I am seeking to find out the current membership of CSI. The most authoritative statement I have so far found
is as follows, from Encyclopedia of Christianity Online
"Church of South India
The Church of South India (CSI) resulted from the union in 1947 of the Anglican Church of India, Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon; the SouthIndia United Church (SIUC); and the Methodist Church. The SIUC itself resulted from a union of Presbyterian and Congregational churches (Reformed and Presbyterian Churches; Congregationalism), along with churches of the Basel Mission in South India. The CSI represented the first union in the world involving episcopal and nonepiscopal churches. In numbers the CSI is the largest non–Roman Catholic church in India, with over two million members in 1994. It is at work in four Indian states among speakers of Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu, and also in Jaffna (Tamil), Sri Lanka. There are CSI diaspora congregations in the major cities in India, the Gulf countries, and the United States."
But this is quite out of date. I am suspicious of other web references. If anyone reading this can help, do please get in touch. Thanks.
is as follows, from Encyclopedia of Christianity Online
"Church of South India
The Church of South India (CSI) resulted from the union in 1947 of the Anglican Church of India, Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon; the SouthIndia United Church (SIUC); and the Methodist Church. The SIUC itself resulted from a union of Presbyterian and Congregational churches (Reformed and Presbyterian Churches; Congregationalism), along with churches of the Basel Mission in South India. The CSI represented the first union in the world involving episcopal and nonepiscopal churches. In numbers the CSI is the largest non–Roman Catholic church in India, with over two million members in 1994. It is at work in four Indian states among speakers of Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu, and also in Jaffna (Tamil), Sri Lanka. There are CSI diaspora congregations in the major cities in India, the Gulf countries, and the United States."
But this is quite out of date. I am suspicious of other web references. If anyone reading this can help, do please get in touch. Thanks.
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