Joseph John (minister)
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Joseph John | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906 |
| Died | 1998 (aged 91–92) |
Joseph John (1906–1998)[1] was a minister of the Church of South India and founder of the Deenabanduparum Rural Life Center, a model village and organization to support the poor, in India's former Madras State.
Biography
John was ordained in 1934
Landless people were given plots of land at the Deenabanduparum Rural Life Center and granted a
John's missionary work strived to relate Christianity to Indian culture and drew inspiration from Indigenous architectural style for building new churches. A notable feature of his style is
A film called Village of the Poor was released in 1954 by Alan Shilin Productions.[10]
Personal life
John moved to Deenabandupuram with his first wife, Ranjitham (Aaron), who graduated from the Union Missionary Medical School in
John’s daughter Hannah is a doctor, who has worked as a missionary across several countries.Upon the death of his first wife, John married Padma Satya- a notable graduate from the Hope College, Chicago- who ably continued the journey of empowerment and education. John and Padma had three daughters- Gitanjali, a social work graduate from King's College London; Premila, a special education expert specialising in empowerment of children with special needs and training of special educators; and Barathi a social work graduate who specialised in marginalised communities.
Like Gandhi, John always wore clothes made from khadi.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Collins, Paul M. (2010). "Church at Deenabandupuram (photo)". Christian Inculturation in India (Liturgy, Worship & Society). Burlington USA. p. 126. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4900-7.
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- ^ "Finding Local Leadership". Cry Dignity! (PDF). World Neighbours. 2007. pp. 44–47. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Walther, Michael (2009). "Auf den Spuren Gandhis in Indien. In: Dem Frieden entgegen" (PDF) (in German). Fridolin Trüb. p. S30. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Reverend Joseph John, Deenabandupuram" (PDF). Anton Praetorius. 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ a b Bassi, Robert A. (December 1975). "World Neighbours". The Rotarian. p. 27. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Kessel, Dmitri (26 December 1955). "Living by the plow and the prayer". Life. Vol. 39, no. 26. p. 148ff. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Down memory lane" (PDF). The Tamilnadu Christian Council Economic Life Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "122nd Annual Report of the Board of World Missions". Reformed Church in America: 17. 1954. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
Film entitled "Village of the Poor", made by Alan Shilin Productions for interdenominational use. The locale is Deenabandupuram in the Arcot area, the scene of the labors of the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph John
- ^ "Towering o'er the wrecks of time" (PDF). Yale University Library. The Boards of Foreign Missions. 1941. p. 35. Retrieved 9 May 2022.