CHAPTER - V

ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING

FINANCES AND PROCEDURE

Father Heyer, the founder of the Lutheran Mission in Guntur,organised the

first congregation on 12th, April 1849 at Gurajala.1 There he adopted a simple

constitution-2 This was the first constitution for the Lutheran Mission in Guntur

district. It was as follows:

aARTICLE 1.NAME

First Evangelical Christian congregation in the Palahadu.

ARTICLE 2.RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE.

The only rule of faith and practice which this congregation receives is the

word of God, as contained in the Old and New Testament scriptures.

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ARTICLE 3.MEMBERS

l.It is required that all, who are or wish to become members of this

congregation should at least know the Ten Commandments, the creed and the Lord’s

Prayer.

2. Besides this knowledge, it is required, that all members shall prove the

sincerity of their profession by leading Christian lives, and thus testify

against idolatry, and help to establish the kingdom of heaven, through out the land.

ARTICLE.4. CHILDREN

The lambs of the flock or children of the congregation are to be trained up

in the nurture and admonition of the Lord by the pastdr, school teachers and parents.

A RTICLE. 5. COUNCIL

The council of the congregation is to consist of the ministers and two

or more elders and deacons."

The Lutheran Synod in India’ was organised in Guntur on 21st

January, 1853. Five ordained missionaries attended the organisation of the Synod.

Father Heyer was the first president of the Synod 3 This Synod was expected to

take the steps for the creation of one general Synod of Lutheran missionaries.

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 The Guntur Synod was organised on 29th October, 1906. The ordained

missionaries and few ordained pastors, and an equal number of lay delegates

constituted the organisation. The main objective adopted on 29th October, 1906 was"to

promote the work of Christ in India by establishing self supporting and self

governing Evangelical Lutheran congregations; by constituting charges among

the individual congregations; by licensing and ordaining suitable candidates for its

ministry, and exercising discipline over its members, by hearing appeals for all

church councils and special conference, reviewing, reversing or confirming

their decision, and by distributing or supplying all funds constituted by the

congregations or entrusted to it by the American Lutheran Mission conference or

otherwise”.5 The first Synod had a number of standing committees which deal with

all matters of business falling with in the province. The Synods were deeply

concerned from the beginning about the planning of the church, its organisational

work and congregational life.

The standing committees were as follows.6

1. Committee on credentials and Excluses.

' 2. Committee on correspondence

3.Committee on Examination of candidates

4.Committee on ways and means

5.Committee on workers

6.Committee on state of the church

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 7.Committee on Auditing.

The Guntur and Rajahmundry missions were merged on 20th

October, 1920, from there onwards there was a gradual transfer of the leadership

from missionaries to the local Christian leaders-7 After the merger of the two

missions the Guntur Synod and Rajahmundry Synod were formed into 'The

Council of the Indian Mission of the United Lutherah Church in America’ which

was registered under the Indian Companies Act VII of 1913 on 7th July 1924. This

was subsequently formed into A.E.L.C.(Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church)

in 1927. On 21st April 1932 the A.E.L.C. was registered under 1860 Co-operative

Societies Act. The constitution was modified from time to time as per the needs and

requirements.

THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH CONSTITUTION:

The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church has its constitution which has

been based on the model of the early missionary church constitution. The

A.E.L.C.carefully amended the old constitution keeping in view of the present trends,

obtained in the country, community and church. In the process of reorganisation of

the church from 1920 onwards various major steps were taken in order to entrust the

most of the powers, responsibility and rights to A.E.L.Church from Mission Council.

Through various amendments , committees, conventions the revised constitution was

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adopted. In 1944, January the Executive Board of the U.L.C.A. approved the

revised new constitution of A.E.L.C which came into force with A.E.L.C.

convention of the September, 1944 under the presidency of Dr.J.R.Frinks 8

The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church itself consisting primarily of

the congregation making up the five Synods of the Church-9 The five Synods or

administrative units are 1. East Guntur Synod, consisting of Tenali, Repalle and

Bapatla field 2. Central Guntur Synod consisting of Guntur and Sattenapalli fields

and Guntur town 3.West Guntur Synod consisting of

Narasaraopet,Vinukonda,Palanadu,Markapur - Cumbam Tripuranthakam Home

Field. 4. East Godavari Synod consisting of Eleswaram,Pedda§uram,

Samarlakota, Korukonda, and Dowleswaram field, Rampachodavaram, Homefield

and Rajahmundry town 5. West Godavari Synod consisting of Kovur,

Polavaram,Tanuku,Bhimavaram and Narasarapur fields .The constitution of the church

was organised under the memorandum and articles of the Association.10 The authority

rested in the church as whole. Several subsidiary bodies were created for purposes

of administration, the convention being the first of these bodies composed of delegates

elected by the synods of both clergy and lay members, meeting biennially. In the

1950 convention there were 167 delegates of whom 15 were co-opted. They were

55 pastors, 13 ordained and 11 un-ordained missionaries and 88 laymen of

whom 20 were women. The proportion of clergy to laity was 68 to 99.

