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{{Infobox organization
| name = Council of Christian Hospitals<ref name="ETASI"/>
| native_name = క్రైస్తవ ఆస్పత్రుల మండలి (కోచ్)
| native_name_lang = [[Telugu language]]
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| abbreviation = COCH
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| formation ={{start date|1973|04|13|df=y}}<ref name="Plow">{{cite book|author=W. Gordon Carder|title=Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AcxNAEACAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Christian Book Depot|location=Hyderabad|pages=143–147}}</ref>
| founder = [[Canadian Baptist Mission]]
| founding_location = [[Pithapuram]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]])
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| status = [[Body corporate]] under [[Indian Societies Registration Act]]
| purpose = Facilitator of medical missions of [[Canadian Baptist Mission]]
| headquarters = [[Pithapuram]], [[East Godavari District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| coords = {{coord|17.12615|82.25469|display=inline,title}}
| region = [[Odisha]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| membership = 4 participating hospitals and 1 nursing school
| membership_year = 2015
| language = [[English language|English]]
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| leader_title = Chairperson
| leader_name = [[Professor|Prof.]] [[Pothuraju Judson|P. Judson]]
| leader_title2 = Secretary
| leader_name2 = [[Mr.]] R. Paul Jai Singh<ref>[http://www.incometaxhyderabad.gov.in/docs/41511Vijayawada%20DDO,s.pdf Income Tax, Hyderabad ''DDO's training, Hyderabad 2017.'']</ref>
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| parent_organization =[[Canadian Baptist Ministries]]
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| affiliations = [[Christian Medical Association of India]], [[New Delhi]], [[Christian Medical College]] & Hospital, [[Vellore]]
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| formerly = Medical Board<ref name="Plow"/>/Council of Institutions<ref name="Plow"/> of [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]]
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'''Council of Christian Hospitals<ref name="ETASI"/>''' (COCH), an autonomous<ref name="Plow"/> body that facilitates management of medical institutions founded by Missionaries of [[Canadian Baptist Mission]]. COCH is a [[body corporate]] under [[Indian Societies Registration Act]] and has its registered office in premises of one of its participating hospitals, that is, [[CBM Christian Medical Centre]], [[Pithapuram]] in [[East Godavari District]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

Formed on 13 April 1973,<ref name="Plow"/> COCH sets an annual agenda in line with Missionary endeavour to serve the poor and the needy. In terms of continuing education, COCH is one of the members of the [[Christian Medical College & Hospital]], [[Vellore]] where two members office bearers of COCH comprising Chairperson and Secretary participate in Annual General Meeting of Association of [[Christian Medical College & Hospital]] in [[Vellore]]. As a sponsoring body, COCH also communicates with members of Churches founded by Canadian Baptist Mission inviting applications for possible sponsorship to eligible students to study health-related courses at [[Christian Medical College & Hospital]] in [[Vellore]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Participating institutions of Council of Christian Hospitals
|-
! Founding<br />year!! Name of Institution!! Location !! District !! State
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| 1898 || [[CBM Star of Hope Hospital]] || [[Akiveedu]] || [[West Godavari District]] ||[[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| 1904 || [[CBM Christian Medical Centre]] || [[Pithapuram]] || [[East Godavari District]]||[[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| 1906 || [[CBM Bethel Hospital]] || [[Vuyyuru]] || [[Krishna District]]||[[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| 1920|| [[CBM Integrated School of Nursing]] || [[Pithapuram]] || [[East Godavari District]]||[[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| 1928<ref name="Kenneth"/> || [[CBM Serango Christian Hospital]] ||[[Serango]]|| [[Gajapati district]] ||[[Odisha]]
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| 1991<ref name="Kenneth"/> || [[CBM Eye Services]]<ref>''Life for All'', November 2011 – February 2012, Bimonthly Newsletter of the Christian Medical Association of India, p.8. [http://issuu.com/cmai/docs/life_for_all_156___157/8]</ref> ||Ranipeta|| [[Gajapati district]] ||[[Odisha]]

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COCH is represented at [[ecumenical]] forums as a member of [[Christian Medical Association of India]], an affiliated institution of [[National Council of Churches in India]] comprising members from [[Protestant]] and [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] Churches in India.

==Background==
Baptist missionaries from [[Canada]] first came to [[Ramayapatnam]] in 1868<ref name="Plow"/> in southern [[Andhra Pradesh]] working along with [[Americans|American]] [[Baptist]] missionaries. On invitation extended by Indian Missionary, [[Thomas Gabriel (missionary)|Thomas Gabriel]] who was involved in propagating Gospel in parts of [[East Godavari district|East Godavari]], [[West Godavari district|West Godavari]] and [[Krishna district|Krishna]] districts along northern coastal line of [[Andhra Pradesh]].,<ref>Martin Senftleben, Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished PhD thesis, [[Sri Venkateswara University]], [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]], 1992. [http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209131403/http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf |date=9 December 2008 }}.</ref> [[Canadian Baptist Mission]] began sending Missionaries to India in 1874 to partner with [[Thomas Gabriel (missionary)|Thomas Gabriel]]. Apart from Church-related ministries of evangelism and leadership training, there was also development ministries that included aiding people in agricultural, health and educational development.<ref name=autogenerated2>Manorama Fritschi, ''[[op. cit.]]''</ref>

In addition to intervention among [[Telugus]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], the missionaries also covered southern [[Odisha]] working among [[Soura]], [[Kui people|Kui]] and [[Odia people|Odiya]] and later in 1922,<ref name="Kenneth">{{cite book|author1=Kenneth Knight|author2=Shirley Knight|title=The Seed Holds the Tree: A Story of India and the Kingdom of God|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5MtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA151|date=November 2009|publisher=Lulu dot com|isbn=978-0-9864766-0-0|page=151}}</ref> [[Serango]] Christian Hospital was opened in [[Gajapati District]], [[Odisha]].

