K. Devasahayam

K. Devasahayam
President
Church	Christian
See	Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)
In office	1965–1969
Predecessor	G. Devasahayam
Successor	S. W. Schmitthenner
Orders
Consecration	1965
Personal details
Born	5 June 1916 Pedakakani, Andhra Pradesh
Died	30 January 1992 Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Previous post	Lecturer, Andhra Christian Theological College

K. Devasahayam (Telugu: దేవసహాయము అయ్యగారు; 5 June 1916 – 30 January 1992) was President of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1965 to 1969.

K. Devasahayam was born in Pedakakani in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India on 5 June 1916.

The Church Historian, K. L. Richardson mentioned that K. Devasahayam was sent to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia for theological studies between 1956 and 1960.

As a Priest of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, Devasahayam served in pastoral roles in Rajahmundry, Narasaraopeta, Mangalagiri, and Eluru parishes.

R. Joseph and B. Suneel Bhanu who compiled a bibliography of original Christian writings in India in Telugu included a book by K. Devasahayam entitledThe Good News of the Cross first published in 1962.

K. Devasahayam was a member of the Church History Association of India, incorporating Church Historians of the Protestant, Orthodox, Catholic and Charismatic traditions. Devasahayam is acknowledged to have researched into the new age charismatic movements in Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.

K. Devasahayam began teaching Church History at the Lutheran Theological College from 1944 to 1947. For sometime, Devasahayam was Secretary of Andhra Pradesh unit of the Student Christian Movement of India. He rejoined the Lutheran Theological College and saw the closure of the College along with century-old Seminaries in Kakinada, Dornakal, and Ramayapatnam. The Andhra Christian Theological College, a special purpose entity was formed in 1964 taking in all the faculty and students of the closed-down Seminaries.

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