Diocese of South Kerala of the Church of South India
The history of the Protestant Missions in South Kerala begins with the arrival of William Tobias Ringeltaube on 25 April 1806 at Mylaudy near Cape Comorin(Kanyakumari).
It was with great difficulty and largely through the intervention of the British Resident in Travancore, Colin Macaulay, that Ringeltaube obtained permission to construct Church at Mylaudy.
The Mateer Memorial Church, situated in the heart of the city of Trivandrum, is one of the oldest of its kind in South India.
R. W. Thompson, the Foreign Secretary of the LMS who was heading a deputation as part of the centenary of the Travancore Mission.
William Tobias Ringeltaube Charles Mead Dr Theodore Howard Somervel Rev John Abbs Rev Samuel Mateer The origin of London Missionary Society was associated with the evangelical revival in England in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
Every Christian in England considered it his duty to strive hard for the spreading of the gospel both at home and abroad.
The enlightened Christians in England also advocated strongly in favour of allowing missionaries to spread the gospel in India.
The fundamental principle of the society was "not to send Presbyterianism, Independency, Episcopacy or any other form of church order and Government; but the Glorious Gospel of the blessed God".
The attention of the missionaries of the LMS was also turned to the lower sections of the society like Parayas, Pulaya, Ezhavas etc., who suffered from caste tyranny and oppression.
The continued growth has been further enriched with the joining of the churches of Basel Mission and the Anglican Diocese of Nandyal.
William Paul Vachalan was consecrated and installed in the South Kerala Diocese on 2-7-1967.
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