History of Christianity in India
Explore the history of Christianity in India through this searchable UECF.NET Web Book.
The story of the church in India, from the St. Thomas traditions to the modern missions, told through histories, biographies and the writings of Indian Christians.
General histories that cover the earliest period.
Explore the history of Christianity in India through this searchable UECF.NET Web Book.
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Carey, the pioneers and the Protestant missionary movement.
Read The Life of William Carey online at UECF.NET: George Smith's classic biography of the Northamptonshire shoemaker who became the father of modern missions, translated the Bible into dozens of Indian languages, and founded Serampore College.
The American and German Lutheran missions in Andhra.
Lutheran Missionaries, Landmarks and Legacies by Syam S. Pilli — the story of the American Lutheran Mission from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (1842 onward): Father J. C. F. Heyer, Walter Gunn, L. B. Wolf, John Roy Strock, Anna Kugler and John Aberly, and the landmarks they left — Andhra Christian College, Heyer Hall, Gunn Bungalow, Wolf Hall, Strock Hall, Sylvanus Stall Girls High School, St. Matthew’s West Parish Church, Kugler Hospital and Aberly Pet. A free, searchable UECF.NET web book.
The complete September 2015 issue (Vol. 2, No. 4) of The Journal of Lutheran Mission, published by The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, as a 117-page UECF.NET web book: papers and sermons from the 2015 International Conference on Confessional Leadership in Wittenberg on celebrating the Reformation rightly, with searchable text, article navigation, footnotes and original page images.
The complete Constitution of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) as reprinted in 1990 — Memorandum of Association, Rules of Association (Constitution), By-Laws, Constitution and By-Laws for the Synods, and Constitution and By-Laws for Parishes — presented as a searchable UECF.NET web book with page-by-page original scans, reading controls, bookmarks and resume reading.
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Regional histories of the Telugu-speaking church.
A 171-page UECF.NET web edition of Monarch of Telugu Christian Literature: Purushottam Chowdhary by Babu John Chowdhary, presented from the 2017 English translation by Dr. K. Job Sudarshan with searchable text, section navigation, responsive reading tools, and preserved photo/map pages.
Lutheran Missionaries, Landmarks and Legacies by Syam S. Pilli — the story of the American Lutheran Mission from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (1842 onward): Father J. C. F. Heyer, Walter Gunn, L. B. Wolf, John Roy Strock, Anna Kugler and John Aberly, and the landmarks they left — Andhra Christian College, Heyer Hall, Gunn Bungalow, Wolf Hall, Strock Hall, Sylvanus Stall Girls High School, St. Matthew’s West Parish Church, Kugler Hospital and Aberly Pet. A free, searchable UECF.NET web book.
A searchable UECF.NET Christian web-book edition of the complete 53-page source PDF chapter on the historical growth of Christianity in Andhra Pradesh and the Rayalaseema region, including political context, Catholic and Protestant missions, denominational development, and references.
శోధించదగిన వచనం, డార్క్ మోడ్ మరియు ఆఫ్లైన్ మద్దతుతో ఎవాంజెలికల్ లూథరన్ చర్చి యొక్క తెలుగు మిషన్ యొక్క పూర్తి 1914 చరిత్ర, రెవ. C. F. హేయర్, గుంటూరు మరియు రాజమండ్రి మిషన్ల జీవిత చరిత్రను చదవండి.
1912 నాటి తెలుగు దేశంలోని క్రైస్తవ మిషన్ల పూర్తి కథనాన్ని చదవండి — S.P.G. శోధించదగిన తెలుగు వచనం, దృష్టాంతాలు, డార్క్ మోడ్ మరియు ఆఫ్లైన్ మద్దతుతో నంద్యాల మరియు కలసపాడు, కులం, విద్య, వైద్య మిషన్లలో పని చేయండి.
History of the Telugu Christians: A Bibliography by James Elisha Taneti is a 115-page scholarly reference work on Telugu Christian history, missions, communities, and research sources, published on UECF.NET as a searchable web book.
