CSI Home Church is one of the largest and oldest churches in Asia. It was built in 1819 under the supervision of Rev.

William Tobias Ringeltaube William Tobias Ringeltaube, or Wilhelm Tobias Ringeltaube (1770- ?) was the first Protestant missionary in the far south of India. He spent much of his time in Travancore. He was the first child of Gottlieb Ringeltaube, Vicar of Scheidelwitz (tod ...

an Prussian, who had come to Nagercoil via

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and Rev Charles Mead. The land on which the church was built was donated by the then British Travancore Resident, General John Munro, 9th of Teaninich, who had acted as a catalyst between the Missionary and the government of

and the Kingdom of Travancore. This helped in the Theological Education for about two Centuries. The church hosted the wedding of linguistic scholar Robert Caldwell in the year 1830. He died 28 August 1891, and was buried in Tirunelveli."Renovated house of Caldwell inaugurated"
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Architecture

The building is in Greek style is . This is one of the oldest and biggest of the Protestant churches in South India. The edifice can provide accommodation for nearly 2500 people at a time. Nagercoil

Christmas Light Decoration at CSI Home Church, Nagercoil

Pastors

Senior Pastor & District Minister :-Rev J.Victor Gnanaraj, Presbyter :- Rev. J. Vincent Robert, Presbyter :- Rev. P. Raja Jaya Singh

References

{{Reflist Churches in Kanyakumari district Church of South India church buildings in India