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 The missionary group represented one seventh of the total. The convention has been

assigned the following duties.

1. Election of Officers, Members of the Executive Council and boards and inter­

churches representives.

2.Consideration of matters of general policy and viewing the state of the church.

3. Receiving reports from its officers and constitutional bodies, the boards

on the work of the biennium, and considering matters presented by the executive

council.

The second administrative body is the Executive Council. This is the

executive body of the church. This membership is carefully delineated to give

representation to all fields of work. Sufficient authority is also granted by the

constitution. The executive council consisted of 1. four officers of the Church 2. One

representative from each Synod 3. One representative from the boards of inter synodical

relations, Evangelism and missions, publication, Industrial work, elementary school

& A.C.College. 4.Two representatives from each of the boards of finance,

Christian education, secondary education and medical work. 5. Additional members

to ensure half Indian missionary membership and at least seven women members

four Indian pastors and six laymen. There were many duties assigned 'to the

Executive Council. It had to co-ordinate the work of the church, the synods and

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boards. It had the right to review all actions of the boards. One of its most

important tasks was to assign both Indian and missionary servants administrative

charges of work. It served as the apex body in financial matters on recommendations

received from the synods and boards through the Board of Finance. The vigilance

and good judgment of the Executive Council were responsible for the efficiency of the

church administration from 1944 to 1950. The Executive Council did an excellent

peace of work during the six years of its life. From 1944 to 50 Rev.E.Prakasam

D.D. was the president of the church Rev. A.N.Gopal M. A., B.D. was elected President

in September, 1950. There were several important committees under the executive

council.

l.The committee on construction, was incharge of all building and repairs. 2.

The committee on provident fund, was incharge of providing fund business. 3. The

committee on nomination and credentials, was in the charge of all election

matter. 4. The committee on work among women has done an excellent piece of

work in development of the Christian Home Programme and the work of women’s

samajas. 5.The committee on organisation and policy, shouldered responsibilities

of study and recommendation to the executive council to all the proposals, changes

in procedures and policy. 6. The financial advisory committee with the treasurer

as the chairman, scrutinised all synodical and board finances and makes

recommendations to the Executive Council. 7. The rules committee reviewed the

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 minutes of each board and reports to the executive as to any action not in accordance

with the rules or exceeding the authority granted to the board. 8. The salary scales

committee was to study the matter of salaries and allowances to workers under the

church. 9. The committee on assignments, studied the problem of appointments to

administrative post as need arises and made recommendation on the same.14

Under the Convention and Executive Councif the whole work was divided

into two major departments.

1.Congregational and 2.Institutional.

The congregational work was carried on by a group of five administrative

bodies known as synods.15 These are bodies composed of ordained and unordained

delegates elected from parishes and institutions under the synod. The synods meet

annually in the month of March and April. They have their own officers and

committees. The duties of the synod are many in number. Supervision of all parishes

and pastoral work in the congregations of the synod, supervision of all village

schools, appointments and transfer of all workers in such departments, religious

education, stewardship, training, evangelism and home missions are some of them.

In each synod there is a ministerium consisting of all the ordained men, which has

authority to examine candidates for ordination and ordained those accepted, to

exercise discipline over all pastors with regard to their faith and conduct. Under the

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synods there are smaller administrative units known as conferences. The

conferences have four to six parishes16 There were 32 conferences in the

Church,of which 26 were under Indian Pastors as conference Chairman. An important

factor in the working of the conference is the conference Church council consisting

of Pastors of the conference and members elected from the church workers and

congregational elders. The church councils have to meet monthly to Consider matters

of workers, appointments and transfers, problems of administration and discipline,

school management, erection and repairs of buildings, offerings and finance in

general. In each parish there was set up a parish council under the chairmanship of

the pastor with members elected by the contributing communicant membership of

the congregation 17 The congregation may vary from a minimum of 10 Christians to

one of the size of St.Marks, Chirala with 2400 members. Many of the village

congregations were very large with about 800 to 1000 members and with such

members, problems also multiply. A fair proportion of the congregations have

resident workers. In many congregations laymen were taking an increasing interest

in the Church work.

