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{{Infobox clergy
| child =
| honorific_prefix = [[The Reverend]]
| name = M. S. G. Lalitha Kumari, [[CBCNC]]
| honorific_suffix = ''Ammagaru''
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| native_name = లలిత కుమారి అమ్మగారు
| native_name_lang =[[Telugu language]]
| pronunciation =
| birth_name = Mutyala Sarah Grace Lalitha Kumari
| birth_date ={{Birth date|df=yes|1942|06|01}}<ref name="Apostles"/>
| birth_place = Gunnanapudi, [[Krishna district]],<ref name="Apostles"/> [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|09|25|1942|06|01}}<ref name="OWCM"/>
| death_place = [[Secunderabad]], [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]], [[Telangana]]
| residence =
| nationality =[[India]]n
| other_names = Lalitha Krupa Rao<ref name="Taneti">James Elisha Taneti, ''History of the Telugu Christians: A Bibliography'', Scarecrow, Plymouth, 2011, p.179.[https://books.google.com/books?id=XFGvAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA179&dq=lalitha%20krupa%20rao%20baptist&pg=PA179#v=onepage&q=lalitha&f=false]</ref>
| citizenship =[[India]]
| education =
*[[Pre-university course]],
*[[Bachelor of Theology|B. Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),
*[[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] (Serampore)
| alma_mater =
*[[Women's Christian College, Chennai]] ([[Tamil Nadu]]),<ref name="Apostles"/>
*[[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]] ([[Telangana]])<ref name="Apostles"/>
| occupation = [[Pastor]] and Seminary Teacher
| years_active = 1964<ref name="Apostles"/>-2011 (47 years)
| religion = [[Christianity]]
| church = [[Protestant]] [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]] Society
| ordained = 1992
| laicized =
| writings =
* Fellow-Workers with God / దేవునితో జత పనివారు (1997),<ref>Lalitha Krupa Rao, ''Fellow-Workers with God'', Seminary Council, Kakinada, 1997.</ref>
* Acts of the Apostles / అపొస్తలుల కార్యములు (1999)<ref name="Apostles">Lalitha Krupa Rao, ''Acts of the Apostles'', Telugu Christian Literature Service, Chennai, 1999.</ref>
| congregations = [[Kakinada]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]])
| offices_held = Teacher/[[Principal (education)|Principal]],<ref name="Taneti"/> [[Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women]], [[Tuni]] {{small|(1964-1968/1993-2011)}}, Seminary Teacher, [[Baptist Theological Seminary]], [[Kakinada]] {{small|(1975-1993)}}<ref name="Apostles"/>
| title = [[The Reverend]]
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'''M. S. G. Lalitha Kumari [[Pseudonym|a.k.a.]] Lalitha Krupa Rao<ref name="Taneti"/>''' (1 June 1942<ref name="Apostles"/> – 25 September 2013<ref name="OWCM"/>) was the eighth Principal of [[Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women]], [[Tuni]]. She held the term from 1993<ref name="Apostles"/> through 2011. Lalitha was a theologically trained woman who also used to pastor a Church.<ref>Johanna Rose Ratnavathi, ''The Ministry of Women in Baptist Churches of Andhra'' in [[Ken Gill (bishop)|Kenneth Gill]], ''Count us Equal: The Ministry of Women in the Church of South India'', ATTWI, Bangalore, 1990, pp.189-190.[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tCJrGwAACAAJ&dq=count+us+equal+kenneth+gill&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSh53L7JXkAhWLvI8KHccbATcQ6AEIKjAA].</ref> With her ordination in 1992,<ref name="Apostles"/> she became the first [[Woman priest]] in the [[Protestant church|Protestant]] [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]].

==Studies==
After scholastic studies in schools established by [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]] in Gudlavalleru and Kakinada, she pursued collegiate studies at [[Women's Christian College, Chennai]].<ref name="Apostles"/> She later enrolled at [[Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women]] in [[Tuni]], where she underwent propadeutic courses. Between 1971-1974, she again pursued theological studies at the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] under faculty comprising [[Ryder Devapriam]], [[Church of South India|CSI]], [[B. E. Devaraj]], CSI, [[Eric J. Lott]], CSI, [[W. P. Peery]], [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church|AELC]], [[G. Devasahayam]], AELC, [[R. R. Sundara Rao]], AELC, [[Ravela Joseph]], [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches|STBC]], [[Suppogu Joseph]], STBC, [[Muriel Spurgeon Carder]], [[CBCNC]], [[Waldo Penner]], CBCNC among others.

