A. B. Masilamani
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Acharya A. B. Masilamani Ayyagaru |
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| The Reverend Doctor | |
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| Native name | మాసిలామణి అయ్యగారు |
| Church | Protestant |
| See | Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars |
| Elected | 1959 |
| In office | 1959 |
| Predecessor | Rev. J. I. Richardson,CBCNC |
| Successor | Rev. A. D. Matheson,CBCNC |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | by Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars |
| Rank | Pastor |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 30, 1914 Pitapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Died | April 5, 1990 (aged 75) Hyderabad Telangana, India |
| Buried |
Christian Cemetery, Narayanguda, Hyderabad 17.4000° N, 78.0167° E |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Residence | Hyderabad |
| Parents | Smt. Saramma and Sri A. B Greshom Paul |
| Spouse | Vimala Masilamani (m. 1931) |
| Occupation | Pastor, Professor and Ecclesiastical Administrator |
| Profession | Priesthood |
| Education | L.Th.,B.D,M. A, Th.M.,Ph.D. |
| Alma mater |
Baptist Theological Seminary,Kakinada, Serampore College,Serampore, Emmanuel College, Toronto (Canada),Osmania University,Hyderabad |
Acharya A. B. Masilamani or Abel Boanerges Masilamani (1914–1990) was a Golden JubileeBaptist pastor and evangelist on whom parallels had been drawn comparing his ecclesiastical ministry with that of Saint Paul. The Mar Thoma Syrian Church, one of the Saint Thomas Christian Churches founded by Thomas the Apostle in the first century which holds the annual Maramon Conventions used to have Masilamani preach at its conventions since the seventies. During one such Maramon Convention held in 1983 at Maramon, Masilamani was one of the main speaker who spoke on Christology in the presence of the two patriarchs of the Mar Thoma Church, Alexander Mar Thoma and Thomas Mar Athanius.
Masilamani belonged to the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars and had ministered as a Pastor since 1934 and had been a Spiritual Formator from 1955 through 1958 at the Baptist Theological Seminary, a major seminary in Kakinada. Masilamani got popular acclaim especially as an original Hymn Writer in Telugu and nine of his compositions can be found in the Christian Hymnal in Telugu used in the Protestant Churches in the Telugu speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh which P. Solomon Raj, the Lutheran Pastor notes that it has been of high literary standard consisting of hymns in Telugu set in music patterns of Carnatic music and Hindustani classical music.
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