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The Church of the East was the earliest form of Christianity in India, as adopted by the St Thomas Christians of the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) from at least the third century, and possibly much earlier.
(List of Baptist denominations in India) Assemblies Jehovah Shammah: 310,000 [219] Protestant (Plymouth Brethren) Lutheran: 4,220,178 [215] [228] Protestant (List of Lutheran Denominations Worldwide) Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC) 250,000 Protestant Lutheran: Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade (OBEC) 650,000 Protestant Baptist ...
Pages in category "Christian denominations in India" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Christian denominations in India (4 C, 9 P) * Indian Christians (15 C, 218 P) A. Affiliated institutions of the National Council of Churches in India (1 C, 37 P)
A number of 3rd and 4th century Roman writers also mention Thomas' trip to India, including Ambrose of Milan, Gregory of Nazianzus, Jerome, and Ephrem the Syrian, while Eusebius of Caesarea records that St. Clement of Alexandria's teacher Pantaenus from Alexandria visited a Christian community in India using the Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew ...
In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ever Test cricket win (and the only victory under his captaincy) in 1951–52 against England at Madras. Tinu Yohannan, Former Indian cricketer from Kerala. Roger Binny, Indian cricketer, part of Indian squad that won the 1983 Cricket World ...
Socially and culturally these Saint Thomas Christians remain as a part of the wider Indian community. They keep their Indian social customs, names and practices relating to birth, marriage, and death. They have Biblical names (Mar Thoma Christian names). At the same time they follow a number of Jewish customs like worship, baptism, wedding and ...
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.