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<p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Orientation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_and_uniting_churches" title="United and uniting churches">United and uniting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mixed polity with <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">episcopal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congregational_polity" title="Congregational polity">congregational</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_polity" title="Presbyterian polity">presbyterian</a> elements<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Administrators</th><td class="infobox-data">Justice R. Balasubramanian<br />Justice V. Bharathidasan<br /> Judge S. Bhaskaran</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Moderator</th><td class="infobox-data">Vacant</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Deputy Moderator</th><td class="infobox-data">Vacant</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Distinct fellowships</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Conference_of_Asia" title="Christian Conference of Asia">Christian Conference of Asia</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches_in_India" title="National Council of Churches in India">National Council of Churches in India</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Communion_of_Churches_in_India" title="Communion of Churches in India">Communion of Churches in India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Associations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/World_Methodist_Council" title="World Methodist Council">World Methodist Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">27 September 1947 (Day of Union, not date of establishment) <br /><a href="/wiki/Tranquebar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tranquebar">Tranquebar</a>, Tamil Nadu (Presently Under the Pastorate of Karaikal - Tranquebar, Tiruchirappalli - Thanjavur Diocese)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Church_union" title="Church union">Merger of</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_India,_Burma_and_Ceylon" title="Church of India, Burma and Ceylon">Church of India, Burma and Ceylon</a> (Anglican), the southern district of the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist Church">Methodist Church</a>, South India United Church (which was a union in 1904 of the Continental Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches), Basel Mission Churches in South India<sup id="cite_ref-WMC2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMC2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Separations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_India" title="Anglican Church of India">Anglican Church of India</a> (1964)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Catholic_Church" title="Anglican Catholic Church">Anglican Catholic Church</a> (1984)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Congregations</th><td class="infobox-data">14,000<sup id="cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWM_Official_website:_CSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-About_CSI_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_CSI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">3,800,000<sup id="cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWM_Official_website:_CSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-About_CSI_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_CSI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WCC-CSI_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCC-CSI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_(Christianity)" title="Minister (Christianity)">Ministers</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,300<sup id="cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWM_Official_website:_CSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span 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href="/wiki/Mar_Sabor_and_Mar_Proth" title="Mar Sabor and Mar Proth">Mar Sabor and Mar Proth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldho_Mor_Baselios" class="mw-redirect" title="Eldho Mor Baselios">Mar Baselios Eldho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paremmakkal_Thoma_Kathanar" title="Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar">Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_of_Cana" title="Thomas of Cana">Thomas of Cana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_Elias_III" title="Ignatius Elias III">Ignatius Elias III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parumala_Thirumeni" class="mw-redirect" title="Parumala Thirumeni">Mar Gregorios of Parumala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varghese_Payyappilly_Palakkappilly" class="mw-redirect" title="Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly">Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Panjikaran" title="Joseph C. Panjikaran">Mar Joseph C. Panjikaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathews_Mar_Athanasius_Metropolitan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan">Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geevarghese_Mar_Dionysius_of_Vattasseril" class="mw-redirect" title="Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril">Mar Geevarghese Dionysius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geevarghese_Ivanios" title="Geevarghese Ivanios">Mar Geevarghese Ivanios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Malpan" title="Abraham Malpan">Abraham Malpan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Maria_Bernini" title="Giuseppe Maria Bernini">Giuseppe Maria Bernini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu_Sundar_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadhu Sundar Singh">Sadhu Sundar Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palackal_Thoma_Malpan" class="mw-redirect" title="Palackal Thoma Malpan">Palackal Thoma Malpan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar_Augustine_Kandathil" class="mw-redirect" title="Mar Augustine Kandathil">Mar Augustine Kandathil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Carey_(missionary)" title="William Carey (missionary)">William Carey</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Denominations</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="plainlist" style="padding-top:0.3em;"> <p><u><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christian_denominations" title="Saint Thomas Christian denominations">Saint Thomas Christian denominations</a></b></u><br /> </p> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_India" title="Catholic Church in India">Catholic</a></b></i><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Church">Syro-Malabar Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Church">Syro-Malankara Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin Catholic Church">Latin Catholic</a> </p> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodox</a></b></i><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Jacobite_Syrian_Christian_Church" title="Jacobite Syrian Christian Church">Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church" title="Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church">Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church</a> </p> <dl><dd><i><b>Independent Oriential Orthodox</b></i><br /></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Malabar_Independent_Syrian_Church" title="Malabar Independent Syrian Church">Malabar Independent Syrian Church</a> </p> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Church of the East</a></b></i><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Syrian_Church" title="Chaldean Syrian Church">Chaldean Syrian</a> </p> <ul><li><i><b><a 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href="/wiki/Garo_Baptist_Convention" title="Garo Baptist Convention">Garo Baptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Brethren" title="Indian Brethren">Indian Brethren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Pentecostal_Church_of_God" title="Indian Pentecostal Church of God">Indian Pentecostal Church of God</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_God_(Full_Gospel)_in_India" title="Church of God (Full Gospel) in India">Church of God (Full Gospel)</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Bank_Baptist_Christian_Association" title="North Bank Baptist Christian