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{{Short description|Indian Christian clergy (1932–1994)}}
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{{Primary sources|date=April 2023}}{{Infobox clergy
| child =
| honorific_prefix = Pastor
| name = Perupogu Joseph
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = [[Telugu language]]
| honorific_suffix = ''Ayyagaru''
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|07|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mukthinuthalapadu in erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]]
| burial_place = Protestant Cemetery, [[Narayanaguda]], Hyderabad district (Telangana)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|06|24|1932|07|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Secunderabad]] (Telangana)
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| years_active = 1958–1994
| occupation = Pastor, [[Christian counseling|Counsellor]]
| education =
*[[Licentiate in Theology|G. Th.]] (RBTC) {{small|(1958)}},
*[[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),
*[[Master of Arts|M. A.]] ([[Osmania University|Osmania]]),
*[[Master of Theology|Th. M.]] ([[Brite Divinity School|Brite]]) {{small|(1975)}},<ref name="Brite">[[Texas Christian University]] Digital Repository.[https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/35012]</ref>
*Research exposure ([[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary|SBTS]])
| alma_mater =
*STBC-Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College, [[Ramayapatnam]] {{small|(1954–1958)}},
*[[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad]],
*[[Brite Divinity School]], [[Fort Worth, Texas]] {{small|(1974–1975)}}<ref name="Brite"/>
*[[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]], [[Louisville, Kentucky]] {{small|(1983–1986)}}
| known_for = Counselling
| parents = [[Smt.]] Santoshamma (Mother); Sri Aseervadam (Father)
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| religion = Christianity
| church = [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches]] Society
| ordained = STBC-Centenary Baptist Zion Church, [[Bapatla]] {{small|(1958–1959)}}
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| writings =
*{{cite thesis |last=Joseph|first=Perapogu|date=1975|title=A Comparative study of Pastoral care in the work of a parish pastor and Hospital chaplain|degree=Th.M|publisher=Brite Divinity School}}<ref name="Brite"/>
*{{cite book |last=Joseph|first=Perapogu|date=1990|editor-last=Joseph|editor-first=Suppogu|title=Reflections on Theology Today: Papers presented by the ACTC faculty during the academic year 1988–89 on theology and ministry of the Church|publisher=ACTC, Secunderabad|pages=99–103|chapter=Chapter 9: Relevance of shepherding image in pastoral care in India today|isbn=}}<ref>''Reflections on Theology Today: Papers presented by the ACTC faculty during the academic year 1988-89 on theology and ministry of the Church'', ACTC, Hyderabad, 1990, pp.99-103.[https://books.google.com/books?id=c-lCcgAACAAJ]</ref>
| congregations =
*STBC-Centenary Baptist Zion Church, [[Bapatla]] {{small|(1958–1959)}},
*[[Indian Army Corps of EME]]<ref name="EME">''[[The Gazette of India]]'', Part I, Section 4, 9 April 1960, p.82.[https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1952-1960-0015-87969.pdf]</ref> {{small|(1960–1969)}}
| offices_held = Principal (in-charge) of [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] {{small|(1993–1994)}}
| title = The Reverend
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'''Perupogu Joseph''' (25 July 1932 – 24 June 1994) was a [[military chaplain]] in the [[Indian Army Corps of EME]]<ref name="EME"/> and a [[Christian counseling|counselor]] who taught students in [[Serampore College]], [[Serampore]]<ref name="Serampore">{{cite book|author=Serampore College|title=The story of Serampore and its college|publisher=Council of Serampore College|orig-year=1961|edition=4th|year=2005|pages=90–93|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_QEAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> and [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]].<ref>''Reflections on Theology Today: Papers presented by Faculty of Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad, India during the academic year 1988–89 on Theology and the Mission of the Church'', ACTC, Secunderabad, 1990. [https://books.google.com/books?id=c-lCcgAACAAJ&q=andhra+christian+theological+college]</ref>

==Studies==
===Propaedeutic===
During 1954–1958, Joseph studied Theology in STBC-Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Ramayapatnam]] during the time of Maurice Blanchard.<ref>Bula Dell-Blanchard, ''Remembering: 25 Years of God's Faithfulness in India'', Lulu, 2014.[https://books.google.com/books?id=qAtuBgAAQBAJ&dq=maurice+blanchard+ramapatnam&pg=PA93]</ref> He later upgraded his studies to [[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] through the same Seminary. As a matter of pact between [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] and other Universities both within the country and overseas, those who have completed a B. D. could take up a postgraduate degree in Philosophy or such other inter-disciplinary streams of study. Joseph used the opportunity to enroll for a [[Master of Arts|M. A.]] programme in state-run [[Osmania University]] in [[Hyderabad]] during his stint as [[Military chaplain|Padre]] in sixties, which he completed in due course of time.
===Specialized studies===
Joseph moved to United States in 1974, where he undertook a one-year Master's degree programme in [[Brite Divinity School]], [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref name="Brite"/> His researched in [[Counselling]] and wrote a thesis, titled, ''A [[Comparative study]] of [[Pastoral care]] in the work of a parish pastor and [[Hospital chaplain]]''.<ref name="Brite"/> During 1983–1984, he began [[Doctoral studies]], again in United States, returning to India in 1986.

