Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School
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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
The present principal of this school is Rev. B. Subhashini.
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Preceded by Rev. Dr B. V. Subbamma | Principalship of CSMBTS 1985–Incumbent | Succeeded by Incumbent |
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Charlotte Swensson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry |
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References
- Notes
- ^ a b 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