Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School

Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School

CSMBTS
Type	Propaedeutic institute
Established	1926;99 years ago (1926)
President	Bishop B. Suneel Bhanu
Principal	Rev. B. Subhashini
Address	Luthergiri, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 533 105, India , Rajahmundry , Andhra Pradesh , India 17°1′45″N81°46′42″E / 17.02917°N 81.77833°E / 17.02917; 81.77833
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
Data as of November 2008

Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School (CSMBTS) was started on 8 July 1926 ^[1] in Rajahmundry, a town in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Background

Blenda Charlotte Swenson ^[2] a graduate of Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas) was deputed by the Lutheran Mission Board to go out to India as a Zenana Sister. During her work in India at Rajahmundry, she envisioned the establishment of a Bible Training School for Christian women where they would be prepared as teachers of the Bible in Hindu homes. ^[1]

Administration

The present principal of this school is Rev. B. Subhashini.

Academic offices
Preceded by Rev. Dr B. V. Subbamma	Principalship of CSMBTS 1985–Incumbent	Succeeded by Incumbent

Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Charlotte Swensson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry
1926–1928 Sr. Christina Erickson, ELCA 1928–1951 Sr. Hildegarde Swanson, ELCA (interrupted) 1930–1931 Sr. Hilda Kaercher, ELCA 1937–1939 Sr. Jessie Cronk, ELCA 1951–1955 Sr. Maida Meissner, ELCA 1955–1959 Sr. Ethel Dentzer, ELCA 1959–1985 Sr. B. V. Subbamma, AELC 1985– Sr. Subhashini, AELC

References

Notes

1. B. V. Subbamma (Ed.), History of Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry, 1961.
2. Oscar Nils Olson (1950). The Augustana Lutheran Church in America.

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