List of Protestant missionaries in India

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Background Christianity Thomas the Apostle Pantaenus Protestantism Indian history Missions timeline Christianity in India

People Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg Joshua Marshman William Ward Alexander Duff Anthony Norris Groves Henry Martyn Amy Carmichael E. Stanley Jones James Mills Thoburn The Scudders more missionaries

Works Serampore College Scottish Church College Wilson College Madras Christian College St. Stephen's College Gossner Theological College

Missionary agencies London Missionary Society Church Missionary Society Baptist Missionary Society Scottish General Assembly American Board

Pivotal events Indian Rebellion of 1857 Indian Republic Interactions with Ayyavazhi

Indian Protestants Bakht Singh Krishna Mohan Banerjee Michael Madhusudan Dutt Pandita Ramabai Sadhu Sundar Singh Jashwant Rao Chitambar Victor Premasagar K.V. Simon P. C. John This box: view • talk • edit Indian Christianity Portal

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Protestant missionaries in India

• Paul Olaf Bodding
• Paul Wilson Brand
• Robert Caldwell
• William Carey
• Amy Carmichael
• William Ward (missionary) [1]
• Joshua Marshman
• Donald McGavran
• Alexander Duff
• Anthony Norris Groves
• George Uglow Pope (1820-1908)
• Ida S. Scudder
• Lars Olsen Skrefsrud
• Graham Staines
• Dame Edith Mary Brown
• John Christian Frederick Heyer, M.D.

Contents 1 Chronology 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Chronology

• 52 AD St Thomas the Apostle is alleged to have arrived in South India.^[1] but this is currently under question by Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican^[2]
• May 6 1542 St. Francis Xavier arrived in India.
• May 20, 1605, Roberto de Nobili arrived in Goa.
• Henry Martyn --missionary to India 1805-1812
• 5th July, 1818, William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward establish the Serampore College.
• Anthony Norris Groves - missionary to India 1833-1852
• John Christian Frederick Heyer, M.D. (1793-1873) --missionary to India 1841-1871; established Gutur Mission, schools and hospitals in Andhra Pradesh
• John Nelson Hyde --missionary to India 1892-1912
• Michelle Barglind --??

[edit] See also

• List of Roman Catholic missionaries in India
• Mission (Christian)
• Christianity in India

[edit] External links

• Mission India
• Joshua Project India
• [2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Klijn, A.F.J. (2003). The Acts of Thomas: Introduction, Text, and Commentary. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-9004129375.
2. ^ Thomas's visit under doubt-India-The Times of India

• In the Shadow of the Mahatma: Bishop V. S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India by Susan Billington Harper