Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women

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Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women
Eva Rose York Tuni.jpg
Latin: EVA ROSE YORK DISCIPLINA BIBLIA ET TECHNICA SCHOLA ENIM FEMINA
MottoThe entrance of thy words giveth light..
Founder(s)Canadian Baptist Ministries
Established1922; 99 years ago (1922)
MissionWomen's development
FocusLife skill training
ChairmanRev. K. J. Emmanuel, CBCNC (chairperson of the Seminary Council)
PrincipalRev. D. J. Jeremiah, CBCNC
FacultyRev. S. Prema Kumari, CBCNC,
Rev. B. Kumari, CBCNC
Smt. B. Bhogam
AddressTuni, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Location
Tuni
,
India
Coordinates17°21′45″N 82°32′38″E / 17.36250°N 82.54389°E / 17.36250; 82.54389

Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women was founded in 1922[1] by the Canadian Baptist Mission (CBM). The school is in Tuni in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Background[]

Missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission were involved in spreading awareness about the Bible in northern circars of Andhra Pradesh.[2] The missionaries began arriving in India as early as 1868.[2]

Early missionaries involved women to initiate the Gospel.[3]

Winfred Eaton, a missionary of the Canadian Baptist Mission began classes in Palakonda in 1922 with a few girls.[4] In 1925, the school was relocated to Tuni.[4]

Name[]

Eva Rose (née Fitch) York (1858–1938)[5] was an early Canadian composer and teacher who lent support[6] for the buildings on the campus in Tuni.

Eva Rose Fitch was born in Norwich, Ontario where she attended college and married Dr. Winford York in 1879.[7] She studied music and, after her husband died in 1880, took up the study of the organ and became a born-again Christian. She founded choirs in Belleville and Toronto before she decided in 1899 to devote her time to establishing a home, Redemption House, for unwed mothers in Toronto. York founded a home for the women that she ran until 1914 before she left to spend 15 years as an itinerant preacher.[7] Her efforts have caused her name to be immortalised here,[5][where?] and her talents as a poet have also kept her memory.[8]

The school is partly supported by funds raised in Canada by Baptist women.[9]

In 1987 technical courses were begun when Jessie Rosser was principal.[10]

Administration[]

Principals[11]

Since the missionary days, the school was run independently. However, since 1989,[10] the school fell under the purview of the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada. Rev. K.J. Emmanuel heads the Seminary Council. Rev. D.J. Jeremiah is the present principal of the school.

The Canadian Baptist Ministries past overseers in India, Rev. G. Babu Rao and M. David K. Sarma, were also responsible for the functioning of the school.

Courses offered[]

  • Diploma in Evangelism and Mission (2 years)[10]
  • Tailoring (1 year)[10]
  • Typing (6 months)[10]

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ Annie Innis Dagg, The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books 1836–1945, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001, ISBN 0889203555, 978-0889203556. p. 318. [1]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Martin Senftleben, Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati, 1992. p. 61 [2] Archived 9 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ M.L. Orchard & Katherine S. McLaurin, The Enterprise: The Jubilee Story of the Canadian Baptist Mission in India, 1874–1924, Toronto: The Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, 1925. See especially Mattie Currie, Among the Telugus: The Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, a report published by CBFMB, Toronto, 1936. 93–94. Cited by James Elisha in Empowering Mission or Enslaving Enterprise? Women Missionaries’ attitudes to Telugu Women in Bangalore Theological Forum, Vol. XXXIX, 1 June 2007.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Lalitha Krupa Rao, Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women, Tuni, Consultation 17–22 April 2007.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Elaine Keillor, Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
  6. ^ Annie Innis Dagg, op. cit.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b The Feminist Gaze, Anne Innis Dagg, 2001, ISBN 0889203555, accessed 1 October 2008
  8. ^ 101 Famous Poems, Roy Jay Cook, accessed 1 October 2008
  9. ^ Baptist Women Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 1 October 2008
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lalitha Krupa Rao, op. cit.
  11. ^ History of the Bible Training School for Women Tuni in C.L. Johnson (edited), Canadian Baptist Mission 125 year's Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, pp. 223–226.[3]
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