Association">North Bank Baptist Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church" title="Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church">Northern Evangelical Lutheran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_in_India" title="Methodist Church in India">Methodist Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_India" title="Presbyterian Church of India">Presbyterian</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Pentecostal_Mission" title="The Pentecostal Mission">The Pentecostal Mission</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches_in_India" title="United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India">United Evangelical Lutheran</a> </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Organisations</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches_in_India" title="National Council of Churches in India">National Council of Churches in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Conference_of_Indian_Christians" title="All India Conference of Indian Christians">All India Conference of Indian Christians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Catholic_Union" title="All India Catholic Union">All India Catholic Union</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Church of South India</b> (<b>CSI</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/United_and_uniting_churches" title="United and uniting churches">united Protestant Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It is the result of union of a number of <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Protestant denominations</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a> that occurred after the independence of India.<sup id="cite_ref-WMC2020_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMC2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Church of South India is the successor of a number of Protestant denominations in India, including the four southern dioceses of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_India,_Burma_and_Ceylon" title="Church of India, Burma and Ceylon">Church of India, Burma and Ceylon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>), the South India United Church (<a href="/wiki/Congregationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist">Congregationalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Continental_Reformed" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Reformed">Continental Reformed</a>), and the southern district of the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist Church">Methodist Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shelley2013_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shelley2013-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oikoumene.org_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oikoumene.org-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Church of South India is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Methodist_Council" title="World Methodist Council">World Methodist Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WMC2020_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMC2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of four <a href="/wiki/United_and_uniting_churches" title="United and uniting churches">united Protestant churches</a> in the Anglican Communion, World Methodist Council and World Communion of Reformed Churches, with the others being the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_North_India" title="Church of North India">Church of North India</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Pakistan" title="Church of Pakistan">Church of Pakistan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Bangladesh" title="Church of Bangladesh">Church of Bangladesh</a>. </p><p>Being a United Protestant denomination, the inspiration for the Church of South India came from <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenism</a> and the words of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> as recorded in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_17:21" class="mw-redirect" title="John 17:21">17.21</a>); as such "That they all may be one" is the motto of the Church of South India.<sup id="cite_ref-About_CSI_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_CSI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With a membership of nearly four million,<sup id="cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWM_Official_website:_CSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-About_CSI_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_CSI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is the second-largest <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> church based on the number of members in India. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Four different church traditions were brought together in the CSI: Anglican, Congregational, Presbyterian, and Methodist. All these churches had been established in India through the missionary work of churches in Europe, America, and Australia, which had started their work in India at different periods from the beginning of the 18th century. </p><p>The Church of South India Scheme was the first practical attempt of its kind toward a union, on the basis of the following points enunciated in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago-Lambeth_Quadrilateral" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral">Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral</a>: </p> <ul><li>The Holy Scripture of the Old and the New Testaments as containing all things necessary to salvation and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith.</li> <li>The Apostles' Creed as the Baptismal Symbol and the Nicene Creed as sufficient statement of the Christian faith.</li> <li>The two sacraments, ordained by Christ Himself — Baptism and the Supper of the Lord — ministered with the unfailing use of Christ's words of Institution and elements ordained by Him.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Historic_episcopate_(Anglican_views)" title="Historic episcopate (Anglican views)">Historic Episcopate</a>, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying need of the nations and people called of God into the union of His Church.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The first three points could be accepted without any controversial question. But the fourth became contentious, as the Anglican Church maintained <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">episcopal polity</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Historical_episcopate" title="Historical episcopate">historical episcopate</a> and believed that all its bishops and priests could trace an unbroken line of succession from <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">St. Peter</a>; whereas the rest of the churches in the negotiations conformed to other <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">ecclesiastical polities</a> and did not subscribe to the Anglican views on <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">apostolic succession</a>. After extensive dialogues, an agreement was reached that all who were already ordained in any of the uniting churches would be received as ministers in the united Church; provided all new <a href="/wiki/Holy_orders" title="Holy orders">ordinations</a> after the union, would be conferred by <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">episcopally ordained</a> bishops of the united Church, with the imposition of hands. The intention was to introduce an episcopate in historic succession <a href="/wiki/Historic_episcopate_(Anglican_views)" title="Historic episcopate (Anglican views)">(from Anglicanism)</a> into the new united Church and to ensure its maintenance in the future, by keeping all subsequent ordinations episcopal.