Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women
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| Motto | The entrance of thy words giveth light.. |
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| Type | Propaedeutic institute |
| Established | 1922 |
| President | Rev. G. J. Frederick |
| Principal | Rev. Lalitha Krupa Rao |
| Address | , , , 17°21′45″N 82°32′38″E / 17.36250°N 82.54389°E |
| Campus | Rural |
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Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women was founded in 1922[1] by the Canadian Baptist Mission (CBM). The school is located in Tuni in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Background
Missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission were involved in spreading awareness about the Bible in northern circars of Andhra Pradesh.[2] The missionaries began arriving in India as early as 1868.[2]
Early missionaries also believed that women can be used as potential instruments for spreading awareness about the Bible.[3]
Winfred Eaton, a missionary of the Canadian Baptist Mission began classes in Palakonda in 1922 with a few girls.[4] Later in 1925, the school was relocated in Tuni.[4]
It was Eva Rose York[5] (22.12.1858-1938), an early Canadian composer and teacher who lent support[6] for the buildings in the campus in Tuni. Eva Rose Fitch was born in Norwich, Ontario where she attended college and married Doctor Winford York in 1879.[7] York studied music and after her husband died in 1880 she took up both the study of the organ and became a born-again Christian. She founded choirs in Belleville and Toronto before she decided in 1899 to devote her time to establishing a home, Redemption House, for unwed mothers in Toronto. York founded a home for the women which she ran until 1914 before she left to spend fifteen years as an itinerant preacher.[7] Her efforts have caused her name to be immortalised here,[5] but her talents as a poet have also kept her memory.[8]
Left: Rev. G. Babu Rao, Coordinator for Church-related ministries.
Right: Mr. M. David K. Sarma, Coordinator for Development.
The school is still partly supported by funds raised in Canada by Bapist women.[9]
Since 1987 technical courses were also begun when Jessie Rosser was Principal.[10]
Administration
Since the missionary days, the School was run independently. However, since 1989,[10] the School fell under the purview of the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada. Rev. G. J. Frederick heads the Seminary Council.[10] Rev. Lalitha Krupa Rao is the present Principal of this School.
The Canadian Baptist Ministries overseers in India Rev. G. Babu Rao and Mr. M. David K. Sarma are also responsible for the functioning of the School.
Courses offered
Staff
Bible wing
- Rev. Lalitha Krupa Rao, B. D. (Serampore)
- Rev. S. Prema Kumari, B. Th. (Serampore), B. D. (Serampore)
- Rev. B. Kumari, B. Th. (Serampore), B. D. (Serampore)
Technical wing
- Smt. B. Bhogam
References
- Notes
- ^ Annie Innis Dagg, The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and their books 1836-1945, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-88920-355-5, ISBN 978-0-88920-355-6. Page 318. [1]
- ^ a b Martin Senftleben, Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati, 1992. p. 61[2]
- ^ M. L. Orchard & Katherine S. McLaurin, The Enterprise: The Jubilee Story of the Canadian Baptist Mission in India, 1874-1924, Toronto, The Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, 1925. See especially Mattie Currie, Among the Telugus: The Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, a report published by CBFMB, Toronto, 1936. 93-94. Cited by James Elisha in Empowering Mission or Enslaving Enterprise? Women Missionaries’ attitudes to Telugu Women in Bangalore Theological Forum, Volume XXXIX, 1 June 2007.
- ^ a b Lalitha Krupa Rao, Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women, Tuni, Consultation 17–22 April 2007.
- ^ a b Elaine Keillor, Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
- ^ Annie Innis Dagg, op. cit.
- ^ a b The Feminist Gaze, Anne Innis Dagg, 2001, ISBN 0-88920-355-5, accessed 1 October 2008
- ^ 101 Famous Poems, Roy Jay Cook, accessed 1 October 2008
- ^ Baptist Womem, accessed 1 October 2008
- ^ a b c d e f Lalitha Krupa Rao, op. cit.
- Further reading
- Annie Innis Dagg (2001). "The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and their books 1836-1945, Wilfrid Laurier University Press". Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-355-6.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Elaine Keillor (2008). "Encyclopedia of Music in Canada".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - G.Beaulah Pearl Sunanda (1990). "An Insight into the History of the Canadian Baptist Mission in Andhra Pradesh (1874-1924). Unpublished M.Phil.(History) Thesis, Madras Christian College, Madras".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Martin Senftleben (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati" (PDF). I.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - T. James Elisha (2007). "Encounter between Protestant and Telugu Women's Paradigms of Scripture, Boston College".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - T. James Elisha (1 June 2007). "Empowering Mission or Enslaving Enterprise? Women Missionaries' attitudes to Telugu Women in Bangalore Theological Forum". XXXIX.
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