The complete September 2015 issue (Vol. 2, No. 4) of The Journal of Lutheran Mission, published by The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, as a 117-page UECF.NET web book: papers and sermons from the 2015 International Conference on Confessional Leadership in Wittenberg on celebrating the Reformation rightly, with searchable text, article navigation, footnotes and original page images.
The complete Constitution of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) as reprinted in 1990 — Memorandum of Association, Rules of Association (Constitution), By-Laws, Constitution and By-Laws for the Synods, and Constitution and By-Laws for Parishes — presented as a searchable UECF.NET web book with page-by-page original scans, reading controls, bookmarks and resume reading.
ఆంధ్ర క్రైస్తవ కీర్తనలు – దైవారాధన. The complete Telugu Christian hymnal with 772 hymns across 568 pages, free to read online with search, bookmarks and dark mode at UECF.NET.
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Sadhu Sundar Singh, Bakht Singh and other Indian Christians.
Read about The Apostle of the East and West by James A. Kelso, a 1931 Christian biography of Sadhu Sundar Singh, at UECF.NET — with full bibliographic details, a section-by-section guide, and links to the complete public-domain scan.
Sadhu Sundar Singh by C. F. Andrews (1934) — book information, author background, and legitimate reading options (Internet Archive lending, library, purchase) from the UECF.NET Christian Books Library.
Read Sadhu Sundar Singh: Called of God online at UECF.NET: Mrs. Arthur Parker's 1920 biography of the Sikh-born Indian Christian evangelist and sadhu, from his conversion through his preaching journeys across India, Tibet, Ceylon, Burma, China and Japan.
Read The Message of Sadhu Sundar Singh (1921) by B. H. Streeter and A. J. Appasamy online at UECF.NET — the complete public-domain text, searchable, with chapter navigation and bibliographic notes.
A UECF.NET reader's guide to The Christian Witness of Sadhu Sundar Singh: A Collection of His Writings, ed. T. Dayanandan Francis (Christian Literature Society, 1989) — bibliography, full contents and legitimate ways to read it.
A 171-page UECF.NET web edition of Monarch of Telugu Christian Literature: Purushottam Chowdhary by Babu John Chowdhary, presented from the 2017 English translation by Dr. K. Job Sudarshan with searchable text, section navigation, responsive reading tools, and preserved photo/map pages.
Books by Sadhu Sundar Singh and Bakht Singh.
Read Reality and Religion by Sadhu Sundar Singh online free at UECF.NET — the complete 1924 text: Preface, Introduction and all 27 chapters, faithfully preserved from the Macmillan first edition.
Wisdom of the Sadhu: Teachings of Sundar Singh, edited by Kim Comer (Plough Publishing House, 2000) — book information, background on Sadhu Sundar Singh, and legitimate reading options from the UECF.NET Christian Books Library.
The Cross Is Heaven: The Life and Writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh, edited by A. J. Appasamy (1956/1957) — book information, verified publication details, and legitimate reading options (Internet Archive lending, library, purchase) from the UECF.NET Christian Books Library.
Read Visions of the Spiritual World by Sadhu Sundar Singh online for free at UECF.NET — the complete 1926 text: Foreword, Preface and all seven chapters, faithfully preserved from the Macmillan first edition.
Read Meditations on Various Aspects of the Spiritual Life by Sadhu Sundar Singh online at UECF.NET. Twelve meditations from this 1926 Christian classic, free to read, with the original Foreword and Preface.
Read With and Without Christ by Sadhu Sundar Singh (1929) online at UECF.NET — the complete text, chapter by chapter, with Telugu summaries of each part.
Bakht Singh's testimony How I Found God and Perfect Peace — book information, verified biography of the Indian evangelist, and a direct link to the Internet Archive source, from the UECF.NET Christian Books Library.
Forty Mountain Peaks by Bakht Singh: A devotional survey of the Christian life pictured as a mountain range with forty peaks, each a short meditation on a fresh aspect of the believer's salvation and inheritance in Christ. Free to read online or download as a PDF at UECF.NET.