P. Kambar Manickam is a Priest of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church[1] and current Asia Pacific representative[5] of the International Council on Pastoral Care and Counselling.
Muthyala Theophilus, CBCNC (1895-1946) then Senator of the Senate of Serampore College (University) was the pivot for the formation of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars as a direct Indian successor of the Canadian Baptist Ministries in Andhra Pradesh and towed the line of Indian ethos in Missiological leadership in India and had been more practical that saw periodical reduction in overseas contribution to the missions in India.
Similarly, the Bible Society of India, since the 1960s was also instrumental from the time of the rural Pastor, A. E. Inbanathan, CSI in being able to tide over overseas support and build up contributions from within the country by means of an effective fund raising system.
After general studies leading to graduation at the University of Madras, Madras, Kambar Manickam entered the ministry of the Church as a ministerial candidate of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC), the direct successor of the first Protestant mission[17] founded by Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg and underwent Spiritual formation at one of the affiliated seminaries of the Senate of Serampore College (University), founded by the Baptist missions led by Joshua Marshman, William Carey and William Ward, and was ordained by the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC) and served as a Priest.
[4] In 1995, Manickam participated in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights held in Geneva as a representative of the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary.