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{{About|the seminary in India|the seminary in Richmond, Virginia, United States|Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Baptist Theological Seminary, [[Kakinada]]
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| established = {{start date and age|2 October 1882}}<ref name="Orville">Orville E. Daniel, ''Rising Tides in India'', Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, 1963, p.91.[https://books.google.com/books?id=J9YQAQAAIAAJ&q=baptist+theological+seminary+kakinada&dq=baptist+theological+seminary+kakinada&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMhKqKz7PJAhXPcI4KHV33AsQQ6AEIOjAG]</ref>
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| type =[[Baptist]] [[Seminary]]
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| affiliation = Formerly affiliated to the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], [[Serampore]] 712 201, [[Hooghly District]], [[West Bengal]]
| city = Church Square, Jagannaickpur, [[Kakinada]] 533 002, [[Kakinada district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
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| dean = [[The Reverend]] K. J. Emmanuel, [[CBCNC]]<br>''(Chairperson of the Seminary Council)''
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| head_label = Principal
| head = [[The Reverend|Rev.]] K. Ranjit Kumar,<ref>''[[Senate of Serampore College (University)]]'', Common Entrance Examination 2012 - Missiology.[http://senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/docs/cetcandidate%20.htm]</ref><ref>''[[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]]'', Chennai Inter-Theologiate Seminar 2014.[http://www.gltc.edu/projects/seminars/chennai-inter-theologiate-seminar/]</ref> [[CBCNC]]
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'''Baptist Theological Seminary'''<ref>Ministry of Home Affairs [http://mha.nic.in/fd-ar0304/9.3Reported%20Associations%20for%202003-04%5CAndhra%20Pradesh.htm] List of organizations</ref> (founded in 1882)<ref name="Orville"/> is a [[Baptist]] seminary of the [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]] ([[CBCNC]]) located in Jagannaickpur, Church Square, [[Kakinada]] in [[Kakinada district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India. The seminary was affiliated to nation's first University, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] in 1949.<ref>''Indian Church History Review'', Volume 13, Church History Association of India, 1979, p.77.[https://books.google.com/books?id=wsTYAAAAMAAJ&q=albert+ezekiel+kakinada&dq=albert+ezekiel+kakinada&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM3ILrx7PJAhULwI4KHYvtDokQ6AEIHzAB]</ref>

== History ==
The Seminary was founded in [[Samalkot]] in 1882 by the [[Canadian Baptist Mission]], under the stewardship of the John McLaurin.<ref name="Orchard"/> In 1912, the Seminary was shifted from Samalkot to [[Kakinada]].<ref name="Orchard"/> However, in 1920, the Seminary closed and was merged with the Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary and a joint faculty comprising the American Baptists and the Canadian Baptists began taking classes. In 1928, the Seminary was reopened in [[Kakinada]] and the faculty were recalled from Ramayapatnam.

In 1964 the Seminary moved to [[Rajahmundry]] in the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary.<ref>Robert George Torbet, ''Venture of Faith: The Story of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and the Women's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1814–1954'', Judson Press, 1955. [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0XPAAAAMAAJ&dq=Venture+of+Faith%3A+The+Story+of+the+American+Baptist+Foreign+Mission+Society+and+the+Women%27s+American+Baptist+Foreign+Mission+Society%2C+1814%E2%80%931954&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=rajahmundry]</ref> With the formation of the ecumenical seminary – [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] in 1964, the [[B.Th.]] and [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] classes were moved in 1964<ref name="Coleman">''Prospectus 1964 of the Andhra Christian Theological College'', Printed by A. Nageswara Rao at Saraswathi Printing Press, Rajahmundry, 1969.</ref> to it while the Seminary retained the stand-alone diploma courses.

In the beginning, the seminary was affiliated to the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]].<ref>Please refer to [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] – The [[Kretzmann Commission]]</ref> However, with the formation of the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] (ACTC) in 1964,<ref name="Coleman"/> the seminary began sending its students for [[Bachelor of Theology]] and [[Bachelor of Divinity]] to ACTC. After the formation of ACTC, an [[ecumenical]] seminary in [[Rajahmundry]] in 1964, the BTS got itself amalgamated into it in 1964 for Senate approved courses. However, the BTS began offering self-managed and operated Graduate of Theology courses under the seal of the Seminary Council since then. The BTS was upgraded from S. Th to B. Th from August 2015 onwards

