Kretzmann Commission information

Kretzmann Commission Report
Kretzmann Commission Report
Mission statement	to survey and study the task of theological education in the Churches related to the College Society
Commercial?	no
Location	Rajahmundry
Owner	Board of Governors, Andhra Christian Theological College
Founder	The Rev. M. L. Kretzmann, D.D., Secretary for planning, study and research, Department of World Missions of the Lutheran World Federation (Convenor),
Country	India
Key people	The Rev. K. Devasahayam,; The Rev. A. B. Masilamani,; The Rt. Rev. C. S. Sundaresan
Established	25 October 1969
Disestablished	29 November 1969
Funding	World Council of Churches and the Lutheran Church in America

The Kretzmann Commission^[1]^[2] was constituted in 1969 by the Board of Governors of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad to:

survey and study the task of theological education in the Churches related to the College Society

These ecclesiastical societies related to the college society at that point of time (1969) included:^[2]

South Andhra Lutheran Church Society
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Society
Methodist Church of South Asia Society
Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars Society
Church of South India Society (Dioceses of Dornakal, Krishna-Godavari, Medak, and Rayalaseema^[3]
Church of India, Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon Society, Diocese of Nandyal^[4]
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society

The Commission report was tabled before the Board of Governors of the College Society which eventually led to the building^[5] up of curriculum-intensive courses^[2] and the equipping of the seminarians with capacities to lead the church in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Theological education took an upward rise with the Kretzmann Commission Report. The Kretzmann Commission was enabled with the assistance of the Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches and the Board of World Missions of the Lutheran Church in America.^[2] The secretary of the Board of Governors, W. D. Coleman, on behalf of the board published 1,000^[2] copies to be circulated among the Churches in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

A couple of years before the Kretzmann Commission was constituted, seminarians deliberated on the church's mission with special reference to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In 1966, a graduate thesis was undertaken by a candidate studying at Serampore College entitled The Hebrew Concept of 'Righteousness' as proclaimed by the 8th century Prophets and its implications for the Church's mission in Andhra Pradesh^[6]

^ Raymond Brady Williams, Christian Pluralism in the United States: The Indian Immigrant Experience, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p.291. [1]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Theological Education in Andhra Pradesh - The Kretzmann Commission Report, Printed by A. Nageswara Rao at Saraswathi Power Press, Rajahmundry, 1970. [2] Archived 27 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Diocese of Karimnagar came into existence only in 1978.
^ The Diocese of Nandyal was under the ecclesiastical purview of the Anglican Church and later the Church of North India at the time of formation of the College [3]
^ James A. Bergquist, P. Kambar Manickam, The Crisis of Dependency in Third World Ministries: A Critique of Inherited Missionary Forms in India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1976, pp. 50, 63.[4]
^ G. Babu Rao, The Hebrew Concept of 'Righteousness' as proclaimed by the 8th century Prophets and its implications for the Church's mission in Andhra Pradesh, an unpublished graduate thesis presented to the Senate of Serampore College (University) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Divinity degree, Serampore, 1966.

[1] Raymond Brady Williams, Christian Pluralism in the United States: The Indian Immigrant Experience, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p.291. [1]

[Kretzmann-2] Theological Education in Andhra Pradesh - The Kretzmann Commission Report, Printed by A. Nageswara Rao at Saraswathi Power Press, Rajahmundry, 1970. [2] Archived 27 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[3] The Diocese of Karimnagar came into existence only in 1978.

[4] The Diocese of Nandyal was under the ecclesiastical purview of the Anglican Church and later the Church of North India at the time of formation of the College [3]

[5] James A. Bergquist, P. Kambar Manickam, The Crisis of Dependency in Third World Ministries: A Critique of Inherited Missionary Forms in India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1976, pp. 50, 63.[4]

[6] G. Babu Rao, The Hebrew Concept of 'Righteousness' as proclaimed by the 8th century Prophets and its implications for the Church's mission in Andhra Pradesh, an unpublished graduate thesis presented to the Senate of Serampore College (University) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Divinity degree, Serampore, 1966.

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Kretzmann Commission Report
Mission statement	to survey and study the task of theological education in the Churches related to the College Society
Commercial?	no
Location	Rajahmundry
Owner	Board of Governors, Andhra Christian Theological College
Founder	The Rev. M. L. Kretzmann, D.D., Secretary for planning, study and research, Department of World Missions of the Lutheran World Federation (Convenor),
Country	India
Key people	The Rev. K. Devasahayam, The Rev. A. B. Masilamani, The Rt. Rev. C. S. Sundaresan
Established	25 October 1969 (1969-10-25)
Disestablished	29 November 1969 (1969-11-29)
Funding	World Council of Churches and the Lutheran Church in America