CSI Home Church, Nagercoil
Church in India, India
| CSI Home Church | |
|---|---|
| Home Church | |
 Home Church in 2020 | |
 | |
| Location | Nagercoil, India |
| Country | India |
| Denomination | Church of South India |
| Previous denomination | London Missionary Society |
| Website | http://Nargercoilhomechurch.com/ |
| History | |
| Status | District Church |
| Founded | 2 March 1819 |
| Founder(s) | Rev. William Tobias Ringeltaube |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | India |
| Architect(s) | Rev. William Tobias Ringeltaube |
| Architectural type | Greek style |
| Groundbreaking | 1816 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | CSI Kanyakumari diocese |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Rev. A R Chellaiah[1] |
CSI Home Church is one of the largest and oldest churches in Asia.[2] It was built in 1819 under the supervision of Rev. William Tobias Ringeltaube an Prussian, who had come to Nagercoil via Madras and Rev Charles Mead.[3][4] The land on which the church was built was donated by the then British Travancore Resident, General John Munro, 9th of Teaninich, who had acted as a catalyst between the Missionary and the government of Madras and the Kingdom of Travancore.[5][6] This helped in the Theological Education for about two Centuries.[7][8] The church hosted the wedding of linguistic scholar Robert Caldwell in the year 1844. He died 28 August 1891, and was buried in Tirunelveli.[9]
Architecture
The building is in Greek style is 140 ft × 70 ft (43 m × 21 m). This is one of the oldest and biggest of the Protestant churches in South India. The edifice can provide accommodation for nearly 2500 people at a time.
Pastors
Previous
District Minister :-Rev J.Victor Gnanaraj, Presbyter :- Rev. P. Raja Jaya Singh Presbyter :- Rev Jerome
References
- ^ http://csikkd.org/about-us/office-bearers-of-the-diocese [dead link]
- ^ "Churches tell historical tales"
- ^ "Rev.Charles Mead was the Father of the South Travancore Mission"
- ^ "C.S.I Home Church in Nagercoil"
- ^ "The Christian Advocate, Volume 11"
- ^ "Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 10"
- ^ "THE OLD SEMINARY AND TWO CENTURIES OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION- by Rev. Dr. B. Varghese "
- ^ "On The Missionary Trail- By Tom Hiney"
- ^ "Renovated house of Caldwell inaugurated"
