This led to the establishment of the St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India (STECI), on January 26, 1961, with 20 ministers and 25,000 lay Christians.

[4] STECI established the Jubilee Memorial Bible College in Chennai in August 1987.

[5] The college trains students who come from different denominations, in addition to the candidtes from the STECI, and has links to the Biblical Graduate School of Theology in Singapore and Columbia International University in the US.

STECI was formed with a three-pronged mission; STECI believes in; the Trinity, the Second Coming, Sola Scriptura of 66 books of the Bible, salvation by faith (not works), safeguarding sound doctrine, evangelism and sharing the news about Jesus, royal priesthood and prayers to Jesus for the living.

[7] STECI members incorporate two sacraments into their lives; these are baptism and the Lord’s Supper.