Star of Hope Hospital

Star of Hope Hospital, Akiveedu
Geography
Location	Akiveedu 534 235, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates	16°36′00″N81°23′00″E / 16.6000°N 81.3833°E / 16.6000; 81.3833
Organisation
Care system	Medicare
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	General
Religious affiliation	Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
Patron	Vacant (Medical Director)
Network	Council of Christian Hospitals Christian Medical College, Vellore
History
Opened	1898 [1]
Links
Lists	Hospitals in India

Star of Hope Hospital is a private Baptist hospital based in Akiveedu, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a member of Council of Christian Hospitals.

History

Star of Hope Hospital was founded by Canadian Baptist Mission in 1898 ^[2] due to initiative of pioneer medical missionaries. ^{[3] [4]}

Memberships

Star of Hope Hospital is a member of:

• Council of Christian Hospitals, Pithapuram ^[5]
• Christian Medical Association of India, New Delhi ^[6]

Hospital also networks with the Christian Medical College, Vellore ^[7]

References

1. W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, pp.143-147.
2. James Elisha Taneti, Canadian Baptist Mission Work among Women in Andhra, India, 1874-1924: Baptist women evolved a role for themselves in an otherwise male-dominated mission enterprise and a patriarchal Telugu society.
3. Jarold Knox Zeman (editor), Costly Vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, 1988, p. 94.
4. J. Gordon Melton (editor), Encyclopedia of American Religions, Gale, 2003, p. 560.
5. ETASI, health
6. The Christian Medical Association of India, Member Institutes in Andhra Pradesh. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. "Christian Medical Association of India: Membership". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
7. Christian Medical College, Vellore, Networking. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008.

Further reading

• Prabhakara Rao, S. (March 1971). The Medical Ministry of the Canadian Baptist Mission (Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars) 1890–1950 (Bacchelor thesis). Ramapatnam Baptist Theological College.
• G.Beaulah Pearl Sunanda (1990). "An Insight into the History of the Canadian Baptist Mission in Andhra Pradesh (1874–1924)". Unpublished M.Phil. (History) Thesis, Madras Christian College, Madras.
• John Craig (1908). Forty years among the Telugus : a history of the mission of the Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, Canada, to the Telegus, South India 1867–1907. Self-publishing.
• M. L. Orchard (2008). Canadian Baptists at work in India. Missionary Education Department of the Foreign Mission Board. ISBN   978-1-4086-7832-9.
• John Craig, J. R. Stillwell (Eds.) (1924). Telugu Trophies: The Jubilee story cf some of the principal Telugu converts in the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission in India from 1874 to 1924. Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board.