==Career==
===Military Chaplain===
It was on 4 November 1959<ref name="EME"/> that Joseph was appointed as [[military chaplain|padre]] in the [[Indian Army Corps of EME]],<ref name="EME"/> where he served in a [[Multilingualism|multilingual]] and multicultural setting for nearly a decade. He relinquished his [[Military duty]] voluntarily to begin teaching.

From 1973 to 1974, Joseph was Chaplain at Baptist Christian Hospital, [[Nellore]].<ref name="President"/>
===Spiritual Formator===
Joseph taught Inter-disciplinary courses as prescribed in [[Syllabi]] of [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], which included [[Practical theology]], [[Pastoral counselling]] and allied subjects.
====Andhra Pradesh====
From the academic year 1968–1969, Joseph proceeded to his ''Alma mater'', which had moved to [[Rajahmundry]] to take up teaching on invitation from [[Louis F. Knoll]]. Earlier, [[Ecumenism]] among some [[Protestant]] groups resulted in formation of [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] in 1964<ref name="Foundations">''Foundations: A Baptist Journal of History and Theology'', Volumes 11–12, 1968, pp.320–321.[https://books.google.com/books?id=YV0mAQAAIAAJ&q=b.r.moses]</ref> in [[Rajahmundry]]. [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches]] Society moved its [[Bachelor of Divinity|B. D.]] section in academic year 1967–1968 under guidance of [[Louis F. Knoll]], which was stationed in the campus of [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], then in river town of [[Rajahmundry]].<ref name="President">B. R. Moses, ''Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary Centenary Report 1874-1974'', in K. J. W. Jayakumar (Compiled), ''The Lights That Never Quench – Baptist Missionaries'', Self published by the author, [[Nellore]], 2008, pp.107–114.</ref> Joseph, by virtue of this shift, moved to Rajahmundry in 1968, where he continued to be on rolls of Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College and taught students of dual entities. Some of his students comprised [[G. Samuel]], STBC, [[Nalla Thomas|N. Thomas]], STBC, [[S. E. Krupa Rao]], [[Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars|CBCNC]], among others. In 1972,<ref name="Foundations"/> when Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College was fully-integrated into Andhra Christian Theological College and re-located to Secunderabad, P. Joseph moved to [[Nellore]] as Hospital Chaplain.<ref name="President"/>
====West Bengal====
In 1976,<ref name="Serampore"/> Joseph joined [[Serampore College]], where he was faculty member in [[Practical theology]], in place of J. J. P. Tiga and taught for two successive academic years until 1978 when he was succeeded by J. K. Skirrow.<ref name="Serampore"/> With expansion plans<ref name="Serampore"/> in [[Practical theology]] master's courses, in Serampore College, Joseph's inclusion in faculty provided the thrust for the subject. When Joseph moved to Serampore, it was Saral Kumar Chatterjee, who was at the helm of administration, followed by R. L. Rodrigues. By the time Joseph left Serampore, it was S. Mukhopadhyay, who was Principal.<ref name="Serampore"/> During Joseph's tenure in [[Serampore]], M. Devadas,<ref>F. Hrangkhuma, ''The Church in India: Its Mission Tomorrow'', ISPCK/UBS, New Delhi/Pune, 1996, p.67, ff.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n8vYAAAAMAAJ&q=mission+to+slums+m.+devadas]</ref> [[CBCNC]],<ref name="Serampore"/> who had come to upgrade his studies was identified by [[Senate of Serampore College]]<ref name="Serampore"/> to pursue further studies leading to post-graduation in Practical Theology through [[United Theological College, Bangalore]]<ref name="Serampore"/> with a view to return to the College to take up teaching.<ref>S. Mukhopadhyay, ''A Report of Council of Serampore College – October 1977 – December 1979'', 1979, p.7.</ref> Inadvertently, Devadas<ref>Mark T. B. Laing, ''The Indian Church in Context: Her Emergence, Growth, and Mission'', Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, 2002, pp.262, ff.[https://books.google.com/books?id=x87YAAAAMAAJ&q=M.+Devadas+union+biblical+seminary]</ref> became Joseph's successor in Serampore, where he would carry on the legacy of the discipline.
====Telangana====
In 1978,<ref name="Souvenir">''Souvenir of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]]'', Secunderabad, 1990</ref> Joseph transferred himself to [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]] under Principalship of [[Cantabrigian]], [[Victor Premasagar]], [[Church of South India|CSI]]. Initially, there was G. Sampurna Rao, AELC, who used to teach [[Practical theology]]. Joseph also taught [[Pastoral counseling]], which was strengthened with the return of [[M. Victor Paul]], AELC from overseas research exposure in 1979. In 1983 under Principalship of [[Komaravalli David]], CBCNC, Joseph proceeded on research exposure, his position was filled with inclusion of Manoranjan Luke, [[Methodist Church in India|MCI]].<ref>Dinesh Agarwal, ''Great Struggle: Bishop's Story'', Patridge publishing, 2016.[https://books.google.com/books?id=I2TjCwAAQBAJ&dq=manoranjan%20luke%20methodist&pg=PT16]</ref> On his return in 1986, [[Suppogu Joseph]], STBC was Principal. Joseph continued his teaching to Telugu-speaking students hailing from [[Andhra Pradesh]], Maharashtra, [[Karnataka]], Tamil Nadu and [[Odisha]]. In 1993 and 1994, Joseph was given additional responsibilities as in-charge Principal by his colleagues, [[M. Victor Paul]], AELC and G. Sampurna Rao, AELC solely on his merits as an able administrator.

