C. V. Mathew

Bishop Dr. C. V. Mathew is a Bishop of the St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India. Previously he was the Presiding Bishop of the St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India.[1][2]

C. V Mathew

Mathew's area of specialization is in religions, Hindu fundamentalism, and a Christian response. Mathew was consecrated as the presiding bishop on 28 November 2008[3] along with Thomas Abraham.[4]

Career
  • Presiding Bishop St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India - the Biblical, Episcopal and democratic church in India.
  • President Bible Society of India - Kerala Auxiliary
  • Chairman of the Evangelical Fellowship of India - the grouping of all evangelical churches, organizations and ministries in the country.
  • Director of World Vision international Asia Pacific Region
  • Deputy Chairman of the Lausanne Committee of world Evangelization
  • Principal of Jubilee Memorial Bible College, Chennai.
  • Academic Dean, Union Biblical Seminary - India's largest evangelical seminary.

Moreover, he traveled throughout India and was a known figure in all the missionary circles as a great evangelist. His contribution in the educational field is noteworthy. He was also serving as the Vicar of the different parishes of the St Thomas Evangelical church of India.

Writings
  • Area of Light: The Indian Church and Modernisation by Charles Corwin, C. V. Mathew. Hardcover, ISPCK, ISBN 81-7214-166-1 (81-7214-166-1)
  • Jubilee Reflections: Essays on Selected Theological Issues by C.V. Mathew. Softcover, Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, The, ISBN 81-7214-591-8 (81-7214-591-8) Mission in Context:
  • Missiological Reflections Essays in Honour of Roger E. Hedlund and June Hedlund by I.S.P.C.K. (Organization), Roger E. Hedlund, Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies, C. V. Mathew, June Hedlund. Hardcover, MIIS/ISPCK, ISBN 81-7214-722-8 (81-7214-722-8)
  • The Saffron Mission: A Historical Analysis of Modern Hindu Missionary Ideologies and Practices by C. V. Mathew. Hardcover, Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, ISBN 81-7214-537-3 (81-7214-537-3)[5]

Past students

During the stint at the Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, C. V. Mathew's students included Jonadob Nathaniel, the current Director, Translations of the Bible Society of India and B. Samuel Raja Sekhar, the current Auxiliary Secretary of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary.[6]

References
  1. Aboko, Julius (6 July 2010). "Bishop Mathew to grace 11th Grad". The Standard - Uganda Christian University's community newspaper. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  2. "ബിഷപ്പ് സി.വി.മാത്യു ഐപിഎല്ലില്‍ പ്രസംഗിക്കുന്നു". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. "New Bishops consecrated". The Hindu. 28 November 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/New-Bishops-consecrated/article15350325.ece
  5. "C. V. Mathew". WorldCat. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  6. C. V. Mathew, The Impact of the World in the World in Sowing Circle, A publication of the Bible Society of India, Volume 31, Number 1 (January–April 2015), pp.16-21.
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