Vanasthalipuram Lutheran Church
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Vanasthalipuram Lutheran Church is a Lutheran Church located in Hyderabad, India.
History
Before 1984, Lutheran families living in the Vanasthalipuram area attended the Lutheran church at Lakdikapool. At that time, Peter and Nanda Koteshwar Rao requested Reverend Lam Charles to start Sunday worship services at Vanasthalipuram. The families of Bandela Moses, K Abraham Lincoln, Balla Ratana Raju, Rapaka Ratana Kumar, B.A. Willington, E.D. Livingston, Peter, Koteshwar Rao, assembled in a private school with the name Pinky Flavour. The first worship was held on 7 October 1984. The school is now underground, rendering it impossible to get to.
The church faced many problems in its initial efforts to continue church services that P Raja Mohan Roy and B John Babu took over and helped to continue Sunday services and other festivals. Rev. Dr. M. Victorpal (ACTC Professor) established and lead the church.
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