The period between 1978 through 1994 that Joseph was Spiritual Formator in Secunderabad, there were many students, some of whom held leadership positions in their respective Church Societies, comprising [[Ch. Victor Moses]], AELC, [[V. E. Christopher]], AELC, [[B. Suneel Bhanu]], AELC, [[K. Frederick Paradesi Babu]], AELC, [[Samuel Kanaka Prasad]], CSI, [[B. D. Prasada Rao]], CSI, [[V. Prasada Rao]], CSI, [[Eggoni Pushpa Lalitha]], CSI, [[George Cornelious|T. George Cornelious]], CSI, [[P. Issac Vara Prasad]], CSI, among others.
==Death and reminisce==
In mid-1994, Joseph underwent a [[bypass surgery]]. Somehow, the operation failed and he died in the early hours of 24 June 1994. His sudden death shook the theological community in Secunderabad and Hyderabad. Andhra Christian Theological College, where Joseph taught observed a day of mourning. Joseph was accorded ecclesiastical honours befitting a [[cleric]]. A [[Christian burial|burial service]] was conducted at then Protestant Cemetery in [[Narayanaguda]] led by his former students [[G. Samuel]], [[Nalla Thomas]], and [[Regunta Yesurathnam]], then principal of [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] in the presence of other members of faculty and students.

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Jayakumar (compiler) |first=K. J. W. |author-link= |date=2008 |title=The Lights That Never Quench – Baptist Missionaries |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn=}}
*{{cite book |last=Joseph |first=Ravela |author-link= |date=2003 |title=A History of the Telugu Baptist Churches ([[American Baptist Mission]]) |url= |location= |publisher=Self-published |page= |isbn=}}
*{{cite book |last=Downie |first=David |author-link= |date=1924 |title=The Lone Star: A History of the Telugu Mission of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn=}}

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{{succession box | before=''Position created''<ref name="President">B. R. Moses, ''Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary Centenary Report 1874-1974'', in K. J. W. Jayakumar (Compiled), ''The Lights That Never Quench - Baptist Missionaries'', Self published by the author, [[Nellore]], 2008, pp.107–114.</ref>| title=Teacher – in – [[Practical theology]], Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College, [[Rajahmundry]]||after=''Position dissolved''<ref name="President"/>|years=1969–1972<ref name="President"/>}}
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{{succession box | before=J. J. P. Tiga, [[Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam|GELC]]<ref name="Serampore"/>| title=Teacher – in – [[Practical theology]], [[Serampore College]], [[Serampore]]||after=J. K. Skirrow,<ref name="Serampore">{{cite book|author=Serampore College|title=The story of Serampore and its college|publisher=Council of Serampore College|orig-year=1961|edition=4th|year=2005|pages=90–93|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_QEAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> [[Baptist Missionary Society|BMS]], M. Devadas, [[CBCNC]]<ref name="Serampore"/>|years=1976–1978<ref name="Serampore"/>}}
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