Heritage Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
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Discover Chennai, the largest city of churches in India, which has more churches than Hindu temples, due to the earliest introduction of Christianity by Thomas the Apostle. From the initial congregation of Syrian Christians that kept Sabbath faithfully to the presence of Seventh-Day Adventist Christians in Tamil Nadu, Chennai has the most number of Christians than any other Indian cities.
Be sure to visit Madras Central Church of Seventh-Day Adventists, the oldest Seventh-Day Adventist Church building in Chennai and of India. Known also as Chennai Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church, it was opened for worship services in 1917.
The pictures show the facilities of Madras Central Church of Seventh-Day Adventists. The exterior looks like Tanjong Pagar Railway Station building in Singapore. It is as big as Balestier Road Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Singapore. Worship services are conducted mainly in Tamil with English translation. Its walls of Biblical verses are reminiscent of all church buildings in Chennai and they are sights to behold.
Also showing are the different designs of church bulletins and offering bags.
The Seventh-Day Adventist faith first made inroads into India through Chennai when William Lenker and A. T. Stroup started selling Adventist literature in Madras in 1893. The Southern Asia Division was organized under President J. E. Fulton in 1919 with 26 churches and 978 members.
Now there are many Seventh-Day Adventist churches in the Indian States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jharkhand, Manipur, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh as well as little churches and congregations in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
Address : The Madras Central Church of Seventh Day Adventists, #52, Ritherdon Road, Vepery, Chennai 600007, Tamil Nadu, India. Tel : 9444178725 (in Chennai only).
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Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
Discover Chennai, the largest city of churches in India, which has more churches than Hindu temples, due to the earliest introduction of Christianity by Thomas the Apostle. From the initial congregation of Syrian Christians that kept Sabbath faithfully to the presence of Seventh-Day Adventist Christians in Tamil Nadu, Chennai has the most number of Christians than any other Indian cities.
Be sure to visit Madras Central Church of Seventh-Day Adventists, the oldest Seventh-Day Adventist Church building in Chennai and of India. Known also as Chennai Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church, it was opened for worship services in 1917.
The pictures show the facilities of Madras Central Church of Seventh-Day Adventists. The exterior looks like Tanjong Pagar Railway Station building in Singapore. It is as big as Balestier Road Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Singapore. Worship services are conducted mainly in Tamil with English translation. Its walls of Biblical verses are reminiscent of all church buildings in Chennai and they are sights to behold.
Also showing are the different designs of church bulletins and offering bags.
The Seventh-Day Adventist faith first made inroads into India through Chennai when William Lenker and A. T. Stroup started selling Adventist literature in Madras in 1893. The Southern Asia Division was organized under President J. E. Fulton in 1919 with 26 churches and 978 members.
Now there are many Seventh-Day Adventist churches in the Indian States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jharkhand, Manipur, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh as well as little churches and congregations in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
Address : The Madras Central Church of Seventh Day Adventists, #52, Ritherdon Road, Vepery, Chennai 600007, Tamil Nadu, India. Tel : 9444178725 (in Chennai only).
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