Evangelical Church of India

The Evangelical Church of India (ECI) is a Christian denomination in India. It operates the Allahabad Bible Seminary[1] in Allahabad, the Calcutta Bible Seminary in Kolkata and the Madras Theological Seminary and College in Chennai.[2] Its came into existence because of the activity of the Oriental Missionary Society, (One Mission Society or OMS).[3] The church has more than 100,000 members.[4] The denomination is relatively progressive and, in 2012, ordained its first openly transgender pastor.[5] Its important vision is ONE LACH CHURCHS, ONE CRORE BELIEVERS Into 2056 - ECI MANAVUR (edited by)

References
  1. "Allahabad Bible Seminary — Equip… Enlighten…Empower…". Abseminary.org. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  2. Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Archived February 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Meet India's first transgender pastor". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  5. "India's first transgender pastor finds fulfilment - ucanews.com". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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