The institutional work of the Church was indeed very important. Constitution

provides machinery for the administration of these institutions. The administrative

units are called Boards, and they work directly under the Executive council.18 A

board has a definite field of work in its charge, and under its by-laws has full

authority over such work. Board members are either elected by the

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convention or are members ex-officio because of office or assignment.

There are eleven Boards of the Church.19

1. The Board of Finance of sixteen members prepares budget, allocates funds,

supervise the office of the Treasurer, audits the financial accounts of all persons

incharge of work. It isthe only board which functions also for the mission council.

2. The Board of Inter-synodical relations of 16 members has charge of the parishes

as regards general rules and regulations, arranges for transfer of pastors qualified

as conference chairman, arranges for transfer of pastors from Parish to parish,

or synod to synod, prepares salary scales for synodical workers, handles appeals

from synods. It also exercises the right to review the actions of the synods.

3. The Board of Evangelism and Missions of sixteen members coordinates the

evangelic work of the synods, supervises the work of the district missionaries, and

work among Muslims, considers programmes for the development of stewardship

and the training of Church elders. It directs the mercy work of the church, the

school for the blind and converts homes and other projects of social missions; and

co-operates with the National Missionary Society.

4. The Board of Christian Education of 16 members has charge of Technological

and Bible Training Institutions, the department of Religious Education, Workers

Examinations and supervises the work of auxiliary societies.

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 5. The Board of the Andhra Christian College of 19 members has charge of the

College. As the college is a co-operatively administered institution there are members

on the board from co-operating bodies, the Church Missionary society, the American

Baptist Mission, and the English Methodist.

6. The Board of Secondary Education of 22 members has charge of all high

schools and their hostels, and training schools and middle schools and their hostels,

including the appointments, transfer and dismissal of workers in such institutions.

7. The Board of Elementary Education of 17 members has control over the

higher elementary schools and their hostels including the appointment of workers,

co-ordinates the work of elementary education under the synods, also adult literacy

work, and the approval of text books and courses in elementary and higher elementary

schools.

8. The Board of Publication of 16 members is empowered to produce and

distribute Christian literature, control the ‘Andhra Lutheran’, and other publication

publish, as needed, hymn books and other books required in the work of the Church,

and direct the Lutheran publishing house and book deports and the Lutheran

press,Guntur.

9. The Board of Medical work of twenty members has charge of the hospitals and

dispensaries of the Church; and all programmes of medical service in Church.

10. The Board of Industrial Work of 13 members has charge of the industrial

institutions of the church, including the Lam Farm, the lace industry, and the

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vocational schools.

11. The Board of Visrantipuram Sanatarium of 20 members has charge of the

work of that institution. Because of the peculiar relation of the Sanatarium to the

general public and its distinctive problems it was placed under its own board

rather than under the Board of Medical Work with the other medical institutions.

For the first six years since 1944 when the Constitution came into effect

after re-organisation the work was carried on well. But there were also complaints

about defects and inefficiency. The reaction of some has been that the

administrative set up of the church is complicated and too heavy. The work has four

to five times increased from 1920 to 1950. The number of missionaries has decreased

at the same time and as such the work of administration has been largely placed

under the Indian leaders. Boards or synods exist for the church and church exist to

serve the humanity. Since 1950 to the present there have been a number of

amendments in view of the changes taking place in socio-economic and political

spheres. Even then the main spirit of the constitution has not been changed and

it continues to function, though apologetically.

The establishment and implementation of the Lutheran Mission - Church

constitution has great impact on the members of the congregation. The involvement

of the members in the process of direct and indirect elections at various stages gave

them the opportunity of participation in the administrative work. In the village

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congregation the elders used to be elected for a term. These village elders used to

look after the welfare of the members of the congregation. They have to attend

and lead all important celebrations like the marriage celebration, festival

celebrations, funeral and memorial celebrations. Thus a village administrative welfare

system was established in all the villages whereever there was the Lutheran Church

congregation. This process of village administration system started in Guntur

district even before the genesis of local self village panchayat system. Even at

present both the Christian congregation administrative system and the village

panchayat system exist simultaneously.

