Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School
CSMBTS | |
Type | Propaedeutic institute |
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Established | 1926 |
President | Bishop B. Suneel Bhanu |
Principal | Rev. B. Subhashini |
Address |
Luthergiri, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 533 105, India, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India 17°1′45″N 81°46′42″E / 17.02917°N 81.77833°E |
Campus | Rural |
Affiliations | Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Data as of November 2008 |
Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School (CSMBTS) was started on 8 July 1926[1] in Rajahmundry, a town in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Background
Blenda Charlotte Swenson[2] a graduate of Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas) was deputed by the Lutheran Mission Board to go out to India as a Zenana Sister. During her work in India at Rajahmundry, she envisioned the establishment of a Bible Training School for Christian women where they would be prepared as teachers of the Bible in Hindu homes.[1]
Administration
Principals |
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The present Principal of this School is Rev. B. Subhashini.
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by Rev. Dr B. V. Subbamma |
Principalship of CSMBTS
Rev. B. Subhashini |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
References
- Notes
- 1 2 B. V. Subbamma (Ed.), History of Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry, 1961.
- ↑ Oscar Nils Olson (1950). The Augustana Lutheran Church in America.
- Further reading
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