C. V. Mathew is a bishop of the

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. Previously he was the Presiding Bishop of the

from 2008-2018. He retired on 31st December. Mathew's area of specialisation is in religions, Hindu fundamentalism, and a Christian response. Mathew was consecrated as the presiding bishop on 28 November 2008 along with Bishop Dr Thomas Abraham.

Career

* Priest of

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* Presiding Bishop of

from 2008-2018. * President

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- Kerala Auxiliary * Chairman of the Evangelical Fellowship of India - the grouping of all evangelical churches, organisations 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. He has also served as the Vicar of 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, (81-7214-166-1) * ''Jubilee Reflections: Essays on Selected Theological Issues'' by C.V. Mathew. Softcover, Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, The, (81-7214-591-8) Mission in Context: * ''Missiological Reflections Essays in Honour of

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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, (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, (81-7214-537-3)

Past students

During the stint at the Union Biblical Seminary,

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

, C. V. Mathew's students included Jonadob Nathaniel, the current Director, Translations of the

and B. Samuel Raja Sekhar, the current Auxiliary Secretary of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary.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.

References

External links

St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathew, C.V. Living people Indian bishops Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of Union Biblical Seminary, Pune