At the beginning, however, the system helped to create leadership

and evolved democratic functioning of institutions. For the first time the unprivileged

classes especially, the untouchable communities had the opportunity to elect their

own leaders from their own congregation for social and religious governance. It

also led to the congregation having a say in the political field. But all this

virtuous talk about these institutions is a far cry from the present day functioning

of these institutions.

FINANCES - PROCEDURE:

When Father Heyer was chosen to be a missionary to the Andhra region, he

wrote a letter dated 3rd,june, 1841 to the concerned Lutheran Missionary Society

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which reads as follows 20 “If the Brethren feel inclined to send me as their agent to

the Heathen, the following conditions should be taken into consideration.

1. Your society will decide about the place or region of country where the
mission is to be commenced.

2. The travelling expenses to the place of destination are to be paid out of the
funds at present in the hands of your treasurer.

3. The surplus in the treasury is to be paid to. the mission in three equal
installments, if my life be spared that long.

4. I will invest 1,000 dollars of my own money; the interest of this

investment shall be applied to the support of the mission as long as I remain in
connection with the same.

5. To meet the other necessary expenses of the mission I rely on ministers and
other friends of our under taking, who will be ready to assist in the accomplishment
of our object, praying the Lord to guide and bless you in your deliberations,

I remain,

Respectfully yours

C.F.Heyer,”

The above letter indicates the nature and the way of commitment to the

cause of the mission work and the source of its finances. Dr.Heyer started towards

India with the arrangement of $600 as salary for annum and the travelling expenses to

be paid. The sum of $ 150 was advanced for an outfit and he was permitted to

spend “a moderate sum for the purchase of Pictorial representations of Bible

History if he should consider them useful and necessary in the instructions of

the Heathen”. Rev.Heyer faced financial difficulty in 1844 due to lack of

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adequate support from United States of America-21 During the American Civil War

(1861-65) the American financial support had practically ceased to the mission at

Guntur. There were some ups and downs in the financial affairs in the early days

of the mission. A work of this size required much money and many workers. It

required also large financial sources. In the early days the work was very largely

a foreign support project. Gradually the means of support were developed in

India. In all the mission fields the goal has been self-administering, self-propagating

and self-supporting church. In the Andhra Lutheran Evangelical Church also the

development has been towards a large measure of self reliance for the support of the

work. Government also started to take initiative for the welfare measures to be

implemented to the society. The National movement had its impact on the

Government which resulted in initiating the welfare activities through the

administrative and voluntary agencies, both social, religious. The Government

started to issue grants to the schools and colleges established by the missionaries 22

The church established educational institutions, hospitals, orphanages, co­

operative societies have also generated income by means of fees and grants.

There were two major sources of income. They were foreign sources and

Indian sources. Those two major sources could be classified into six categories.23

l.The gifts of the Christian people towards the work. The offering to God and the

work of the Christianity are an essential part of Christian worship.

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 2.Offerings known as ‘kind’i.e. local contributions of labour and materials for

building or repairing prayer and school houses. This voluntary contributions were

the main elements in the Christian congregations.

3. Fee income, which became the largest single source of income includes all

school and hostel fees, sales of products by industrial institutions

4. Government grants: These grants are being granted to schools, hostels and

to the Sanatarium.

5. America subsidy for the regular work was the recurring annual budget of the

church.

6.American grants for special building projects. Missionaries salaries, travel

expenses were excluded from these accounts. They are being paid from the

concerned Home Board Accounts24

The chief items of expenditure were:25

1. Salaries and allowances

2.Stipends and scholarships

> 3.Travel expenses

4.Hill allowances

5.Pensions and Bonuses

6.Taxes of various kinds

7.Purchase of out fit.

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 8.Medical attendance

9.Auditing fees

10.Hostel & School fees

11.printing & Stationary

12.Construction or repairs

13.Intermission and other institutions.

In India practically all the money for the work and for the salaries of

missionaries etc., was paid by means of cheques on the Imperial Bank of India, as

this bank had branches in most of the stations.26 The American subsidy was used for

the regular budgeted work of the mission and church. Special money was used for

all other purposes. The heaviest item under special’s was that of new buildings.