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Church of South India as it exists today came into being with the perseverance and committed efforts of Rev. Vedam Santiago,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No visible citation; (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> who for a long period of time took leadership of the SIUC, the South Indian United Churches, which later, with the joint efforts of Rev. V Santiago<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No visible citation; (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and Bishop Azariah became the Church of South India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Church of South India union ceremony happened at <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Cathedral_Chennai" class="mw-redirect" title="St. George's Cathedral Chennai">St George's Cathedral in Madras</a> on 27 September 1947, a month after India achieved its independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. It was formed from the union of the SIUC, (South India United Church itself a union of churches from the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reformed_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed church">Reformed</a> traditions); the southern provinces of the (Anglican) <a href="/wiki/Church_of_India,_Pakistan,_Burma_and_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon">Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon</a>; and the Methodist Church of South India.<sup id="cite_ref-anglicancommunion.org_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglicancommunion.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inaugural service was presided by Bishop Rt. Rev. <a href="/wiki/Cherakarottu_Korula_Jacob" title="Cherakarottu Korula Jacob">C. K. Jacob</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_of_Travancore_and_Cochin" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Bishop of Travancore and Cochin">Anglican diocese of Travancore and Cochin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-anglican_history_1947_inauguration_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglican_history_1947_inauguration-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of it, nine new bishops, drawn from all the traditions, were consecrated to serve with five Anglican bishops already in the office.<sup id="cite_ref-anglican_history_1947_inauguration_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglican_history_1947_inauguration-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each new bishop was ordained with the imposition of hands by the presiding bishop, along with two more Anglican bishops (Rt. Rev. A. M. Hollis and Rt. Rev. G. T. Selwynthe) and six presbyters from the uniting Churches, also laying hands.<sup id="cite_ref-anglican_history_1947_inauguration_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglican_history_1947_inauguration-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This reconciliation of the Anglican views with those of the other uniting denominations, on the doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">apostolic succession</a>, realized in the formation of the Church of South India, is often cited as a landmark in the ecumenical movement.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-anglican_history_1947_inauguration_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglican_history_1947_inauguration-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_South_India_formation_service.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Church_of_South_India_formation_service.jpg/300px-Church_of_South_India_formation_service.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Church_of_South_India_formation_service.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption>Rt. Rev. Dr. C. K. Jacob presiding over the Church of South India inaugural service</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George%27sCathedral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/George%27sCathedral.jpg/300px-George%27sCathedral.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/George%27sCathedral.jpg/450px-George%27sCathedral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/George%27sCathedral.jpg/600px-George%27sCathedral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>St George's Cathedral</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Logo">Logo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">logo</a> of the Church of South India consists of a <a href="/wiki/Christian_cross" title="Christian cross">Cross</a> superimposed on a stylized <a href="/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">Lotus flower</a> in a white backdrop; around which the motto and name of the Church, is embossed.<sup id="cite_ref-CSI_SYNOD_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSI_SYNOD-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was designed by J. Vasanthan of the <a href="/wiki/American_College,_Madurai" title="American College, Madurai">American College, Madurai</a>. </p><p>The imposing central position of the Cross denotes the foundation of the Church and its faith, while its four arms of the same length promulgates equality. The <a href="/wiki/Padma_(attribute)" class="mw-redirect" title="Padma (attribute)">Lotus flower</a>, called Pankaj meaning "mud-born" in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>, has been of great spiritual and symbolic significance in India, since ancient times.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its placement in the Logo, proclaims the indigenous nature of the Church of South India and its dependence on the grace of God, just as a Lotus that blooms at sunrise and closes at sunset, depends on the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>. The stylized rendering, makes the Lotus petals simultaneously depict the fiery split tongues of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Christianity" title="Holy Spirit in Christianity">Holy Spirit</a>. The motto of the CSI embossed on the logo, which is an excerpt of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>'s prayer in John 17:21, is used as an inclusive affirmation of the need for the unity of all people.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CSI_SYNOD_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSI_SYNOD-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beliefs_and_practices">Beliefs and practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Beliefs and practices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Church of South India is a <a href="/wiki/Trinitarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinitarian">Trinitarian</a> Church that draws from the traditions and heritage of its constituent denominations. The Church accepts the <a href="/wiki/Chalcedonian_Christological_Definition" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalcedonian Christological Definition">Chalcedonian Christological Definition</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed" title="Apostles' Creed">Apostles' Creed</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a>. Both creeds are included in the Church liturgy as the profession of <a href="/wiki/Faith" title="Faith">faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Beliefs_and_Practices_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beliefs_and_Practices-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church practices <a href="/wiki/Infant_baptism" title="Infant baptism">infant baptism</a> for children born in Christian homes and adult or <a href="/wiki/Believer%27s_baptism" title="Believer's baptism">believer's baptism</a> for others. Baptized children are members of the church and share in the privileges and obligations of membership so far as they are capable of doing so.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Church of South India practices the <a href="/wiki/Rite_(Christianity)" title="Rite (Christianity)">rite</a> of <a href="/wiki/Confirmation" title="Confirmation">Confirmation</a>, by which the <i>confirmands</i> (those being confirmed) upon profession of their Christian faith, obtain confirmation of their baptisms and thereafter, get to partake fully in the privileges and obligations associated with Church membership. Secondarily, this is also a <a href="/wiki/Coming_of_age" title="Coming of age">coming of age</a> ceremony. Confirmation is almost always administered by a Bishop with the imposition of hands and occasionally by a Presbyter who is authorized to confirm.<sup id="cite_ref-Beliefs_and_Practices_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beliefs_and_Practices-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_punishment">Capital punishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Capital punishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Church of South India opposes the death penalty.