He was the first child of Gottlieb Ringeltaube, Vicar of Scheidelwitz (today Szydlowice), near Brzeg, in Silesia, Prussia.

The cause and date of his death are uncertain, but it is widely believed that he died of liver failure whilst on a voyage to Africa.

Ordained in Wernigerode in 1796, he spent some time in Calcutta and England before he was invited by the London Missionary Society (L.M.S) in Year 1803 to join their Mission to India.

[3] He sailed for Tranquebar on April 20th 1804, with several other missionaries, and stayed there for one year to learn the Tamil language.

Mylaudy, South Thamaraikulam, Puthalam, Koilvilai (James town), Zionpuram, Perinbapuram and Ananthanadarkudy churches are the fruits of his ministry.

[citation needed] One of these was Perinbapuram Church 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Nagercoil on the way to Monday market.

The first Protestant missionary to South Travancore was William Tobias Ringeltaube of the LMS, who arrived at the Aruvaimozhi Pass on April 25, 1806.

[6] Ringeltaube received an invitation from Maharasan Vedamonikam of Mylaudy, who had been converted to Christianity in Tanjore by Rev.

[citation needed] He was found to have lost strength in the body due to frequent illnesses.

On Friday, 25 April 1806, at 6 pm, Ringletaube arrived at Mylaudy by the white horse vechile.

Diwan Veluthambi objected to Ringeltaube's plan to build a church there, but Colin Macaulay helped him.

Due to the revolt of Diwan Veluthambi many problems began to arise for the Mylaudy Christians.

On 23 January 1816, all the congregation members came to Mylaudy and expressed their that He (Ringeltaube) desire to return to her homeland.

He handed over all the responsibility to Vedamonikam Desikar and he said Good bye to the people of Mylaudy, he sailed from Kollam to Chennai on 5 February 1816.

He commented the sailor to stop the ship and he travelled to Mylaudy and destroyed the debt account.

Again, He wrote a letter to her sister (Annasen) and London Missionary Society Treasurer (Mr. Joseph Kokson).

The most common belief is that he died of liver failure on the voyage to South Africa[9] and was buried at sea.

Charles and Johanna Mead served in Travancore for 56 years,[5] opening churches and schools throughout the area.