William Gordon Carder, formerly Professor of Church History at [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Hyderabad]] wrote that it was [[Dr.]] E. G. Smith who could be termed as first Medical Missionary from [[Canadian Baptist Mission]] who was sent to India in 1894.<ref name="Plow" /> During the ensuing years', a total of eight<ref>''Indian Church History Review'', Volume 3, Church History Association of India, 1969, p.148.[https://books.google.com/books?id=P-DYAAAAMAAJ&dq=cbm+school+of+nursing+pithapuram&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=1904]</ref><ref>J. Gordon Melton (Edited), ''Encyclopedia of American Religions'', Gale, 2003, p.560. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TzMOAQAAMAAJ&dq=star+of+hope+hospital+akividu&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=akividu]</ref> hospitals were founded by [[Canadian Baptist Mission]].

==Legal status==
During latter half of nineteenth century, Missionaries entrusted leadership to their co-partners, the Indians, resulting in formation of [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]] (CBCNC) which had also Educational, Theological, and Medical Committees. However, it was felt that Medical Committee be made autonomous<ref name="Plow"/> and all medical institutions needed to be safeguarded and continued to be managed without any hindrances. Therefore, [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]], with ''[[bona fide]]'' motives entrusted properties of medical institutions founded by it to the custody of Evangelical Trust Association of South India (ETASI),<ref name="ETASI"/> [[Bangalore]] ([[Karnataka]]). Further, on 13 April 1973,<ref name="Plow"/> COCH was formed as an autonomous body to manage medical ministries of [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]].<ref name="ETASI">[http://www.etasi.org.in/health.html ETASI, ''health'']</ref>

==Supporters==
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! style="background:#ccc;"| List of Chairpersonships
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* [[Dr.]] K. K. Susheela,<ref>Manorama Fritschi (Ed.), Council of Christian Hospitals, Pithapuram, 1977. Manorama Fritschi was the wife of [[Dr.]] Ernest Paul Fritschi who was the earlier Director of Schieffelin Institute of Health, Research and Leprosy Centre, Karigiri, [[India]]. Internet, accessed 26 October 2008. [http://www.karigiri.org/Event1.htm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822105745/http://www.karigiri.org/Event1.htm |date=22 August 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Dr.]] Dorothy E. Timpany,
* [[The Reverend|Rev.]] [[Dr.]] D. V. Daniel, [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church|AELC]],
* [[Dr.]] Ben Elisha,
* [[Dr.]] Sukant Singh,
* [[Dr.]] Sushil Pakyanadhan,
* [[Dr.]] Sukant Singh,
* [[Dr.]] Sheila Grace Thangaraj,<ref name="Newsline">''CMC Newsline'',
Vol.No.51. No. 30, 20 January 2014.[http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/weeklynews/2014/January/20140120.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115102036/http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/pdf/weeklynews/2014/January/20140120.pdf |date=15 January 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Dr.]] P. Joshua,<ref>[[Indian Orthopaedic Association]], ''List of Members''[http://www.ioaindia.org/member-page.php?page_no=49]</ref>
* [[Professor|Prof.]] [[Pothuraju Judson|P. Judson]]
|}

Apart from the [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]], the Hospitals and Nursing School of the COCH are partly funded by the following institutions:
* Christoffel Blinden Mission<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbmindia.org.in/programmes/Serango-Christian-Hospital--342381.php |title=CBM – Serango Christian Hospital – Eye Services |access-date=13 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022817/http://www.cbmindia.org.in/programmes/Serango-Christian-Hospital--342381.php |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* European Baptist Ministries<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ebm-masa.org/download/09EBMMASAanditsMemberUnionsinEu.pdf |title=EBM INTERNATIONAL; Europäische Baptistische Mission: helping churches to fulfil God's mission in the world.: Home |access-date=17 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927145534/http://www.ebm-masa.org/download/09EBMMASAanditsMemberUnionsinEu.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Government of Andhra Pradesh<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/index.asp |title=Welcome to APonline.gov.in, the official portal of Govt. of A P |access-date=17 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615041318/http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/index.asp |archive-date=15 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – National Blindness Control Programme

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal
| author=Global Recordings Network
| title=Light Is Sown – Chapter 4: Sheaves
| url = http://globalrecordings.net/article/462
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=J. B. McLaurin
| title=''Healing Hands : Dr. Jessie M. Allyn of Pithapuram, South India''.
| publisher = The Centenary Committee of the Canadian Churches.
}}
* {{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
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=Martin Senftleben
| title=''Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.'' Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
| year=1992
| volume=I
| url=http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf
| access-date=13 October 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
}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081209131418/http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf II]
* {{cite journal
| author=S. Prabhakara Rao
| title=''The Medical Ministry of the Canadian Baptist Mission (Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars) 1890–1950''. A thesis submitted to the History Department of the Ramapatnam Baptist Theological College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity of the Senate of Serampore College (University)
|date=March 1971
}}

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

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