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_Ordination"><span id="Women.27s_Ordination"></span>Women's Ordination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Women's Ordination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, the CSI consecrated its first female bishop, <a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Lalitha" title="Pushpa Lalitha">Eggoni Pushpalalitha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church of South India, since 1984, has allowed <a href="/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_Protestant_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordination of women in Protestant denominations">women's ordination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Radhakrishnan2011_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radhakrishnan2011-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, "it has taken up issues of gender, dalits and <a href="/wiki/Landlessness" title="Landlessness">landlessness</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Radhakrishnan2011_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radhakrishnan2011-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBTQ_issues">LGBTQ issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: LGBTQ issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, CSI supported the faction of the Anglican Church—<a href="/wiki/Global_Fellowship_of_Confessing_Anglicans" title="Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans">Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans</a> (GAFCON)— which opposed allowing gay priests inside church. “The Bible does not recognise gay marriages or gay priests,” said Reverend Benny Thomas of CSI, Mumbai.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indian bishops sided with traditionalists on the issue of homosexuality.<sup id="cite_ref-Nair2008_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nair2008-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church does not ordain clergy who are active in same-sex relationships.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches_in_India" title="National Council of Churches in India">National Council of Churches in India</a>, of which the CSI is a member, supported the legalization of consensual same-sex relationships in India.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, <a href="/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Cathedral,_Bangalore" title="St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore">St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore</a> hosted an event, co-led by the Rev. Vincent Rajkumar, aimed at denouncing homophobia.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CSI clergy, working with the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches_in_India" title="National Council of Churches in India">National Council of Churches in India</a> also co-led a consultation speaking out against homophobia.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) listed the Church of South India as being among the Anglican provinces open to <a href="/wiki/Blessing_of_same-sex_unions_in_Christian_churches" title="Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches">blessing same-sex couples</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, a seminary affiliated with the CSI offered a seminar on LGBT issues. "The <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Theological_Seminary" title="Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary">Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary</a> in Madurai held a two-hour seminar on gender and sexuality..."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 2023 the Communion of Churches in India, of which the CSI is a part,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> filed an application before the Supreme Court opposing petitions for same-sex marriage, writing that marriage is a divine institution uniting two persons of the opposite sex, and also writing to the President of India on the subject.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some dioceses of the church have confirmed that transgender persons may be ordained as clergy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> issues, the Diocese of Madras has a ministry specifically for transgender people.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the denomination invited a transgender pastor to preach.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Liturgy">Liturgy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Liturgy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CSI Synod Liturgical Congress has developed several new orders for worship for different occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-csimichigan.org_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csimichigan.org-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The order for the Communion service, known as the CSI Liturgy, has been internationally acclaimed as an important model for new liturgies. The committee has also produced three different cycles of lectionaries for daily Bible readings and "propers", and collects for Communion services. In addition, the committee has also brought out a supplement to the Book of Common Worship.<sup id="cite_ref-csimichigan.org_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csimichigan.org-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cherishing the <a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">reformation</a> principle of worship in the native language, the CSI liturgy and <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">church services</a> are completely in the vernacular, in all the different <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South Indian</a> states and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Sri Lanka</a>, which comprise its <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">ecclesiastical province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Observances_and_festivals">Observances and festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Observances and festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The important observances and festivals include <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a> (including its first day, <a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a>), <a href="/wiki/Passion_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="Passion Week">Passion Week</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ascension_Thursday" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascension Thursday">Ascension Thursday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lammas" title="Lammas">Lammas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Denominations_1_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Denominations_1-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constitution">Constitution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Constitution of the CSI is the key document that governs the administration and management of the church. It comprises 14 chapters detailing rules for the functioning of the Church at every level, from local congregations to the pastorate, dioceses and the Synod.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most important part of the CSI Constitution is "The Governing Principles of the Church" which sets out 21 governing principles on which the other chapters of the Constitution and the rules contained therein rest. While amending any part of the Constitution can be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Synod, amending the Governing Principles requires a three-fourths majority.