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Telugu Christians or Telugu Kraistava are an ethno-religious community who form the second-largest religious minority in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Census Reference Tables, C-Series Population by religious communities )〕 According to the Census of India, there are over a million Christians in Andhra Pradesh constituting 1.5% of the state's population,〔 although a decrease from the 1971 census figure which was 4.2%, as a result of low birth rates and emigration.〔()〕 DENOMINATIONS: Most Telugu Christians are Protestant belonging to major Indian Protestant denominations such as the predominant Anglican Church of South India, the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Bible Mission and several others. There also is a significant number of Roman Catholics and Evangelicals. HISTORY: Although the Franciscans of the Roman Catholic Church brought Christianity to the Deccan area in 1535, it is only after 1759 AD, when the Northern Circars came under the rule of the East India Company, that the region opened up to greater Christian influence.〔()〕 The first Protestant missionaries in Andhra Pradesh were Rev. Cran and Rev. Des Granges who were sent out by the London Missionary Society. They set up their station at Visakhapatnam in 1805 AD. LOCATION: Regions with significant populations of Telugu Christians include the erstwhile Northern Circars, the coastal belt and the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Many Telugu Christians have emigrated to other countries in the Anglosphere with significant populations being present in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. IN SOCIETY: The Church in Andhra Pradesh runs thousands of educational institutions and hospitals contributing significantly to the development of the state. Telugu Christians are found in all walks of life and have contributed much to the development of the state. Telugu Christians have one of the highest literacy, work participation figures and most even male-to-female ratio figures among the various religious communities in the state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Census of India, Religious composition by gender )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Minority Status For Jain Community In India )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Census of India : Salient Features )〕 ==Northern Circars and Coastal Belt Regions== Beginning the nineteenth century, missionaries from most major denominations started arriving in the Andhra region. Established in 1805, the London Missionary Society was the first Protestant mission in Andhra Pradesh which had its station at Visakhapatnam. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists who were largely Congregationalist in outlook.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canadian Baptist mission work among women in Andhra, India, 1874-1924: Baptist women evolved a role for themselves in an otherwise male-dominated mission enterprise and a patriarchal Telugu society. - Free Online Library )〕 George Crann and Augustus Des Granges were the first batch of missionaries that was sent out by the London Missionary Society to Andhra Pradesh in 1804. They arrived in Vizagapatam on 18 July 1805 and began learning the Telugu language. They mastered it in a short time and began translating parts of the New Testament. In the next three years, the four Gospels were published. Their work was halted with the deaths of George Crann in 1809 and of Des Granges in 1810. A new batch of missionaries, Revs. Lee, Gordon and Pritchett took over the work done by their predecessors. The first complete New Testament in Telugu was printed in Madras.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hindu : CHURCH with a HISTORY )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Telugu Christian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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