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Andhra Christian Theological College is a special purpose entity - an ecumenical enterprise of some of the Church societies in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana in India founded in 1964 and affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College, Serampore, West Bengal, the nation's first University〔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. ()''〕 The College is administered by some of the Protestant Church Societies established in the eighteenth century headquartered in three South Indian states, * Telangana-based Protestant Church societies, * * Church of South India Dioceses of Dornakal, Karimnagar, 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, * * Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Society, Deccan Association, * Tamil Nadu-based Protestant Church society, * * Church of South India, Diocese of Madras (in Tamil Nadu State) headquartered in Chennai, * Andhra Pradesh-based Protestant Church societies, * * Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society headquartered in Guntur, * * Church of South India, Dioceses of Krishna-Godavari, Nandyal, Rayalaseema headquartered in Machilipatnam, Nandyal and Kadapa respectively, * * Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars Society originally headquartered in Kakinada, * * Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Society, originally headquartered in Nellore, * * South Andhra Lutheran Church Society, headquartered in Tirupati, ==Motto== The College motto is derived from Ephesians 4:12, which in the Latin Vulgate reads "Ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii in aedification corporis Christi."〔Vulgate, (Ephesians 4 ) Retrieved 23 April 2006.〕 This is "For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ" in the King James Version. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andhra Christian Theological College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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