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecumenism">Ecumenism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ecumenism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a <a href="/wiki/United_and_uniting_churches" title="United and uniting churches">united Protestant Church</a>, the Church of South Indian is a member of the <a href="/wiki/World_Methodist_Council" title="World Methodist Council">World Methodist Council</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a>; as a constituent member of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a> its bishops participate in the <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Conferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Lambeth Conferences">Lambeth Conferences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WMC2020_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMC2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also has representation in the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Consultative_Council" title="Anglican Consultative Council">Anglican Consultative Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WMC2020_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMC2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, the CSI is in full communion with the <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church" title="Old Catholic Church">Old Catholic Churches</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)" title="Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic)">Union of Utrecht</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Independent_Church" title="Philippine Independent Church">Philippine Independent Catholic Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a member of the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Alliance_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Alliance of Reformed Churches">World Alliance of Reformed Churches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Conference_of_Asia" title="Christian Conference of Asia">Christian Conference of Asia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches_in_India" title="National Council of Churches in India">National Council of Churches in India</a>. Through the <a href="/wiki/Communion_of_Churches_in_India" title="Communion of Churches in India">Communion of Churches in India</a>, it is also in partnership and full communion with the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_North_India" title="Church of North India">Church of North India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mar_Thoma_Syrian_Church" title="Mar Thoma Syrian Church">Mar Thoma Syrian Church</a>. </p><p>The Church of South India maintains close partnerships with the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal Church of the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Methodist Church of Great Britain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Korea" title="Presbyterian Church of Korea">Presbyterian Church in Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_the_Republic_of_Korea" title="Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea">Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_India" title="Presbyterian Church of India">Presbyterian Church of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(USA)" title="Presbyterian Church (USA)">Presbyterian Church (USA)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_America" title="Reformed Church in America">Reformed Church in America</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Uniting_Church_in_Australia" title="Uniting Church in Australia">Uniting Church in Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The church accepts the <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Quadrilateral" class="mw-redirect" title="Lambeth Quadrilateral">Lambeth Quadrilateral</a> as its basis and recognises the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">historical episcopate</a> in its constitutional form.<sup id="cite_ref-WCC-CSI_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCC-CSI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like <a href="/wiki/Anglican_ministry" title="Anglican ministry">Anglican</a> and most other <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">episcopal</a> Churches, the ministry of the Church of South India is structured with three <a href="/wiki/Holy_orders" title="Holy orders">holy orders</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">Bishops</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">Priests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synod">Synod</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Synod"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Church_of_South_India_Synod" title="Church of South India Synod">Church of South India Synod</a></div> <p>The church is governed by a <a href="/wiki/Synod" title="Synod">synod</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> and headed by a <a href="/wiki/Presiding_bishop" title="Presiding bishop">presiding bishop</a> bearing the title of Moderator, who is elected every three years. Due to the Madras High Court's ruling, which invalidated the recent elections and identified procedural discrepancies at the Synod meeting held in Hubli in January 2023. The Moderator and the Deputy Moderator position along with the position of General Secretary and Hon. Treasurer is currently vacant and awaiting election.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The officers were elected for a three-year term at the Synod meeting. The church is presently under the administration of court-appointed administrators, Justice R. Balasubramanian and Justice V. Bharathidasan, pending new elections for these key leadership roles.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The church runs 2,300 schools, 150 colleges and 104 hospitals in South India. In the 1960s the church became conscious of its social responsibility and started organising rural development projects. There are 50 such projects all over India, 50 training centres for young people and 600 residential hostels for a total of 50,000 children.<sup id="cite_ref-About_CSI_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_CSI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dioceses">Dioceses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Dioceses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The church is further divided into twenty-four <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">dioceses</a>, each under the supervision of a <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a>, including one diocese encompassing <a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. The dioceses are governed by diocesan councils composed of all <a href="/wiki/Clergy" title="Clergy">clergy</a> in the diocese as well as lay people elected from the local congregations.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each church will have representation in diocesan council based on their membership. The diocese is headed by the Bishop, who is a presbyter elected through the Diocesan Council. He is considered as the head of the diocese and all the institutions belonging to the diocese. Other than the Bishop, the following are the important administrative posts of each diocese: </p> <ul><li>Clergy Secretary: Manages all the activities of the pastoral & evangelical workers in the diocese</li> <li>Lay Secretary: Manages all the lay workers' activities in the diocese</li> <li>Educational Secretary: Manages all educational institutions and the workers of those institutions</li> <li>Diocesan Treasurer: Manages all the income and expenditures of the diocese.</li></ul> <p>The Diocesan Council also consists of Diocesan Executive Committee, Diocesan Standing Committee, and Pastorate Committee. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Headquarters </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Bishop<br />(The Right Reverend) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Krishna-Godavari_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India">Krishna-Godavari Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam">Machilipatnam</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width:15%; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/George_Cornelious" title="George Cornelious">T. George Cornelious</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Nandyal_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandyal Diocese of the Church of South India">Nandyal Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Nandyal" title="Nandyal">Nandyal</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Commissary#Ecclesiastical" title="Commissary">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Rayalaseema_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Rayalaseema Diocese of the Church of South India">Rayalaseema Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Kadapa" title="Kadapa">Kadapa</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/P._Issac_Vara_Prasad" class="mw-redirect" title="P. Issac Vara Prasad">P. Issac Vara Prasad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Dornakal_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India">Dornakal Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Dornakal" title="Dornakal">Dornakal</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width:15%; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr._K._Padmarao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr. K. Padmarao (page does not