A Church Is Born: film and commentary on the inauguration of the Church of South India
India Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North Americac. 1947–1948
A film with commentary, produced by a committee of North American mission boards, showing the inauguration of the Church of South India in September 1947. It gives the date, the place and the size of the congregation.
Read the text at exhibitions.library.columbia.edu ↗The section on the inauguration service ↗
The film was produced by the India Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. The commentary sketches the history of missions in India, the appeal for unity, and the service itself. It was made by supporters of the union for audiences at home, close to the event. See the Church of South India Unites Four Traditions.
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- 27 September 1947, firm date