Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

REV.T.G. RAGLAND'S CONTRIBUTION IN SIVAKASI CHURCH

Mrs. A. Stella Mary

Abstract :

The missionary activities were confined only to South Tinnevelly. The villages of North Tinnevelly were neglected by early missionaries. Rhenius visited North Tinnevelly and sis his evangelistic work. He sent his missionaries to Tenkasi, Karuvanallur, Sankarankovil, Rajapalayam, Srivilliputtur and Sivakasi which came under North Tinnevelly. He tried in vain in ing the people of Sivakasi to Christian faith. After his death the churches in North Tinnevelly were not given any attention, andSivakasi was also forgotten. The arrival of Rev. Thomas Gajetan Ragland changed the entire situation in North Tinnevelly. Ragland argued that the missionary must go to them, and in person press again and again the gospel upon them.The first Christian in Sivakasidue to the evangelistic work of Taylor for more than a year, one person by name Punniyanadar became the first Christian in Sivakasi.

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Mrs. A. STELLA MARY, REV.T.G. RAGLAND'S CONTRIBUTION IN SIVAKASI CHURCH, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2018

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