exist)">Dr. K. Padmarao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Medak_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India">Medak Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Medak" title="Medak">Medak</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Commissary#Ecclesiastical" title="Commissary">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Karimnagar_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Karimnagar Diocese of the Church of South India">Karimnagar Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Karimnagar" title="Karimnagar">Karimnagar</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Mark" class="mw-redirect" title="Reuben Mark">K. Reuben Mark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Karnataka_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Karnataka Diocese of the Church of South India">Karnataka Central Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width:15%; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Commissary#Ecclesiastical" title="Commissary">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Northern_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnataka Northern Diocese of the Church of South India">Karnataka Northern Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Dharwad" title="Dharwad">Dharwad</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_C_Borgai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martin C Borgai (page does not exist)">Martin C Borgai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Southern_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnataka Southern Diocese of the Church of South India">Karnataka Southern Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;">Hema Chandra Kumar </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/East_Kerala_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="East Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India">East Kerala Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Melukavu" title="Melukavu">Melukavu</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="width:15%; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=VS_Francis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VS Francis (page does not exist)">VS Francis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Kochi Diocese of the Church of South India">Cochin Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Baker_Ninan_Fenn" title="Baker Ninan Fenn">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam-Kottarakkara_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Kollam-Kottarakkara Diocese of the Church of South India">Kollam-Kottarakara Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Commissary#Ecclesiastical" title="Commissary">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Kerala_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhya Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India">Madhya Kerala Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Sabu_Koshy_Cherian" title="Sabu Koshy Cherian">Malayil Sabu Koshy Cherian</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Malabar_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Malabar Diocese of the Church of South India">Malabar Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Royce_Manoj_Kumar_Victor" title="Royce Manoj Kumar Victor">Royce Manoj Kumar Victor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/South_Kerala_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="South Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India">South Kerala Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Trivandrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivandrum">Trivandrum</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Commissary#Ecclesiastical" title="Commissary">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Coimbatore_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Diocese of Coimbatore of the Church of South India">Coimbatore Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a> </td> <td rowspan="8" style="width:15%; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Ravinder" title="Timothy Ravinder">Timothy Ravinder</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Kanyakumari_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India">Kanyakumari Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Nagercoil" title="Nagercoil">Nagercoil</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/AR_Chelliah" title="AR Chelliah">A R Chelliah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Madras">Madras Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Commissary#Ecclesiastical" title="Commissary">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Madurai-Ramnad_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Madurai-Ramnad Diocese of the Church of South India">Madurai-Ramnad Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeyasingh_Prince_Prabhakaran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeyasingh Prince Prabhakaran (page does not exist)">Jeyasingh Prince Prabhakaran</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Thoothukudi_-_Nazareth_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Thoothukudi - Nazareth Diocese of the Church of South India">Thoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Thoothukudi" title="Thoothukudi">Thoothukudi</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Commissary#Ecclesiastical" title="Commissary">Moderator's Commissary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirunelveli Diocese of the Church of South India">Tirunelveli Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli" title="Tirunelveli">Tirunelveli</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/A.R.G.S.T._Barnabas" title="A.R.G.S.T. Barnabas">A.R.G.S.T. Barnabas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Trichy-Tanjore_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India">Trichy-Tanjore Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli" title="Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Sede_vacante" title="Sede vacante">Sede vacante</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Vellore" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Vellore">Vellore Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Vellore" title="Vellore">Vellore</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/wiki/Sharma_Nithiyanandam" title="Sharma Nithiyanandam">Sharma Nithiyanandam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India">Jaffna Diocese</a> </td> <td style="width:15%;"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="width:15%; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td style="width:30%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veluppillai_Pathmathyalan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Veluppillai Pathmathyalan (page does not exist)">Veluppillai Pathmathyalan</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_South_India_Dioceses.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of South India Dioceses and headquarters."><img alt="Church of South India Dioceses and headquarters." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Church_of_South_India_Dioceses.jpg/400px-Church_of_South_India_Dioceses.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="587" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Church_of_South_India_Dioceses.jpg/600px-Church_of_South_India_Dioceses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Church_of_South_India_Dioceses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="632" data-file-height="928" /></a><figcaption>Church of South India Dioceses and headquarters.