==Members of Faculty==
===Present (Resident and Visiting)===
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] N. Leela Grace,<ref>Senate of Serampore College (University), ''Statement of marks for M. Th. qualifying examination, 2013, p.13.[http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/docs/mth_qual2013.pdf]</ref> [[CBCNC]], Faculty member,
* The Rev. B. Devasahayam,<ref>The Rev. B. Devasahayam underwent ministerial formation at the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]] where he took his [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]][http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/docs/senateminutes2012.pdf] After a period of ecclesiastical ministry, Devasahayam pursued an [[M. Th.]] at the [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], [[Chennai]] where he studied [[Christian theology]][http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/docs/mth_qual2013.pdf] from 2013-2015 and attended the convocation of the University held at his [[alma mater]], the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]] in February 2016 where he was awarded a degree by the Master of the University, [[John Sadananda]].</ref> CBCNC, Faculty member,
* The Rev. B. Theophilus, CBCNC, Faculty member,
* The Rev. Vara Joseph Deepak Raj Kumar,<ref>Senate of Serampore College (University), ''Madras Theological College and Seminary - Examination paper registration for B. D.'', 2013, p.1.[http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/examregbd_2013/30BD.pdf]</ref> CBCNC, Faculty member,
* The Rev. K. Ranjit Kumar,<ref>''[[Senate of Serampore College (University)]]'', Teaching faculty.</ref> CBCNC, Faculty member and Principal,
* The Rev. P. V. Raja Babu, CBCNC, Faculty member

===Past ===
====Resident====
* [[Prof.]] [[Mutyala Theophilus|M. Theophilus]], [[CBCNC]],
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] B. Arjuna Rao, [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. T. Theophilus, [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. G. Noah Raju, [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. G. S. Albert Ezekiel,<ref name="ICHR">''Indian Church History Review'', Volume 13, Church History Association of India, 1979. [https://books.google.com/books?cd=3&id=wsTYAAAAMAAJ&dq=albert+ezekiel+canadian+baptist&q=albert+ezekiel#search_anchor]</ref> [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. K. P. Israel,<ref name="ICHR" /> [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. I. Samuel,<ref name="ICHR" /> [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. C. L. Timpany,<ref name="ICHR" /> [[Canadian Baptist Ministries|CBM]]
* The Rev. [[J. I. Richardson]],<ref name="ICHR" /> [[Canadian Baptist Ministries|CBM]]

====Visiting====
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] K. David,<ref>K. David, ''The development of the concept of salvation in the Qumran Community and its significance for our understanding of salvation in the NT'', ''[[Indian Journal of Theology]]'', Volume 30, Issue 3-4, July–December 1981, pp.131-137.[https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/ijt/30-3-4_131.pdf]</ref> [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. G. Babu Rao,<ref name="Wilson">[[H. S. Wilson]] (Edited), ''The Church on the Move'': Essays in honour of [[Victor Premasagar]]'', Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.vi. [https://books.google.com/books?ei=iR-HVZnHN43GuAT82IDwBQ&id=S-wrAAAAMAAJ&dq=victor+premasagar+g.babu+rao&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=babu+rao]</ref> [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. D. J. Jeremiah,<ref name="DJJ">D. J. Jeremiah, ''Christian Ministerial Training in the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars from 1882 to 1971.'' A [[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] thesis submitted to the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] through the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Rajahmundry]], 1971. Cited by W. G. Carder in ''On theological education in [[Andhra Pradesh]] of the [[Canadian Baptist Mission]] [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]] 1880-1975'' in ''Indian Church History Review'', Volume 13, Issue 1, 1979, pp.70-84.[https://books.google.com/books?id=wsTYAAAAMAAJ&dq=Christian+Ministerial+Training+in+the+Convention+of+Baptist+Churches+of+Northern+Circars+from+1882+to+1971&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=jeremiah]</ref> [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. K. D. G. Prakasa Rao,<ref>''See Succession of Principals in [[Andhra Christian Theological College]]''.</ref> [[CBCNC]],
* The Rev. Paul Carter,<ref>Paul Carter pastors First Baptist Church, [[Orillia]], Canada. ''Surge'' 2007, p. 12. [http://www.frwy.ca/church/uploads/surge.pdf]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Canadian Baptist Ministries|CBM]]

