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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = President
| name = A. N. Gopal, [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church|AELC]]
| title = The Reverend Doctor
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| church = [[Lutheran]]
| archdiocese =
| diocese = [[Synods]] of [[East Godavari]], [[West Godavari]], East [[Guntur]], West [[Guntur]], Central [[Guntur]]
| see = [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] (AELC)
| term = 1951–1955<ref name="Kolluri"/>
| predecessor = [[E. Prakasam]]<ref name="Kolluri"/>
| successor = [[G. Devasahayam]]<ref name="Kolluri"/>

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| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
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| death_place = [[Guntur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| previous_post = [[Pastor]], [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society
}}
'''A. N. Gopal''' was the second<ref name="Kolluri"/> Indian President of the [[Protestant]] [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society and served from 1951 to 1955. On completion of his term, he was assigned the responsibility of president of the Lutheran Theological College, [[Rajahmundry]].
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Apart from his primary responsibility to the [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society, he also served in an honorary capacity as president of the [[United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India]] (formerly Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India).<ref name="American">[https://books.google.com/books?id=xwEoAAAAMAAJ&q=gopal The American Lutheran, Volumes 43-44, 1960, p. 287]</ref>

In 1955 when Gopal successfully completed a term as president of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, he went on study leave to the [[Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago]], where he underwent postgraduate studies in theology.<ref name="Kolluri"/> On his return, he was assigned to the Lutheran Theological College, [[Rajahmundry]].<ref name="Kolluri"/>

In 1963,<ref name="Conservative"/> Gopal accepted the position as principal of the [[Voorhees College (India)]] in [[Vellore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], the same college where [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] had once studied.<ref>{{cite book | first=Kunduri Iswara | last=Dutt | title=Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: A Study of the President of India | publisher=Popular Book Services | year=1966 | page=125 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jz8-AAAAMAAJ&q=sarvepalli+radhakrishnan+voorhees | accessdate=17 June 2018 }}</ref>

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{{Succession box| before=[[E. Prakasam]] 1944-1950<ref name="Kolluri">Kolluri Luther Richardson, ''Towards Self-Reliance : A historical survey of the programmes and efforts of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1927 to 1969'', Published by Christopher and Kanakaiah, Vijayawada, 2003, pp.78, 85, 86, 96.</ref>| title=President [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]]
| after=[[G. Devasahayam]] 1956–1960<ref name="Kolluri"/>| years=1951-1955<ref name="Kolluri"/>}}
{{Succession box| before= <ref name="Kolluri"/>| title=President Lutheran Theological College, [[Rajahmundry]]| after= <ref name="Kolluri"/>| years=1956<ref>Minutes of the Annual Convention, 1955, p.86. ''...Gopal will be the First Indian President of the Lutheran Seminary in Luthergiri, Rajahmundry.''[https://books.google.com/books?id=cUcPAQAAMAAJ&q=gopal]</ref>-1963<ref>World Council of Churches, Faith and Order Paper, Issue 36, 1962, p.61. A. N. Gopal had attended the World Council of Churches meeting even in 1962. The WCC lists his address as the Lutheran Theological College, Rajahmundry.</ref>}}
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{{Succession box| before=Raja B. Manickam 1954<ref name="American"/>-1960<ref name="Standard"/>| title=President [[United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India]] ''(formerly the Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India)''| after=Raja B. Manikam 1963<ref name="Standard"/>-1966<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mgrrAAAAMAAJ&q=rajah The Lutheran, Volume 5, p.34]</ref>| years=1960<ref>Concordia Theological Monthly, Volume XXXI, Number 11, November, 1960, p.714. [www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/CTMTheologicalObserver31-11.pdf]</ref>-1963<ref name="Standard">[https://books.google.com/books?id=gebqAAAAMAAJ&q=gopal The Lutheran Standard, Volume 3, 1963, p.249]</ref>}}
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{{Succession box| before=| title=Principal [[Voorhees College (India)]], [[Vellore]]
| after=| years=1963<ref name="Conservative">Conservative, Volume 3, 1963. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Uxjbm_UarNIC&q=a.n.gopal+voorhees+college Conservative, Volume 3, 1963]</ref>-1972<ref>Dharma Vira Agarwala, Gurbachan Singh (Compiled), All India Educational Directory, 1972, p. 359. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pkwbAQAAMAAJ&q=a.n.gopal]</ref>}}
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal
| author=Kolluri Luther Richardson
| title=''Towards Self-Reliance : A historical survey of the programmes and efforts of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1927–1969'', Published by Christopher and Kanakaiah, Vijayawada
| year=2003
| volume=
| issue=
| url =
}}
* {{cite book
| author=Michael Bergunder
| title=Die südindische Pfingstbewegung im 20. Jahrhundert: eine historische und systematische Untersuchung
| year=1999
| volume= of Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums
| series=113| isbn=978-3-631-33771-4| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo3YAAAAMAAJ
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=R. Joseph and B. Suneel Bhanu
| title=Bibliography of Original Christian Writings in India in Telugu
| year=1993
| volume=
| issue=
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=3YPgAAAAMAAJ&q=Bibliography+of+Original+Christian+Writings+in+India+in+Telugu
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=Martin Senftleben
| title=''Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.'' Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
| year=1992
| volume=I
| url=http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf
| access-date=19 July 2015
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209131403/http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf
| archive-date=9 December 2008
| url-status=dead
| df=dmy-all
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=Martin Senftleben
| title=''Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.'' Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
| year=1992
| volume=II
| url=http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf
| access-date=19 July 2015
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209131418/http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf
| archive-date=9 December 2008
| url-status=dead
| df=dmy-all
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=M. Victor Paul
| title=Parish Renewal in Reflections on Theology Today – Papers presented by the ACTC faculty during the academic year 1988–1989 on Theology and Mission and Ministry of the Church
| year=1990
| volume=
| issue=
| url =
}}
* {{cite journal
|author=B. C. Paul
|title=The Emergence of a Church in South India: A Study of the Growth and Development of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church: 1905–1927. Unpublished Th. D. thesis submitted to the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
|year=1984
|url=http://archive.elca.org/archives/dgm/India.html
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712112221/http://archive.elca.org/archives/dgm/India.html
|archivedate=12 July 2011
}}

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