W. D. Coleman
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The Reverend Doctor William D. Coleman AELC |
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| Born |
William Dawson Coleman November 26, 1915 Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh (India) |
| Died | October 22, 2001 (aged 85) Colebrook, Pennsylvania (United States of America) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Coleman Ayyagaru |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | B.A., B.D., S.T.M.,Ph.D. |
| Alma mater |
- in India Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Hartford Seminary,Hartford, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Years active | 1938-1983 (44 years) |
| Parent(s) | Smt. Edith May Shoop and Sri Frederick Leroy Coleman |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| Ordained | 1939 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| Writings | 1948, The Doctrine of Incarnation in Hinduism and Christianity, 1958, The Development of the Indigenous Church in the Andhra Area in India on the Background of Hinduism |
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Congregations served
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Bheemavaram and Narsapur |
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Offices held
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Missionary, Bheemavaram and Narsapur Fields (1941-1946), Evangelistic Missionary in East Godavari Synod (1948-1953), Teacher/Principal, Lutheran Theological College, Rajahmundry (1952-1964/1962-1964), Teacher/Principal, Andhra Christian Theological College, Rajahmundry/Hyderabad (1964-1981)/(1964-1973) |
| Title | The Reverend Doctor |
- in India
Kodaikanal International School, Dundigal, Tamil Nadu,
William D. Coleman (November 26, 1915 - October 22, 2001) was the first Principal of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad. Coleman was born in India in Rajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh.
When four theological colleges came together to start Andhra Christian Theological College in Rajahmundry, William D. Coleman was installed as the Principal of the College in 1964.
The Andhra Christian Theological College comprised faculty from four previous entities:
W. D. Coleman worked in an ecumenical environment together with Baptists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Wesleyans. It was Coleman who supervised the relocation of the College from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad as well as establishing the new campus in Hyderabad, especially during the Licence Raj.
Coleman studied up to twelfth standard at the Kodaikanal International School,Dundigal in Tamil Nadu (India) and proceeded to the United States where he pursued a graduate degree in arts at the Muhlenberg College,Allentown in Pennsylvania from where he obtained a B.A. in 1936.
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