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliations">Affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theological_education">Theological education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Theological education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The church recognizes theological degrees granted by institutions affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Theological_Education_of_the_Senate_of_Serampore_College" title="Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College">Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College</a>. These include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_United_Theological_Seminary" title="Kerala United Theological Seminary">Kerala United Theological Seminary</a> (KUTS), <a href="/wiki/Trivandrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivandrum">Trivandrum</a>, Kerala</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mennonite_Brethren_Centenary_Bible_College" title="Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College">Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College</a> (MBCBC), <a href="/wiki/Shamshabad" title="Shamshabad">Shamshabad</a>, Telangana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Christian_Theological_College" title="Andhra Christian Theological College">Andhra Christian Theological College</a> (ACTC), <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad, India">Hyderabad</a>, Telangana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Bible_College,_Guntur" title="Bethel Bible College, Guntur">Bethel Bible College</a> (BBC), <a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a>, Andhra Pradesh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurukul_Lutheran_Theological_College" title="Gurukul Lutheran Theological College">Gurukul Lutheran Theological College & Research Institute</a> (GLTCRI), <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, Tamil Nadu</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Theological_Seminary" title="Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary">Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary</a> (TTS), <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>, Tamil Nadu</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Biblical_Seminary" title="Union Biblical Seminary">Union Biblical Seminary</a> (UBS), <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, Maharashtra</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Theological_College,_Bangalore" title="United Theological College, Bangalore">United Theological College, Bangalore</a> (UTC), Karnataka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asia_Theological_Research_Institute" title="South Asia Theological Research Institute">South Asia Theological Research Institute</a> (SATHRI), <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, Karnataka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Theological_College" title="Karnataka Theological College">Karnataka Theological College</a> (KTC), <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>, Karnataka</li> <li>Bishops College (BC), <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>, West Bengal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serampore_College" title="Serampore College">Serampore College</a> (SC), <a href="/wiki/Serampore" title="Serampore">Serampore</a>, West Bengal</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_South_India&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210214005331/https://www.csisynod.com/history.php">"History"</a>. Church of South India. 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.csisynod.com/history.php">the original</a> on 14 February 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2020</span>. <q>The Church of South India is the result of the union of churches of varying traditions Anglican, Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed. It was inaugurated in September 1947, after protracted negotiation among the churches concerned. Organized into 22 dioceses, each under the spiritual supervision of a bishop, the church as a whole is governed by a synod, which elects a moderator (presiding bishop) every 23 years. Episcopacy is thus combined with Synodical government, and the church explicitly recognizes that Episcopal, Presbyterian, and congregational elements are all necessary for the church's life.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History&rft.pub=Church+of+South+India&rft.date=2010&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.csisynod.com%2Fhistory.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChurch+of+South+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Watkins-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatkins2014" class="citation book cs1">Watkins, Keith (3 November 2014). <i>The American Church that Might Have Been: A History of the Consultation on Church Union</i>. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 14–15. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-63087-744-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-63087-744-6"><bdi>978-1-63087-744-6</bdi></a>. <q>The Church of South India created a polity that recognized Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Congregational elements and developed a book of worship that bridged the liturgical traditions that came into this new church. It set up a plan by which existing ministries were accepted while including processes which would lead to the time, a generation later, when all ministers would have been ordained by bishops in apostolic succession. The Church of South India was important as a prototype for a new American church because two factors had come together: the cross-confessional nature of its constituent parts and the intention to be, in effect, the Protestant Christian presence in communities all across the southern territories of its nation.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+American+Church+that+Might+Have+Been%3A+A+History+of+the+Consultation+on+Church+Union&rft.pages=14-15&rft.pub=Wipf+and+Stock+Publishers&rft.date=2014-11-03&rft.isbn=978-1-63087-744-6&rft.aulast=Watkins&rft.aufirst=Keith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChurch+of+South+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WMC2020-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WMC2020_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WMC2020_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WMC2020_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WMC2020_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WMC2020_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldmethodistcouncil.org/member-churches/name/india-church-of-south-india-bangalore-episcopal-area/">"Church of South India"</a>. <a href="/wiki/World_Methodist_Council" title="World Methodist Council">World Methodist Council</a>. 9 November 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 June</span> 2020</span>. <q>The Church of South India is a United Church that came into existence on 27 September 1947. The churches that came into the union were the Anglican Church, the Methodist Church, and the South India United Church (a union in 1904 of the Presbyterian and Congregational churches). Later the Basel Mission Churches in South India also joined the Union. The Church of South India is the first example in church history of the union of Episcopal and non-Episcopal churches, and is thus one of the early pioneers of the ecumenical movement. The CSI strives to maintain fellowship with all those branches of the church which the uniting churches enjoyed before the union. It is a member of the World Methodist Council, the Anglican Consultative Council, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Council for World Mission, and the Association of Missions and Churches in South West Germany.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Church+of+South+India&rft.pub=World+Methodist+Council&rft.date=2019-11-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fworldmethodistcouncil.org%2Fmember-churches%2Fname%2Findia-church-of-south-india-bangalore-episcopal-area%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChurch+of+South+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CWM_Official_website:_CSI-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CWM_Official_website:_CSI_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTeam2018" class="citation web cs1">Team, CWM Communications (7 March 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cwmission.org/member-church-feature-church-of-south-india-csi/">"Member Church Feature: Church of South India (CSI)"</a>. <i>Council for World Mission</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Council+for+World+Mission&rft.atitle=Member+Church+Feature%3A+Church+of+South+India+%28CSI%29&rft.date=2018-03-07&rft.aulast=Team&rft.aufirst=CWM+Communications&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cwmission.org%2Fmember-church-feature-church-of-south-india-csi%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChurch+of+South+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-About_CSI-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-About_CSI_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-About_CSI_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-About_CSI_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-About_CSI_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-About_CSI_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-About_CSI_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-About_CSI_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csimichigan.org/ChurchofSouthIndia.html">"Church of South India International Resource Center"</a>. <i>CSI Congregation of Great Lakes, Michigan</i>. 