Church of South India

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The Church of South India is a major Protestant united church formed from the merger of Anglican, Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed traditions across several southern Indian states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Protestant united church
classification mainline Protestant
country India
formedByMergerOf Anglican Church in South India NERFINISHED
Congregational churches in South India
Methodist Church in South India NERFINISHED
Presbyterian churches in South India
Reformed churches in South India
foundedIn India NERFINISHED
Madras NERFINISHED
Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED
foundedOn 1947-09-27
governingBody Synod of the Church of South India NERFINISHED
hasClergyTitle bishop
deacon
presbyter
hasDiocesesIn Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED
Karnataka NERFINISHED
Kerala NERFINISHED
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED
Telangana NERFINISHED
hasEducationalInstitutions colleges
schools
theological seminaries
hasRite Western liturgical tradition
headquartersLocation Chennai NERFINISHED
Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED
isKnownFor first union of episcopal and non-episcopal Protestant churches on a wide scale
isMemberOf Anglican Communion NERFINISHED
Christian Conference of Asia NERFINISHED
National Council of Churches in India NERFINISHED
World Council of Churches NERFINISHED
World Methodist Council NERFINISHED
languageUsed English
Kannada
Malayalam
Tamil NERFINISHED
Telugu
leaderTitle Deputy Moderator
General Secretary
Moderator
motto That they all may be one
operatesInState Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED
Karnataka NERFINISHED
Kerala NERFINISHED
Puducherry NERFINISHED
Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED
Telangana NERFINISHED
polity episcopal polity
regionServed South India NERFINISHED
theology Anglican tradition
Methodist tradition
Protestantism
Reformed tradition

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Mylapore (traditional) hasDenominationPresence Church of South India
Madras Christian College religiousAffiliation Church of South India
United and Uniting churches hasExample Church of South India
St. Francis Church, Kochi denomination Church of South India
St. Francis Church, Kochi governingBody Church of South India
this entity surface form: Church of South India, Diocese of North Kerala