==Succession of Seminary Principals==
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 5px solid #BBB; margin: .96em 0 0 .9em;"
|- style="font-size: 86%;"
|'''Years''' || '''Succession of Seminary Principals '''|| '''Academic Credentials (earned)'''
|-
|1882<ref name=Gerald>Paul R. Dekar, ''Biographical note on John Bates Mclaurin'' pp.450–451 in Gerald H. Anderson ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions'', William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1999.[https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&pg=PA450&lpg=PA450&dq=john+mclaurin+baptist+seminary&source=bl&ots=_5ZheKouc2&sig=I8w7kP5mAzjwu2nOoc1zqybnMSo&hl=en&ei=OzzPScvnNIGBkQX6pMH7Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result]</ref>-1887<ref name="Craig">John Craig, ''Forty Years Among the Telugus: A History of the Mission of the Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, Canada, to the Telugus, South India, 1867-1907'', 1908, pp.123-178. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RBlJAQAAMAAJ&q=H.E.stillwell+seminary&dq=H.E.stillwell+seminary&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5o_bOhLvJAhWBWY4KHeudCasQ6AEIGzAA]</ref>||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] John McLaurin, [[Canadian Baptist Ministries|CBM]]||B. A. ([[Canadian Literary Institute]])<ref>William H. Brackney, ''Biographical note on John McLaurin'' in Gerald H. Anderson (Edited), ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions'', William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids/Cambridge, 1999, p.450.[https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&lpg=PA450&dq=john%20mclaurin%20cocanada&pg=PA450#v=onepage&q=john%20mclaurin%20cocanada&f=false]</ref>
|-
|1888<ref name="Craig"/>-1898<ref name="Craig"/>||The Rev. H. E. Stillwell,<ref name=Orchard>M. L. Orchard, ''Canadian Baptists at Work in India'', Published by Read Books, 2008.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ucw8fdwZg3wC&pg=PA97&dq=cocanada+seminary#PPA97,M1]</ref> CBM||B. A.<ref name="Craig"/>
|-
|1899-1905<ref name="Craig"/>||The Rev. John Craig, CBM||B. A. ([[University of Toronto|Toronto]])<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZPQafrKFD4C&lpg=PA1181&ots=ZigceJATn6&dq=john%20craig%20cocanada&pg=PA1181#v=onepage&q=john%20craig%20cocanada&f=false ''University Monthly'', Volume 10, 1910, p.377]</ref>
|-
|1912<ref name="Souvenir"/>-1920||The Rev. H. B. Cross,<ref>Colin Campbell McLaurin, McLaurin (Eds.), ''Pioneering in Western Canada: A Story of the Baptists1 1854–1940'', 1939. p.232. [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=AU_SAAAAMAAJ&dq=h.b.cross+canadian+baptist&q=h.b.cross&pgis=1#search_anchor]</ref> CBM||B. A.<ref name="Craig"/>
|-
|1926-1939<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. J. B. McLaurin,<ref name="Gerald"/> CBM||B.A.,<ref>''Calendar'', [[McMaster University]], [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], 1906, p.85.[https://books.google.com/books?id=rz9WAAAAYAAJ&dq=john+mclaurin+b.a.&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=j.+b.+mclaurin]</ref> B. Th.<ref name="Calcutta">''The Calendar'', [[University of Calcutta]], Calcutta, 1930, p.638.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mWobAQAAIAAJ&q=j.b.mclaurin+M.A.&dq=j.b.mclaurin+M.A.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpvJPD_K3eAhXCzmEKHeQfA7MQ6AEIKTAA]</ref> M. A.<ref name="Calcutta"/>
|-
|1939-1945<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[Gordon Payzant Barss|Gordon P. Barss]],<ref>Stanley Reed (Ed.), ''The Times of India Directory and Year Book including Who's Who'', Bennett and Coleman, 1922.[https://books.google.com/books?id=kSEQ-ytZnN8C&q=gordon+p.barss+india&dq=gordon+p.barss+india&lr=&pgis=1]</ref> CBM||[[Bachelor of Divinity|B.A.]] ([[Acadia University|Acadia]]), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] ([[Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School|Rochester]])
|-
|1945-1952<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[Archibald Gordon (missionary)|Archibald Gordon]], CBM||[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] ([[Brandon University|Brandon]]), [[Bachelor of Theology|B.Th.]], (Brandon), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (Toronto)
|-
|1952-1955<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[C. Bhanumurthy]],<ref name=R.R.>[[R. R. Sundara Rao]], ''Bhakti Theology in the Telugu Hymnal'', Published for the Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, [[Bengaluru]] by the Christian Literature Society, [[Chennai]], 1983. pp.56–58.[https://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=Yio1AAAAIAAJ&dq=chetty+bhanumurthi&q=chetti&pgis=1#search_anchor]</ref> [[CBCNC]]||[[L.Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
|-
|1955-1958<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[A. B. Masilamani]],<ref name="R.R."/> CBCNC||[[L.Th.]] (Serampore), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (Serampore), [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] ([[University of Calcutta|Calcutta]]), [[Master of Theology|Th.M.]] (Toronto), [[Ph.D.]] ([[Osmania University|Osmania]])
|-
|1958-1964<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[Waldo Penner]],<ref>[[Waldo Penner]], ''Jeremiah's Idea of Religion'', McMaster University, 1945.[https://books.google.com/books?id=HN7rMQAACAAJ&dq=waldo+penner]</ref> [[Canadian Baptist Ministries|CBM]]||[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] ([[McMaster University|McMaster]]), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] ([[American Baptist Seminary of the West|Berkeley]]), [[M. Th.]] (Berkeley)
|-
|1964-1966<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[Victor Hahn]], CBM||[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (McMaster), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (McMaster), [[S.T.M.]] ([[Andover Newton Theological School|Andover]])
|-
|1966-1968<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[Paul Antrobus]], CBM||[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (Brandon), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (McMaster), [[Ph.D.]] ([[University of Waterloo|Waterloo]])
|-
|1968-1969<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[Talla Gnananandam|T. Gnananandam]], [[CBCNC]]||[[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (Serampore), [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] (Calcutta)
|-
|1975-1977<ref name="Souvenir"/>||The Rev. [[Gordon Dewolfe Barss|Gordon D. Barss]], [[Canadian Baptist Ministries|CBM]]||[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (Acadia), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (Andover)
|-
|1977-1993<ref name="Souvenir">C. L. Johnson (Edited), ''Canadian Baptist Mission 125 years Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars'', Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, p.217-219.[http://www.worldcat.org/title/canadian-baptist-mission-125-years-jubilee-celebration-1874-1999-souvenir/oclc/433990749]</ref>||The Rev. [[S. E. Krupa Rao]], [[CBCNC]]||[[Licentiate in Theology|L.Th.]] (Serampore), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (Serampore), [[S.T.M.]] ([[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union]])
|-
|1993-2014||The Rev. C. L. Johnson, CBCNC||[[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] ([[Andhra University|Andhra]]), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (Serampore)
|-
|2014-2017||The Rev. P. V. Raja Babu, CBCNC||[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (Andhra), [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] (Serampore)
|}