In the 1950 statistical report, in which the financial figures were for the

year 1949, the Church’s receipts under the above headings were:27

l.Cash Offering 1,48,651 - Congregational

87,188 - Promotional
16,615 - Benevolent
Total Rs.2,52,454 - 6.0%

2.Offerings in kind 56,748 - 1.4%

3.Fee Income 13,49,627 - 32.2%
4. Grants 11,06,939 - 26.4%
5.American subsidy
Recurring 10,08,312 - 24.1%
6.American subsidy,
specials for 4,11,905 - 9.9 %
Buildings
Total Rs. 41,88,985 - 100.0%

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COMPARISON28

Group 1930 Percentage 1940 Percentage 1949 Percentage

1. 73,723 4.7 69,685 4.5 2,52,454 6

2. 17,870 0.2 33,311 2.2 56,748 1.4

3. 3,07,946 19.8 3,76,454 24.3 13,49,627 32.2

4. 3,04,243 19.5 2,53,379 16.4 11,06,939 26.4

5. 7,06,369 45.2 . 6,04,123 39.0 10,08,312 24.1

6. 1,50,000 9.6 2,11,200 13.6 4,14,905 9.9

Trends - 1. The Christian community offerings support the very small portion
of the total work i.e. 1/44 of the whole.

2. Fees, grants and sales carried more than half of the total work (56.6%)

3. The church received large amount from Government in various

grants. 26% of the whole, 3 1/2 times as much as all offerings.

FINANCIAL PROCEDURE

The administration of large amounts was not a simple matter. The annual budgets

were carefully planned and worked out. The Chairman of the Board of the Finance

carefully worked out the budget29. Each Board of the Church prepared estimates

for the work in their charge. All those estimates were brought before the Board of

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Finance which studied all the needs and requests in view. of the possible resources

and had drawn up a consolidated church budget estimate. This was presented to

the Executive Council of the church which was the final authority over all

financial allocations. After the approval of the Executive Council the financial

estimate was sent to the U.S.A. for scrutiny of the Board of Foreign Mission with

a request that an American subsidy needed be sanctioned by the Board30. The Board

of Foreign Mission had to consider its expected income considering the needs of its

other field in Japan, China, Africa and South America. They have to sanction for

Indian work the amount they decided would be granted. Frequently it would be less

than the amount the A.E.L. Church asked for. Adjustment must then be made by

the Board of Finance of A.E.L. Church. The synods and the various {Boards, had

full authority within the limits of the sanctioned budgets. In the various conferences

and . institutions the administration officer incharge was responsible for all funds

handled. At the end of the calendar year all accounts had to be audited by the Treasury

Office31

The Treasurer of the A.E.L. Church has always responsibility*32

All funds should pass through his office. He was the Chairman of the Board of

Finance and Corresponded financial matters with the Board of the Foreign Mission

in New York. He was also the pay master of the provident fund in the church. Dr.

I. Cannedy was for many years served as efficient Treasurer. In 1931 Mr. P. Martin

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Henry became the Asst. Treasurer. In 1948 the church office building at a cost of

Rs.56,000/- was built in Guntur. It housed the officers for both the President of

the Church and the Treasurer and their staff. Annual grants were made to inter-

church and intermission organisations such as the National Christian Council

(NCC) the Andhra Christian Council, the All India Lutheran Federation, Vellore

Medical College, Arogy&varam Tuberculosis Sanatarium, the Lutheran Missionary

Society. In 1915 the Provident fund for workers was established and was subsequently

reorganised in accordance with the Government provisions. All the church

workers, except those in the Government provident fund were the members of

Church provident fund. Employee has to contribute one Anna for rupees of salary

per month. The church has to add one Anna and the amount be placed on interest.

The whole was under control of a Standing Committee under the Board of Finance.

The capital assets of the funds are invested in long term Government bonds as required

by the Government acts and regulations. In 1950 the fund had a membership of 2,500

and assets of Rs.7,53,42833.

Source of the American Subsidy:

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The Board of Foreign Mission is a body set up by the United Lutheran Church

in America to carry on Christian work in abroad. This Board has been supporting

church work in India, Africa, established in 1860, British Guinana (South

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America) established in 1889 Japan, 1892, China, 1898, Argentina 1908. The

sources of the funds used for this work are mainly three varieties.

1. A fixed percentage of the benevolent offerings reaching the ULCA Treasurer

for the synods. This percentage for some years past had bisen Thirty Cents for a

dollar.

2. Special gifts received from congregations and individuals for the. support of

parishes, workers, students, Missionaries and gifts for chapel and other purposes.

