{ "book_metadata": { "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials", "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose", "publisher": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge", "published_on": "2011" }, "chunks": [ { "chunk_index": 1, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 298 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00322-cf9022e7b38840f8f6a9.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Report of the Union Committee", "chunk_data": "146. REPORT OF THE UNION COMMITTEE\nOF THE S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1909 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "South India" ], "event": "The report of the Union Committee of the South India United Church was issued in 1909.", "tags": [ "Christianity", "Church Union" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 2, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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Maclean" ], "places": [ "Trivandrum", "South India", "Sri Lanka" ], "event": "The Union Committee presented its report to the Second General Assembly of the South India United Church at Trivandrum.", "tags": [ "Christianity", "Church Union", "South India" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 3, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 299 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00323-b06030c1469099a4efd0.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Organic Union Considered", "chunk_data": "It will be noted that the resolution under which the Committee was appointed contains no reference to the possibility of any extension of the movement for organic union which led to the organisation of the South India United Church. It seems to have been taken for granted that there was no Church in South India with which there was any immediate probability of such union.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1909 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "South India" ], "event": "The Committee noted that its appointing resolution had not contemplated extending the organic union movement.", "tags": [ "Church Union", "South India" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 5, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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The name of the organisation formed by the Churches and Societies joining in federal union shall be 'The Federation of Christian Churches in India.'", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The proposed federation was to be named The Federation of Christian Churches in India.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Christianity" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 9, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 299 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00323-b06030c1469099a4efd0.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Eligibility for Fellowship", "chunk_data": "2. All Churches and Societies that believe in God through Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord and Saviour, and that accept the Word of God as contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as the supreme rule of faith and practice, and whose teaching in regard to God, sin, and salvation is in general agreement with the great body of Christian faith, shall be eligible for fellowship in the Federation.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Jesus Christ" ], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The proposed federation defined the Christian Churches and Societies eligible for fellowship.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Christian Doctrine" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 10, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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But in accepting the principle that the Church of God is one, and that believers are the body of Christ and severally members thereof, the federating Churches agree to recognise the validity of each other's ordinances, ministry, membership and discipline, without thereby committing themselves to approval of particular methods or practices.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Jesus Christ" ], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The federation would preserve each church's creed and order while recognizing the validity of other churches' ordinances, ministry, membership, and discipline.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Church Governance", "Christianity" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 11, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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The object of this Federation shall be to attain a more perfect manifestation of the unity of His disciples for which the Redeemer prayed, by fostering and encouraging the sentiment and practice of union, by organising union effort wherever and whenever possible, by making the welfare of all the Churches in the Federation an object of vital interest and concern to all, by strengthening throughout the entire brotherhood the sense of a common life and heritage; and in general to seek through all such effort to hasten the establishment of the Kingdom of God in India.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Jesus Christ" ], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The federation aimed to manifest Christian unity and hasten the establishment of the Kingdom of God in India.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Christian Unity", "Religion" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 12, "chapter_name": "146. 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For the realisation of this object there shall be\n(a) The formation of a Provincial Federal Council in each province or great language area, consisting of representatives from Indian Churches in their corporate capacity, or, in cases where there is no ecclesiastical organisation distinct from the missionary organisation, from Missions, the number of delegates to be chosen in the proportion of one ministerial and one lay representative for every ten organised congregations, or fraction thereof.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The proposed federation would establish Provincial Federal Councils with ministerial and lay representation.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Church Governance" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 13, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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Meetings shall be held once in three years or as often as the Council itself shall determine, or when called for by not less than three Federal Councils to deal with urgent matters.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The proposed National Federal Council would include equal ministerial and lay representation and meet every three years or as required.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Church Governance" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 15, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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If need be the National Council shall voice the opinions of the Christian community it represents.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The Provincial and National Councils were assigned consultative and advisory powers, with delegated authority where applicable.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Church Governance" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 16, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 300, 301 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00324-c8d33112ab69bcd39cfb.webp", "raw\\pages\\00325-569720a4b59557216903.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Federation Work", "chunk_data": "6. It shall be the work of the Federation alike in the Provincial and National Councils to carry on work on the following lines in so far as it falls within the scope of the Indian Church and is in harmony with what is already being done by existing organisations:-", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "India" ], "event": "The federation defined areas of work for its Provincial and National Councils.", "tags": [ "Federation", "Christianity" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 17, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. 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Others, while ready to use to the full the means already furnished by Missionary Conferences and interdenominational organisations for friendly intercourse and co-operation in good works, have expressed themselves as doubtful whether any formal organisation should be attempted.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1909 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "South India" ], "event": "The Convener interviewed Anglican, Baptist, and Lutheran representatives about possible cooperative organization.", "tags": [ "Cooperation", "Interdenominational Relations", "Church Union" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 28, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 302 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00326-bae88040d07bda3c09f2.webp" ], "chunk_title": "No Immediate Union Scheme", "chunk_data": "The Committee accordingly doubts whether the time has come for any definite scheme of union, other than the organic union already accomplished and the federal union now under consideration. It believes, however, that if any scheme is brought forward by those who desire that the co-operation already existing should take organised form, any future Assembly to which it is submitted will be ready to consider it sympathetically.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1909 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "South India" ], "event": "The Committee found no immediate basis for another definite union scheme but left open sympathetic consideration of future proposals.", "tags": [ "Church Union", "Cooperation", "Federation" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 29, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 302 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00326-bae88040d07bda3c09f2.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Assembly Accepts the Report", "chunk_data": "The following resolution is presented to the Assembly for consideration:-\nThe Assembly accepts the report, and resolves to continue the Committee.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Trivandrum" ], "event": "The Assembly accepted the report and resolved to continue the Union Committee.", "tags": [ "Church Governance", "Church Union" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 30, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 302 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00326-bae88040d07bda3c09f2.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Negotiations with Ceylon Mission", "chunk_data": "1. With regard to the extension of the movement for organic union the Assembly instructs the Committee to enter into communication with the Ceylon and India General Mission with a view to organic union, with the understanding (1) that if that Mission sees its way to accept the Basis of Union as it stands the Executive Committee be empowered to receive its Churches into the United Church and to bring them into Councils, and (2) that if any modification of the basis be proposed by the Ceylon and India General Mission, the Committee confer with representatives of the Mission regarding the proposed modifications, and refer the matter to the next General Assembly.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Ceylon", "India" ], "event": "The Assembly instructed the Committee to negotiate with the Ceylon and India General Mission regarding organic union.", "tags": [ "Church Union", "Missions", "Ceylon" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 31, "chapter_name": "146. Report of the Union Committee of the S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)", "page_numbers": [ 302 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00326-bae88040d07bda3c09f2.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Negotiations with Basel Mission", "chunk_data": "The Assembly also empowers the Committee to enter into negotiation with the Basel Mission in the hope that after allowing time for consideration of all the issues involved, terms of organic union may be satisfactorily arranged.", "time": { "start_year": 1909, "start_month": 12, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1909, "end_month": 12, "end_date": null, "time_display": "December 1909" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Basel" ], "event": "The Assembly empowered the Committee to negotiate with the Basel Mission toward satisfactory terms of organic union.", "tags": [ "Church Union", "Missions", "Basel" ] } } ] }