Evangelical Church of India

The Evangelical Church of India (ECI) is a Christian denomination in India. It has Allahabad Bible Seminary [1] in Allahabad, Calcutta Bible Seminary in Kolkata and Madras Theological Seminary and College in Chennai.[2] Its existence is because of the activity of the Oriental Missionary Society, (OMS International).[3][4] The church has more than 100,000 members.[5] The denomination is relatively progressive and, in 2012, ordained its first openly transgender pastor.[6]

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. Archived February 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Meet India's first transgender pastor". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  6. "India's first transgender pastor finds fulfilment - ucanews.com". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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