St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India (STECI) is an Oriental Protestant (Reformed Orthodox) episcopal denomination based in Kerala, India.
St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
STECI
Most Rev Dr Thomas Abraham
Rt Rev Dr Abraham Chacko
Malayalam, English, Hindi, Odia, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Gujrati, Telugu,
West Syriac Rite (Reformed)
Manjadi, Thiruvalla Kerala, India
Universal
India, United States, Canada, Europe, Great Britain-London & Belfast, Middle East, Singapore
26 January 1961
Thaimala, Thiruvalla
1961
Independent Episcopal Church, 1961
350+
100000+
Bishops- 6, Clergy- 150+
400+
suvisesha prakasini
FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST (REV. 1:9)
The church originated from a schism in the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church in 1961 and forms a part of the Saint Thomas Syrian Christian community.
The headquarters of the church is at Tiruvalla, Kerala.