CSI Home Church, Nagercoil

CSI Home Church is one of the largest and oldest churches in Asia.[2] It is having a rich history of close to 200 years. .[3] It was built in the year 1819 under the supervision of Rev. William Tobias Ringeltaube an Prussian, who had come to Nagercoil via Madras and Rev Charles Mead.[4] the land on which the church was built was donated by the then British Travancore Resident, General John Munro, 9th of Teaninich, who had acted as a catalyst between the Missionary and the government of Madras and the Kingdom of Travancore.[5][6] This helped in the Theological Education for about two Centuries.[7][8] The church hosted the wedding of Dr. Robert Caldwell, one of the best known Linguistics Scholars in the world in the year 1830. He died in the year 1891, 28 August and was buried in Tirunelveli.[9]

CSI Home Church, Nagercoil
Home Church
CSI Home Church, Nagercoil
8.17°N 77.43°E / 8.17; 77.43
Location	Nagercoil, India
Country	India
Denomination	Church of South India
Previous denomination	London Missionary Society
Website	http://www.csihomechurch.org/
History
Status	District Church
Founded	2-03-1819
Founder(s)	Rev. William Tobias Ringeltaube
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Greek
Architect(s)	Rev. William Tobias Ringeltaube
Architectural type	English Gothic
Groundbreaking	1816
Administration
Diocese	CSI Kanyakumari diocese
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Rev. A R Chellaiah[1]
Senior pastor(s)	Rev Victor Gnanaraj, Rev. J. Vincent Robert, Rev.Raja Jeyasingh