3. The Women’s Missionary Society of ULCA granted funds to foreign mission

work. This society had membership of 80,000 in 1950.They were extremely organised

and had a very efficient programme of missionary education. Nearly two fifth

of the total American subsidy was contributed by this organisation. The church

in Andhra area was well placed in terms of financial self reliance. In fact the local

receipts from fees,grants,sales were much more in the aggregated than the American

subsidy to their institutions.

In the beginning Mission depended on foreign source. Gradually, the

Indian sources became a major source of income. Grant-in-aid, fees and sales were

the main aspects of Indian Source35 . Comparatively Church received large

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amount from Government through various grants. It was a movement for self­

support and indigenous independent church. Local Church’s participation and

Government grant-in-aid became the main source of the self support of the church.

NOTES AND REFERENCES

1. Lutheran observer - Monthly Journal of Lutheran Mission,27th

July, 1849,Guntur

2. Dr.J.R.Fink,Palanadu Field, cited in One Hundred Years in the Andhra

Country,cited by Clarance H.Swavely,Madras 1942. P.118

Note: This Constitution was found attached to the first baptismal register of
Father Heyer. In the articles of the Association of the Andhra Evangelical
Lutheran Church,Article,n,Sec.I, there is almost the extract wording of
the simple constitution drawn up by Father Heyer for the Gurazala
congregation.

3. C.H.Swavely, History of the Mission 1842-1942,cited in One Hundred

Years in the Andhra Country, edited by C.H.Swavely,Madras, 1942,
P.ll

4. Ibid P 20

5. Dr.J.Russel Fink, The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church,cited in

One Hundred Years in Andhra Country,cited by C.H.Swavely,Madras,
1942,P.229

6. Ibid P 229

7. Dolbeer.M.L.,Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church,Rajahmundry, 1950,

P 86

8. Ibid P 89

9. Constitution of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church ,Rajahmundry 1990

Reprint, Article IV,Sec.3, P.8

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Note: The Constitution of A.E.L.C. consists of

I. Part I: Memorandum of Association

Part II: Rules of Association

Part III: By-laws

II. Constitution for Synods

By-laws for Synods

III. Constitution for Parishes

By-laws for Parishes

10. Ibid,Part I, P. 1

11. Ibid, Article V,Sec.l to 7,P 10,12 & 13

12. Ibid, Article XI,Sec. 1 to 3, P 22

13. Ibid,Article XIV,Sec.I to 2,P 33

14. Ibid, Article VII,Sec. 1 to 17,P 76 to 96

15. Ibid,Article,! to 3, P 102

16. Ibid,P 170

17. Ibid, Article IV,P 184

18. Ibid,Article IV, P 61 to 76

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19. Ibid,Article VI, P 66 to 76

20. Letter of Father Heyer to Lutheran Mission Society inAmerica,dated 3rd

june,1941

21. Rev. C.H.Swavely, History of Mission, 1842 to 1942 cited in One Hundred
years in the Andhra Country, edited by Rev.Ch.Swavely,Madras, 1942,
P8

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 22. Dr.I.Cannaday, ‘Mission and Church Finances’ cited in One Hundred Years
in Andhra Country,edited by C.H.Swavely, Madras 1942 ,P.245.

23. Dolbeer.M.L, Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rajahmundry,

1950,P151.

24. Ibid, P 151

25. Dr.I Cannaday, Mission and Church Finances, cited in One Hundred Years
in Andhra Country,edited by C.H.Swavely, Madras 1942, P 248.

26. Ibid P 248

27. Dolbeer.M.L.Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church,Rajahmundry,

1950,P151.

28. Ibid, P 152

29. Constitution of A.E.L.C.(Reprinted in 1990) Rajahmundry,P 31 &71.

30. Dolbeer,M.L.Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church,Rajahmundry, 1950,P246

31. Ibid,P 155

32. Ibid, P 155 and Dr.I.Cannaday - Mission and Church Finances,

cited in One Hundred Years in Andhra Country, edited by
C.H.Swavely,Madras 1942, P 253.

33. Dolbeer,M.L.Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church .Rajahmundry, 1950,

P 156

34. Ibid, P 156

35 .Booklet entitled ‘What Hath God Wrought’ brought out by Gotwald,

The Centenary Director, Guntur, 1942

Note: The pamphlet of 24 pages is crammed with useful information in the

shape of statistics and graphs which shows the growth of the mission
and church during One hundred years and the increase in Indian receipts.

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