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Andhra_Lutheran_Church" title="South Andhra Lutheran Church">South Andhra Lutheran Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church" title="Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church">Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches_in_India" title="United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India">United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Reformed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Church_in_India" title="Congregational Church in India">Congregational Church in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Maraland" title="Evangelical Church of Maraland">Evangelical Church of Maraland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church,_Kalimpong" title="Free Presbyterian Church, Kalimpong">Free Presbyterian Church, Kalimpong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_India" title="Presbyterian Church of India">Presbyterian Church of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Free_Church_of_Central_India" title="Presbyterian Free Church of Central India">Presbyterian Free Church of Central India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_North_East_India" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India">Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_India" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church of India">Reformed Presbyterian Church of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_India_Reformed_Churches" title="South India Reformed Churches">South India Reformed Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Northern_India_%E2%80%93_Presbyterian_Synod" title="United Church of Northern India – Presbyterian Synod">United Church of Northern India – Presbyterian Synod</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>/United</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_North_India" title="Church of North India">Church of North India</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Church of South India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Baptist_denominations_in_India" title="List of Baptist denominations in India">Baptist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Church_of_Mizoram" title="Baptist Church of Mizoram">Baptist Church of Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptist_Union_of_North_India" title="Baptist Union of North India">Baptist Union of North India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Orissa_Bihar_Baptist_Convention" title="Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention">Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boro_Baptist_Church_Association" title="Boro Baptist Church Association">Boro Baptist Church Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boro_Baptist_Convention" title="Boro Baptist Convention">Boro Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Baptist_Churches_of_Northern_Circars" title="Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars">Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Baptist_Churches_in_Northeast_India" title="Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India">Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Baptist_Church_Council" title="Arunachal Baptist Church Council">Arunachal Baptist Church Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Baptist_Convention" title="Assam Baptist Convention">Assam Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garo_Baptist_Convention" title="Garo Baptist Convention">Garo Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi-Anglong_Baptist_Convention" title="Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention">Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipur_Baptist_Convention" title="Manipur Baptist Convention">Manipur Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Baptist_Church_Council" title="Nagaland Baptist Church Council">Nagaland Baptist Church Council</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Baptist_Convention" title="Evangelical Baptist Convention">Evangelical Baptist Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mising_Baptist_Kebang" title="Mising Baptist Kebang">Mising Baptist Kebang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bank_Baptist_Christian_Association" title="North Bank Baptist Christian Association">North Bank Baptist Christian Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orissa_Baptist_Evangelistic_Crusade" title="Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade">Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samavesam_of_Telugu_Baptist_Churches" title="Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches">Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Baptist_Church_Council" title="Telugu Baptist Church Council">Telugu Baptist Church Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripura_Baptist_Christian_Union" title="Tripura Baptist Christian Union">Tripura Baptist Christian Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Assemblies of God in India">Assemblies of God in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Congregation_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Congregation in India">Christian Congregation in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Revival_Church" title="Christian Revival Church">Christian Revival Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Full_Gospel_Churches" title="Manna Full Gospel Churches">Manna Full Gospel Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentecostal_Mission" title="The Pentecostal Mission">The Pentecostal Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Pentecostal_Church_of_God" title="Indian Pentecostal Church of God">Indian Pentecostal Church of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal_Maranatha_Gospel_Church" title="Pentecostal Maranatha Gospel Church">Pentecostal Maranatha Gospel Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventist">Adventist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Christian_Council" title="All India Christian Council">All India Christian Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church%27s_Auxiliary_for_Social_Action" title="Church's Auxiliary for Social Action">Church's Auxiliary for Social Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches_in_India" title="National Council of Churches in India">National Council of Churches in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_India" title="Christianity in India">Christianity in India</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Assam" title="Christianity in Assam">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Jharkhand" title="Christianity in Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Karnataka" title="Christianity in Karnataka">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Maharashtra" title="Christianity in Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Manipur" title="Christianity in Manipur">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Meghalaya" title="Christianity in Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Mizoram" title="Christianity in Mizoram">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Nagaland" title="Christianity in Nagaland">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Odisha" title="Christianity in Odisha">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Christianity in Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_in_Northeast_India" title="List of Christian denominations in Northeast India">List of Christian denominations in Northeast India</a></li> <li><a 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Prasad</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornakal_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India">Dornakal Diocese</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vadapalli_Prasada_Rao" title="Vadapalli Prasada Rao">Bishop Prasada Rao</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Medak_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India">Medak Diocese</a> (<a href="/wiki/A._C._Solomon_Raj" title="A. 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