This was the time when the Seminary was under transition<ref name="Minutes">''Minutes of the Biennial Convention, Issue 7'', Lutheran Church in America, 1974, p.553.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SALkAAAAMAAJ&dq=andhra+christian+theological+college&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=coleman]</ref> from [[Rajahmundry]] to [[Secunderabad]].<ref>Talathoti Punnaiah, ''My Memoir, Ministry and Message: (60 years Life Experiences 1950-2010)'', Kakinada, 2010.</ref> Then Principals included the Old Testament Scholars', [[W. D. Coleman]], AELC followed by [[Victor Premasagar]], CSI. The [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] awarded the degree of [[Bachelor of Theology|B.Th.]] by then Registrars [[Chetti Devasahayam]], CBCNC and [[J. T. Krogh]], [[Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church|NELC]] at its Convocation held on February 1, 1975<ref name="Convocation">''Convocation Brochure'', February 1, 1975 Serampore College, Serampore.</ref> at [[Serampore College]], [[Serampore]] where the [[Commemoration (observance)|Commemoration]] [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] was conducted by the Old Testament Scholar,<ref>G. Babu Rao, ''Content Analysis of Theological Syllabi – [[Old Testament]]'' in ''Religion and Society'', Volume XXXII, Number 3, 3 September 1985. [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=g.babu+rao+doctoral+studies&btnG=Search+Books]</ref> G. Babu Rao, CBCNC,<ref name="Convocation"/> then Faculty Member of [[Serampore College]]<ref>''The Story of Serampore and its College'', Council of Serampore College, Serampore (Fourth Edition), 2005, p.92.</ref> at the [[Church of North India|CNI]]-St. Olave's Church, [[Serampore]]. She later upgraded herself from B. Th. to B. D. at her ''[[Alma mater]]''.

==Career==
She became a Bible Teacher at the School in 1964 teaching there between 1964-1968.<ref name="Apostles"/> The School was led by [[Ruth Fletcher]] who was succeeded by [[Winnifred Paskall]]. In 1975, she moved to [[Kakinada]] teaching wives of Seminarians at the Baptist Theological Seminary up to 1993,.<ref name="Apostles"/> She was ordained in 1992<ref name="Apostles"/> becoming the first such [[Woman priest]] in the [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars]].<ref name="Apostles"/>

In 1993, with the sudden death of then Principal of [[Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women]], [[S. E. Krupa Rao]], the Council of the [[Baptist Theological Seminary]] in the presence of LaVerne Louise and Ray Waldock, then India representatives<ref>Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, ''Directory of Churches, Alphabetic by City'', 1992, p. D-25.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXHkAAAAMAAJ&dq=ray+waldock+india&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=waldock]</ref> of [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]] and G. Babu Rao, then Faculty Member<ref name="Wilson">[[H. S. Wilson]] (Edited), ''The Church on the Move: Essays in honour of Victor Premasagar'', Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988.[https://books.google.com/books?ei=iR-HVZnHN43GuAT82IDwBQ&id=S-wrAAAAMAAJ&dq=victor+premasagar+g.babu+rao&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=babu+rao]</ref> of [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], proceeded to announce the name of Lalitha Kumari as 8th Principal of [[Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women]], [[Tuni]] solely on merits of her being an [[Alumna]] of the school during the 1960s coupled with her theological education.

==Death and reminisce==
Lalitha Kumari passed away on September 25, 2013<ref name="OWCM">K. Abraham, V. Alfred Sudhakar, S. I. Nirmal Kumar (Compiled), ''Ordained Women in Christian Ministry'', CBCNC Sompeta Field Council, Sompeta, 2017.</ref> due to [[natural cause]]s while on vacation at her [[Alumna]], the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] in [[Secunderabad]]. The same day, she was taken by road to [[Kakinada]]. The next day, on September 26, 2013, her [[Funeral mass]] was held at the CBM Cemetery in Jagannaickpur locality, where she was buried with ecclesiastical honours.<ref name="OWCM"/>
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{{Succession box| before=[[S. E. Krupa Rao]], [[CBCNC]]<br/>1989-1993| title=Principal,<br/>[[Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women]],<br />[[Tuni]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]|after=D. J. Jeremiah, [[CBCNC]]<br />| years=1993-2011}}
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==References==
;Notes
{{Reflist|3}}
;Further reading
* {{cite journal
| author=K. Abraham, V. Alfred Sudhakar, S. I. Nirmal Kumar (Compiled)
| title=Ordained Women in Christian Ministry
| year=2017
| volume=
| issue=
| url =
| publisher=
| isbn=
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=St. Peter's Centenary Baptist Church (Gunnanapudi)
| title=Ruby Centennial Celebrations Souvenir
| year=2014
| volume=
| issue=
| url =
| publisher=
| isbn=
}}
* {{cite book
| author=Kenneth and Shirley Knight
| title=The Seed Holds the Tree: A Story of India and the Kingdom of God
| year=2009
| volume=
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=W5MtAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA233&dq=jessie%20rosser%20canadian%20baptist%20india&pg=PR2#q=jessie%20rosser%20canadian%20baptist%20india
| publisher=
| isbn=978-0-9864766-0-0
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=[[Ken Gill (bishop)|Kenneth Gill]]
| title=Count us Equal: The Ministry of Women in the Church of South India
| year=1990
| volume=
| issue=
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=tCJrGwAACAAJ&dq=count+us+equal+kenneth+gill
| publisher=Association of Theologically Trained Women in India
| isbn=
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=Thomas S. Shenston
| title=Teloogoo Mission Scrap Book
| year=1888
| volume=
| issue=
| url =https://archive.org/details/teloogoomissions00shenuoft/page/n17
| publisher=
| isbn=
}}

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