprem Mooken of the Assyrian Church of the East[53] visited the college during the Church History Association of India's 1988 triennial conference.[54]
The college has affiliated since its founding with the Senate of Serampore College (University).[55]
Degrees for pastors
ACTC and Serampore[56] offer two degrees for pastors: Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.) and Master of Theology (M. Th.) under the aegis of Advanced Institute for Research on Religion and Culture (ARRC).[55]
Distance education
Through distance education, ACTC has Bachelor of Christian Studies (B.C.S.) and Master of Christian Studies (M.C.S.) programmes for Christian students[57] and a Diploma in Christian Studies (Dip. C.S.) programme for Christian and non-Christian students.[55]
Registrar visits
When the college was founded in 1964, university registrar Chetti Devasahayam (CBCNC) delivered its inaugural address;[23] registrar D. S. Satyaranjan visited the college annually. Current registrar S. K. Patro has visited ACTC to investigate the prospect of upgrading the college to a postgraduate institution.[58]
University convocations
1887 drawing of Senate of Serampore College (University)
- Senate of Serampore College (University) has held two convocations at ACTC. The February 1979 convocation[59] was hosted by college during the tenures of the Old Testament faculty Victor Premasagar, CSI and G. Babu Rao, CBCNC; both had been associated with the Serampore College.[60] The convocation was attended by university registrar D. S. Satyaranjan and master A. D. Khan. The university president was Victor Premasagar.[61] The Commemoration Mass was led by G. Babu Rao (CBCNC) at St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Cathedral near[62] the college,[63] and the convocation address was delivered by Samuel Rayan,[59]S.J..[61]
- The college hosted[58] the 2016 convocation under the tenure of Old Testament scholars T. Matthews Emmanuel,[58] CBCNC and Vasantha Rao, CSI. The university was represented by master John Sadananda,[58] Senate president Issac Mar Philoxenos,[58][61]South Asia Theological Research Institute dean P. G. George[58] and university registrar S. K. Patro. The convocation address was delivered by Klaus Schäfer.[61]honorary doctoral degrees were conferred on D. S. Satyaranjan[58] (who led the 1979 convocation) and Klaus Schäfer,[58] who taught New Testament courses at the college from 1988[64] to 1993.[65]
MDiv programme through ATA
The college has begun an initiative to admit Christian candidates to a Master of Divinity programme, for which it has been accredited by the Asia Theological Association.[66]
Academics
| Subject | Name | Gender | Denomination | Degree | Alma mater | University |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian ministry | L. Anitha, MCI | F | Methodist | M.Th. | Gurukul, Chennai[68] | Serampore |
| New Testament | Ch. Helen Salomy, STBC[69] | F | Baptist | M.Th. | UTC, Bangalore[70] | Serampore |
| Religions | N. V. Vijaya Kumari, STBC | F | Baptist | M.Th. | HMI, Hyderabad/ UTC, Bangalore[71] | Serampore |
| History of Christianity | N. V. Grace, AELC | F | Lutheran | M.Th. | UTC, Bangalore[72] | Serampore |
| Social Analysis | M. Yonathan, STBC | M | Baptist | M.Th. | TTS, Madurai[73] | Serampore |
| Christian ministry | K. T. Vijay Kumar, CSI | M | Anglican | M.Th. | TTS, Madurai[74] | Serampore |
| New Testament | V. Manikya Rao, AELC | M | Lutheran | D.Th. | SATHRI, Bangalore[75] | Serampore |
| Missiology | Ch. Joshi Ananda Prakash, AELC | M | Lutheran | M.Th. | Gurukul, Chennai[76] | Serampore |
| Christian Ethics | B. Sunil Vara Kumar, CSI | M | Congregational | D.Th. | UTC, Bangalore[77][78] | Serampore |
| Christian theology | S. I. Nirmal Kumar, CBCNC | M | Baptist | M.Th. | NIIPGTS, Kolkata/ Serampore[76] | Serampore |
| Christian theology | B. J. Moses Shanthi Kumar,[79] CSI | M | Wesleyan | M. Th. | UTC, Bangalore | Serampore |
| Religions | T. Swami Raju, AELC | M | Lutheran | D.Th. | SATHRI, Bangalore[80] | Serampore |
| Religions | P. Alexander, SALC | M | Lutheran | M.Th. | Gurukul, Chennai[81] | Serampore |
| Old Testament | R. Jeeva Kumar,[82] STBC | M | Baptist | M.Th. | UTC, Bangalore | Serampore |
| Old Testament[69] | K. Joseph Premavardhan, CSI[83] | M | Congregational | M. Th. | UTC, Bangalore | Serampore |
| Old Testament | G. Vara Prasad, AELC | M | Lutheran | D.Th. | UTC, Bangalore[84] | Serampore |
| Homiletics | A. John Prabhakar, STBC | M | Baptist | D. Th. | SATHRI, Bangalore | Serampore |
| Subject | Name | Gender | Denomination | Degree | Studying | Institution | Leave period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Ministry | Y. J. Rajendra Prasad,[85] STBC | M | Baptist | M.Th. | D.Th. in Christian Ministry | UTC, Bangalore | 2016-2019 |
| Christian theology | B. N. Ratna Prakash, AELC | M | Lutheran | M.Th. | D. Th. in Christian theology | UBS, Pune | 2018-2021 |
Library
ACTC's library has reading-room facilities, over 38,000[86] books and 35 periodicals. When the college was founded, it was known as the Dunkelberger Memorial Library.[22] The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America[87] had sponsored the library[87] in memory of Roy Martin Dunkelberger,[88] AELC, a Lutheran missionary in Rajahmundry.[89]
The library was renamed the Gipson Memorial Library in 2014 in honour of Baptist missionary T. G. Gipson, STBC, who had modernized the library during his second term as a visiting faculty member at the college.[90] The renaming ceremony was held during the tenure of T. Matthews Emmanuel (CBCNC) as principal, in the presence of board of governors chair K. Frederick Paradesi Babu (AELC) and board member V. Prasada Rao (CSI).
