Contributions of the American Baptist Telugu missionaries to Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

Abstract

The American Baptist Telugu Mission emerged as an emancipating religious structure in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was then called a new religion. It is the outcome of the zealous efforts of the young faithful members of the American Baptist Missionary Union and the unstinted pioneering work of the Missionaries, who offered for foreign mission service. It was formally started in 1836. The Baptists are a Protestant group under the leadership of Balthasar Hubmaier, one of the four Protestant leaders, the rest being Luther, Zwingli and Calvin. They are a bit nearer to Quakers and Unitarians and are the “Protestants of the Protestantism”.