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|name = K. Frederick Paradesi Babu, [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church|AELC]]
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'''K. Frederick Paradesi Babu''' is the current<ref>[http://www.nccindia.in/index.php/member-churches.html National Council of Churches in India, Member List]</ref> President of the [[Protestant]] [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society. He had his ministerial formation at the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Hyderabad]], a Seminary affiliated to the nation's first<ref>[[Murli Manohar Joshi]], ''Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5–9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008. {{cite web|url=http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223010953/http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |archivedate=February 23, 2012 }}''</ref> university, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]].

Paradesi Babu happens to be the present Chairperson<ref name="Board"/> of the Board of Governors of his [[alma mater]], the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Hyderabad]], a near-ecumenical ([[Catholics]] excluded) Protestant Regional Seminary managed by the following multi-State Church societies, namely,

* [[Andhra Pradesh]]-based Protestant Church societies
** [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] Society headquartered in [[Guntur]],
** [[Church of South India]], Dioceses of [[Krishna-Godavari Diocese|Krishna-Godavari]], [[Diocese of Nandyal|Nandyal]], [[Diocese of Rayalaseema|Rayalaseema]] headquartered in [[Machilipatnam]], [[Nandyal]] and [[Kadapa]] respectively,
** [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]] Society headquartered in [[Kakinada]],
** [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches]] Society, headquartered in [[Nellore]],
** South Andhra Lutheran Church Society, headquartered in [[Tirupati]],
* [[Tamil Nadu]]-based Protestant Church society
** [[Church of South India]], Diocese of [[Anglican Diocese of Madras|Madras]] (in [[Tamil Nadu]] State) headquartered in [[Chennai]],
* [[Telangana]]-based Protestant Church societies
** [[Church of South India]] Dioceses of [[Diocese of Dornakal|Dornakal]], [[Diocese of Karimnagar|Karimnagar]], [[Diocese of Medak|Medak]] headquartered in [[Dornakal]], [[Karimnagar]] and [[Medak]] respectively,
** Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church Society headquartered in [[Bhadrachalam]],
** [[Methodist Church in India]], Hyderabad Regional Conference, headquartered in [[Hyderabad]],
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{{Succession box| before=[[B. Suneel Bhanu]]<br />2009-2013| title=President<br />[[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]]
| after=''Incumbent''| years=2013-2017}}
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{{Succession box| before=R. R. D. Sajeeva Raju, [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches|STBC]], <br />2011-2013| title=Chairperson,<ref name="Board">ACTC Board of Governors [http://www.actchyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=74 Board of Governors of ACTC]</ref> Board of Governors,<br />[[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Hyderabad]]| after=''Incumbent''| years=2013-2015}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==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
| issue=
| url=http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf
| journal=
| access-date=20 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
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=_______________
| title=''Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.'' Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
| year=1992
| volume=II
| issue=
| url=http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf
| journal=
| access-date=20 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
}}
* {{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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