ACTC Dining Hall
Student life
ACTC has recreational facilities which include throwball, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a table tennis room and a playing field for football and cricket. Daily mass is said in the chapel for students and teachers, and Sunday mass is open to the public. College festivals include the Christian Home Festival, Carey Day, CSI Day, Reformation Day, and Independence Day.
Notable figures
ACTC Stage
Principal's house
Academic block side view
- Faculty:
- Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church:
W. D. Coleman, Ph.D. (Hartford): the college's first principal
W. P. Peery, Ph.D. (Duke): later taught at the United Theological College, Bangalore
G. Devasahayam, S.T.M. (Philadelphia): third president of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
M. Victor Paul, D.Min. (Luther): ninth president of the church
R. R. Sundara Rao, Ph.D. (Wisconsin): later principal of the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College in Chennai
- Church of South India:
B. E. Devaraj, L.Th. (Serampore): wrote the Lambadi version of the New Testament
Eric J. Lott, Ph.D. (Lancaster): later taught at the United Theological College, Bangalore- P. Victor Premasagar, Ph.D. (St Andrews): Tripos, fourth bishop of the Diocese of Medak and moderator of the Church of South India Synod
Ryder Devapriam, Th.D. (GTS): bishop of the Diocese of Nandyal and moderator of the Church of South India Synod
G. Dyvasirvadam, M.Th. (Serampore): present bishop of the Krishna-Godavari Diocese and moderator of the Church of South India Synod
G. T. Abraham, Th.M. (Virginia): bishop]] of the Nandyal Diocese
K. Reuben Mark, Ph.D. (Higginbottom): present bishop of Karimnagar Diocese
- Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
Muriel Spurgeon Carder, Th.D. (Toronto): the Canadian Baptist Ministries' first woman priest
Waldo Penner, M. Th. (Berkeley): pioneered attempts to found the college with A. B. Masilamani
- Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches:
Louis F. Knoll, Ph.D. (Berkeley): co-founder of the college
Gaddala Solomon, Th.M. (Eastern): Old Testament scholar
Ravela Joseph, Th.M. (Andover): church history teacher and lyricist
Suppogu Joseph, D.Th. (Serampore): member of the Serampore council
- Other churches:
de:Jürgen Fangmeier, Dr. Theol. (Basel): taught systematic theology from 1987 to 1990[91]
- Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church:
- Alumni
Family blocks
The Homiletics Scholar, The Rev. A. John Prabhakar, an Alumnus of this institution, the present Principal.
- Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church:
Bathineni Venkata Subbamma, Ph.D. (Wittenberg): first woman senator at Senate of Serampore College (University)
Ch. Victor Moses, M.Th. (Serampore): twelfth president of the church
V. E. Christopher, B.D. (Serampore): thirteenth president of the church
B. Suneel Bhanu, M.Th. (Serampore): fourteenth president of the church
K. Frederick Paradesi Babu, B.D. (Serampore): current church president
- Church of South India:
D. N. Samuel, B.D. (Serampore): fifth bishop of the Diocese of Dornakal
A. Rajarathnam, B.D. (Serampore): sixth bishop of Dornakal
Samuel Kanaka Prasad, B.D. (Serampore): sixth bishop of the Medak Diocese
B. D. Prasada Rao, M.Th. (Serampore): present bishop of the Rayalaseema Diocese
Vadapalli Prasada Rao, B.D. (Serampore): present bishop of Dornakal
Eggoni Pushpa Lalitha, B.D. (Serampore): present bishop of the Nandyal Diocese
- Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars:
S. E. Krupa Rao, S.T.M. (Union): Patriarch of the convention
- Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church:
Notes
^ Formerly known as the Board of Theological Education of the National Council of Churches in India.
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Further reading
Charles W. Ranson (1946). "The Christian Minister in India, His Vocation and Training: A Study Based on a Survey of Theological Education by the National Christian Council, United Society for Christian Literature, Lutterworth Press".
Margaret Eunice Hawkinson née Coleman (1966). "That they may be one - The Story of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Published by the Mission Council of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, and printed at the Lenox Press, Madurai".
M. L. Kretzmann (1970). "Kretzmann Commission Report: a survey and study of the task of theological education in the churches related to the Andhra Christian Theological College, Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad".
J. Herbert Kane (1971). "A Global View of Christian Missions from Pentecost to the Present, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan". Second. edition (revised).
Senftleben, Martin (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati" (PDF). I.
_______________, (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati" (PDF). II.
P. Satyanarayana, Emmanuel D.K. Meduri (April 2013). "Use of Distance Education by Christian Religion to Train, Edify and Educate Adherents in Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education" (PDF). 14 (2).
