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Founder of
CBCNC Talluru Thomas Gabriel Pastor | |
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Born | Talluru Marayya
[2] December 15, 1837 |
Died | January 1, 1875[5] [6] | (aged 37)
Burial place | Jagannaickpur CBM-Cemetery, Kakinada |
Known for | Inspiring missions |
Church | Canadian Baptist Mission/ Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars |
Ordained | 1870 [1]-1871 [2] in Chennai [1] |
Title | Pastor [3] |
Talluru Thomas Gabriel [7] (born December 15, 1837; [2] died January 1, 1875 [2] [6]) was the founder [8] [9] of the Canadian Baptist Mission [6] in India.
Thomas Gabriel was born in Machilipatnam [2] and grew up at Narasapur and Rajahmundry where he studied at the Lutheran School. After securing employment with the Telegraphs [6] Department in 1857, he worked at Rajahmundry and at Kakinada. Gabriel was influenced by the Lutheran [2] missionaries of Rajahmundry and became a Christian [1] through the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church. [6]
In addition to Thomas Gabriel's employment, he was active [10] in his new-found Christian faith. Gabriel was later transferred to Mumbai [1] but his sickness made him to go to Chennai in 1867 [2] and in the Hospital, he came across Pastors of the American Baptist Mission/ Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches and got baptized.
Gabriel gave up [11] his job at the Telegraphs Department in 1869 to take up an ecclesiastical assignment with the Godavari Delta Mission but it was short-lived as he quit it in 1870 and got into business [6] in Kakinada to support himself after having exhausted all his money for the sake of the gospel. [2]
A chance stopover in Ramayapatnam at the Ramayapatnam Baptist Theoogical Seminary made Gabriel to appeal to the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec [12] through [13] John McLaurin to take up the Mission in northern coastal regions and thus led to the founding of the Canadian Baptist Mission in 1874 [2] at Kakinada [14] with the arrival of John McLaurin [15] who came from Ramayapatnam to Kakinada by sea.
Gabriel died on January 1, 1875 [16] uttering his last words, Jesus is precious. [16]
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