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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN Kanneettu Revival Church and a failed Prophecy Among the Brahmin converts from Tamil Nadu was a priest of the CMS Church called Yoosthose Joseph. He was a scholar in the Bible and was known as Vidwan Kutty Achen. Vidhuvankutty Achen found all these superstitions and rituals are against the Bible and conducted revival meetings in and around of Mavelikara, kannettil and all places of Travancore. VidhwanKutty Achen was great singer an composer of hymns. He wrote many Malayalam revival songs. His hymn "Sthuthipin Sthuthipin, Yeshu Devane" (Prais Jesus the God) is still sung every year to conclude the final meeting of the Maramon convention His chornological studies of the Bible led him to a conclusion that Jesus was going to return before 1871. Since the Church did not support this view he along with another Priest Koodara Pallil Thommen Kathanar started a new church called Kanneettu Revival Church better known as “Youyomaya Sabha”. A large number of aherents of the faith gathered together on a hill awaiting the return of Christ. It is said that all those who gathered together pulled out all their gold ornaments as they waited ready for Jesus to come. The gold measured five and a half Idangazhi measure. When his predictions did not come true the church declined and died out. The church is today referred to as "Ancherakkaar" (People of five and a half). The hymn of prayer he wrote at the time of disappointment "Kanthaa Thaamasam Enthaho?" (O beloved what is the delay?) is still a favorite song of all Malayalam Churches. George Burg The present day structure and independent Pentecostal Churches are the result of American Missions. The first effective mission of the Pentecostal teaching came through th efforts of one George Burg, an American of German origin. He came down to Kerala and held several meetings in and around Trikannamangal, Kottarakara, Mavelikkara and Adoor in 1909. His followings were mainly from Mar Thomas Church and C.M.S church. In 1913 Burg returned to Kerala with larger financial support and missionary personal support from the All World Pentecostal Conference held in Califonia (1912). The independent Pentecostal churches arose due to their efforts. Robert F. Cook and the Church of God In 1914 several independent Pentecostal Churches joined together in America to form the Assemblies of God Church. The new church was able to reach out to India and started several bible schools among them was the Bethel Bible School in Punalur.George Burg was followed by others like Charles Commins,,Miss Browncil, Al Dwingle, and Robert Cook. In 1915 they started the Bethel Bible College in Punalur and Punalur became the administrative center. . Pastor P.D. Johnson was one of the pioneers of the movement. Robert Cook was one of the missionaries from Assemblies of God who came to Mulakuzha in Chengannur in 1914. Later he started the Church of God in Kerala. In 1928 Zion Bible School in Mulakkuzha was started. The headquarters of the Church of God in India remains there now. Among those who supported was Pastor T.M. Varughese. The mission of the Pentecostal Churches were essentially constrained within the Syrian Christian Community simply as a reform movement and not as a missionary outreach as such. 192
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN India Pentecostal Church (IPC) Robert and Anna Cook with their daughters Blossom and Dorothy in 1913—the year they arrived in India As the pentecostal churches grew in number and strength with powerful preachers and theologians, it was time to be independent of the foreign missions. Paster K.E. Abraham who came from a Jacobite family was the leader for this freedom movement and Southern India Pentecostal Church was formed in 1925.This name was later changed in 1934 to <strong>Indian</strong> Pentecostal Church as the vision of the church expanded. In 1930 he started the Hebron Bible College in Kumbanad which remained as the main theological training center for <strong>Indian</strong> Pentecostal Church.. Pastor K.E.Abraham (1899-1974) 193
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