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Lutheran Missionaries, Landmarks and Legacies
Gettysburg, PA, USA to Guntur, AP, India — by Syam S. Pilli, Virginia, USA
How a single missionary who landed in Guntur on July 31, 1842 became the seed of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church — told through nine landmarks that still stand in Guntur and the six American Lutheran missionaries whose names they carry.
Contents
- 1PrologueChristianity in India and the foreign missions in the Telugu land before 1842PDF p. 1
- 2From Gettysburg to GunturThe Lutheran Church in America, Gettysburg, and the beginning of the American Lutheran Mission in IndiaPDF pp. 2–3
- 3Andhra Christian CollegeLandmark 1 — a living symbol of the Lutheran Mission’s work in Guntur since 1842PDF pp. 4–5
- 4Heyer Hall and Father J. C. F. HeyerLandmark 2 — Heyer Hall Compound, and the founder of the American Lutheran Mission in Guntur (1793–1873)PDF pp. 5–7
- 5Gunn Bungalow and Rev. Walter GunnLandmark 3 — Gunn Compound, and the first American Lutheran missionary to fall in a foreign field (1815–1851)PDF pp. 7–8
- 6Wolf Hall and Rev. Dr. L. B. WolfLandmark 4 — the boys’ hostel named for the first principal of Andhra Christian College (1857–1939)PDF pp. 8–9
- 7Strock Hall and Rev. Dr. John Roy StrockLandmark 5 — the girls’ hostel of Andhra Christian College, and a missionary of 33 years (1882–1978)PDF pp. 9–10
- 8Sylvanus Stall Girls High SchoolLandmark 6 — a century of women’s education in Guntur, from a mud-walled school to a stone building that will last centuriesPDF pp. 10–11
- 9St. Matthew’s West Parish ChurchLandmark 7 — from Stork Memorial Church in Gunn Compound (1877) to the rock edifice dedicated in 1907PDF p. 12
- 10Kugler Hospital and Dr. Anna KuglerLandmark 8 — the American Evangelical Lutheran Mission Hospital (1897), and the first woman medical missionary of the General Synod (1862–1930)PDF pp. 13–14
- 11Aberly Pet and Rev. Dr. John AberlyLandmark 9 — the colony north of the Kugler campus, and the missionary-scholar who gave the Telugu church its Bible Dictionary (1867–1963)PDF pp. 14–15
- 12Conclusion and BibliographyKeeping the legacy alive — and the sources behind this articlePDF p. 15
The nine Lutheran landmarks in Guntur
The missionaries
About the article
This article by Syam S. Pilli first appeared in the TCFNJ-GTCM Souvenir 2014. It traces the American Lutheran Mission from its roots in the Pennsylvania Ministerium and the Gettysburg college and seminary to the churches, schools and hospital it planted in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, beginning with Father J. C. F. Heyer’s arrival on July 31, 1842. The full text, photographs and maps of the 15-page original are reproduced here; the chapter divisions, headings, search and navigation are the UECF.NET web edition. Read more about this edition →
