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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = President
| name = Ch. Victor Moses
| title = The Reverend
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| church = [[Lutheran]]
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| diocese = [[Synods]] of [[East Godavari]], [[West Godavari]], East [[Guntur]], West [[Guntur]], Central [[Guntur]]
| see = [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] (AELC)
| term = 2001-2005
| predecessor = [[N. Ch. Joseph]]
| successor = [[V. E. Christopher]]

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| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
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'''Ch. Victor Moses''' is President<ref>See [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]]</ref> Emeritus of the [[Protestant]] [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society headquartered in [[Guntur]]. Victor Moses is an [[Old Testament]] Scholar and a member<ref>Fr. Max Gonsalves, SFX (Compiled), Directory of Society for Biblical Studies in India, 1998.</ref> of the Society for Biblical Studies, India, an august body of learning having members well versed in [[Hebrew]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] languages hailing from the [[Protestant]], [[Catholic]], [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox]] and [[Pentecostal]] traditions.

As an Old Testament Scholar, Victor Moses was made a member<ref>Telugu Old Testament Common Language Panel Members, Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary</ref> of the [[Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary]] [[Old Testament]] Translation Panel headed by the [[Old Testament]] Scholars, [[Victor Premasagar]] and G. Babu Rao that oversaw the common language translation in [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref>H. S. Wilson, ''Introduction'' in The Church on the move: a quest to affirm the biblical faith ; essays in honour of Peddi Victor Premasagar, Bishop in Medak and Moderator of the C.S.I., presented on the occasion of his Shastiabdapoorthi celebrations, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.vi. [https://books.google.com/books?id=S-wrAAAAMAAJ&q=g.+babu+rao+old+testament&dq=g.+babu+rao+old+testament&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7GedVd-AH8O0uATD_YKADA&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA]</ref>

Victor Moses currently leads the Pastoral<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bsind.org/pdf/SC-Jan-June%202011.pdf |title=The Sowing Circle, Volume 27, 1 and 2, January to June 2011, p.11 |access-date=21 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194849/http://www.bsind.org/pdf/SC-Jan-June%202011.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> team<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/church-compound-wall-vandalised/article3720303.ece | newspaper=The Hindu | title=Church Compound Vandalised | date=3 August 2012 | accessdate=15 February 2020}}</ref> at the historical AELC St. Matthew's West Parish. Victor Moses also teaches<ref>[http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/faculty.php?college=Bethel+Bible+College&spez=Select+Specialization Senate of Serampore College (University), Directory of teaching staff]</ref> [[Sacred Scriptures]] at the [[Bethel Bible College, Guntur]].

==Studies==
Victor Moses had his spiritual formation<ref name="Prabhu"/> at the [[Protestant]] [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Hyderabad]], a Seminary affiliated to India's first University, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], a Section 2(f) University within the meaning of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]. The [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society under the aegis of its President, [[S. W. Schmitthenner]] was instrumental in sending Victor Moses for spiritual formation at the [[Protestant]] Seminary<ref name="Daiva"/> where Victor Moses had developed interest in the [[Sacred Scriptures]], especially the [[Old Testament]] after being groomed by [[Victor Premasagar]] and G. Babu Rao, then [[Old Testament]] Scholars at the [[Protestant]] Seminary. Other Spiritual Formators at the [[Protestant]] Seminary where Victor Moses studied included [[Ravela Joseph]] and [[M. Victor Paul]].

Subsequently, Victor Moses was assigned pastoral roles in the [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society. Later, the Church Society sent Victor Moses in 1986<ref name="Directory">[[Gnana Robinson]] (Edited), Directory of the United Theological College, Bangalore, 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997, p.124.</ref> to the [[United Theological College, Bangalore]] where Victor Moses undertook postgraduate studies specializing in [[Old Testament]] under [[Theodore N. Swanson]] and [[E. C. John]]<ref name="Directory"/> and [[D. N. Premnath]]<ref name="Directory"/> working out a dissertation entitled ''The concept of remnant in the prophetical books of the Old Testament''.<ref>Ch. Victor Moses, ''The concept of remnant in the prophetical books of the Old Testament'' in ''Thesis Titles'', [[Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College]], Bangalore, 1991</ref> By 1988,<ref name="Directory"/> Victor Moses returned to take up ecclesiastical duties with the [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society.

==Teaching and academics==
The [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], affiliated to the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] invited<ref name="Prabhu"/> Victor Moses to teach [[Old Testament]]. The [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society had accorded leave-on-lien to Victor Moses to enable him to take up a teaching assignment.<ref name="Daiva"/>

Victor Moses has authored [[homiletical]] books in [[Telugu language|Telugu]],
* ''Prabhu Sandesha Maalika''<ref name="Prabhu">Ch. Victor Moses, ''Prabhu Sandesha Maalika'', Printed at Srushti Graphics, Guntur, 2008.</ref> (2008),
* ''Daiva Sandesha Sumaalu''<ref name="Daiva">Ch. Victor Moses, ''Daiva Sandesha Sumaalu'', Printed at Sri Lakshmi Press, Guntur, 2012.</ref> (2012).
Victor Moses has written scholarly articles for the Gurukul Journal of Theological Studies, which include,
* Affluence through Oppression: Socio-Economic and Religio-Political Policies of Solomon, (1990)<ref>Ch. Victor Moses, Affluence through Oppression: Socio-Economic and Religio-Political Policies of Solomon in Gurukul Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1990. pp.53-62</ref>

==Church matters and subsequent election==
During his teaching assignment at the [[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]],<ref name="Prabhu"/> [[Chennai]], Victor Moses expressed his desire to take up pastoral roles after which he was assigned the duty of [[Pastor]] at the Lutheran Church, [[Chirala]].<ref>AELC Pastors Directory.</ref>

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{{Succession box| before=[[N. Ch. Joseph]]<br />2000-2001| title=President<br />[[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]]
| after=[[V. E. Christopher]]<br />2005-2009| years=2001-2005}}
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{{Succession box| before=| title=Associate Professor of Old Testament<br />[[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]]
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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&q=
}}
* {{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&dq=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 = 21 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 = mdy-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 = 21 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 = mdy-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
|df=mdy
}}

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