[[File:The Rev. P. V. George.jpg|thumb|BTS Alumni: The Rev. P. V. George & Mrs. Dhimathamma (ca 1926-1929)]]


==See also==
* [[Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women]], [[Tuni]]
* [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]], Canada
* [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]]
* [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], [[Serampore]], [[West Bengal]]

==References==
;Notes
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;Further reading
* {{cite journal
| author=N. Surya Rao [http://www.indianchristianity.com/html/NewsDigest.htm]
| title=The History of the Theological Training Institute at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh 1882–1964. Unpublished M.Th. thesis, United Theological College, Bangalore
| year=1984
| volume=
| issue=
| url =
| title-link=United Theological College (Bangalore)
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=D. J. Jeremiah
| title=''The Relationship of the Baptist Churches in Andhra Pradesh to the Church Union Movement in South India since 1919''. Reflections on Theology Today: Papers Presented by the ACTC Faculty during the Academic Year 1988–89 on Theology and the Mission and Ministry of the Church, Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad
| year=1990
| volume=
| issue=
| oclc=46565446
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=G. Beaulah Pearl Sunanda
| title=''An Insight into the History of the Canadian Baptist Mission in Andhra Pradesh (1874–1924)''. Unpublished M.Phil.(History) Thesis, Madras Christian College, Madras
| year=1990
| volume=
| issue=
| url =
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=Martin Senftleben
| title=''Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.'' Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
| year=1992
| volume=I
| url=http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf
| access-date=1 June 2006
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209131403/http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf
| archive-date=9 December 2008
| url-status=dead
}}

* {{cite journal
| author=
| title=''Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.'' Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
| year=1992
| volume=II
| url=http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf
| access-date=1 June 2006
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209131418/http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf
| archive-date=9 December 2008
| url-status=dead
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cbmin.org Official site of the Canadian Baptist Ministries]

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