Indian Christianity

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN
General Convention of the Church is held during the first week of December at Thiruvalla. This is the
main convention and get-together of the leaders, pastors and members of the church. Regional
convention at Manakala, Adoor is the second largest convention of the Sharon Fellowship. It is held in
the first week of January. Pastors and delegates from North India participate in this convention.
The North Indian Churches meet during the Pooja Holidays normally at Delhi. The pastors and members
of the Sharon Fellowship in North America assemble in the first week of July. Christian Evangelical
Movement (C.E.M) is the youth wing of the Sharon Fellowship Church.
Assemblies of God
The General Council of Assemblies of God was founded in USA in 1914. Mrs.Mary Chapman, the
first missionary reached India in 1915. She stayed at Chennai and in 1921 shifted her residence to
Thiruvananthapuram. Pentecost Kahalam official publication of the Assemblies of God was started in
1925. Bethel Bible School at Mavelikara was founded in 1927. When Mrs. Chapman died in 1927,
the administration of the Assemblies came to the hands of Indians. The entire Assemblies in India is
now divided into three General Council they are: North, South and East India. These General
Councils together form the Assemblies of God of India (AGI) was formed in 1995. Assemblies of
God head quarters is in Schenkottai, Tamil Nadu
Church of God (Full Gospel) in India
One of the founders of the Church, J.G.Ingram came to India 1936. Here he met Robert F.Cook of
Malankara Full Gospel Church. Cook joined the new group with 66 local Churches, 43 pastors and
2537 believers.
The Church of God has spread throughout India. Mount Zion, Mulakuzha, Alappuzha was the
headquarters in the beginning. In 1972, the Church was divided into seven autonomous regions. Each
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