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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type =  Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Bishop Dr.
| name = C V Mathew
| image =Bishop Dr. C. V Mathew.png
| enthroned =
| predecessor = Bishop Dr. M K Koshy
| successor = Bishop. Dr. Thomas Abraham
| consecration = 28 November 2008
| birth_place =
| church = [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]]
| nationality = Indian
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'''C. V. Mathew''' is a Bishop of the [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]]. Previously he was the [[Presiding Bishop]] of the [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Aboko|first=Julius|title=Bishop Mathew to grace 11th Grad|url=http://www.ucu.ac.ug/thestandard/news/1-latest-news/615-bishop-mathew-to-grace-11th-grad.html|accessdate=31 January 2011|newspaper=The Standard - Uganda Christian University's community newspaper|date=6 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211203802/http://ucu.ac.ug/thestandard/news/1-latest-news/615-bishop-mathew-to-grace-11th-grad.html#|archive-date=11 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/global-malayali/us/2020/01/03/bishop-c-v-mathew-speaks-in-international-prayer-line.html|title=ബിഷപ്പ് സി.വി.മാത്യു ഐപിഎല്ലില്‍ പ്രസംഗിക്കുന്നു|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref>


Mathew's area of specialization is in religions, Hindu fundamentalism, and a Christian response. Mathew was consecrated as the presiding bishop on 28 November 2008<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/New-Bishops-consecrated/article15350325.ece|title=New Bishops consecrated|date=2008-11-28|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> along with Thomas Abraham.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/New-Bishops-consecrated/article15350325.ece|title = New Bishops consecrated|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 28 November 2008}}</ref>
'''C. V. Mathew''' is a bishop of the [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]]. He was the [[Presiding Bishop|presiding bishop]] of the [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]] from 2008<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 November 2008 |title=New Bishops consecrated |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/New-Bishops-consecrated/article15350325.ece}}</ref> until his retirement on December 31, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last=Aboko|first=Julius|title=Bishop Mathew to grace 11th Grad|url=http://www.ucu.ac.ug/thestandard/news/1-latest-news/615-bishop-mathew-to-grace-11th-grad.html|accessdate=31 January 2011|newspaper=The Standard - Uganda Christian University's community newspaper|date=6 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211203802/http://ucu.ac.ug/thestandard/news/1-latest-news/615-bishop-mathew-to-grace-11th-grad.html#|archive-date=11 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/global-malayali/us/2020/01/03/bishop-c-v-mathew-speaks-in-international-prayer-line.html|title=ബിഷപ്പ് സി.വി.മാത്യു ഐപിഎല്ലില്‍ പ്രസംഗിക്കുന്നു|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> His area of specialization was in a Christian response to Hindu fundamentalism


==Career==
==Career==
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* Presiding Bishop [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]] - the Biblical, [[Bishop|Episcopal]] and democratic church in India.
Positions held by Mathew include
 
* Priest of [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]]
* [[Bishop|Episcopal]]  
* Presiding Bishop of [[St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India]] from 2008 to 2018.
* President [[Bible Society of India]] - Kerala Auxiliary
* President [[Bible Society of India]] - Kerala Auxiliary
* Chairman of the Evangelical Fellowship of India - the grouping of all evangelical churches, organizations and ministries in the country.
* Chairman of the Evangelical Fellowship of India - the grouping of all evangelical churches, organisations and ministries in the country.
* Director of World Vision international Asia Pacific Region
* Director of World Vision international Asia Pacific Region
* Deputy Chairman of the Lausanne Committee of world Evangelization
* Deputy Chairman of the Lausanne Committee of world Evangelization
* Principal of Jubilee Memorial Bible College, Chennai.
* Principal of Jubilee Memorial Bible College, Chennai.
* Academic Dean, [[Union Biblical Seminary]] - India's largest evangelical seminary.
* Academic Dean - India's largest evangelical seminary.
Moreover, he traveled throughout India and was a known figure in all the missionary circles as a great evangelist. His contribution in the educational field is noteworthy. He was also serving as the Vicar of the different parishes of the St Thomas Evangelical church of India.
He has also served as the Vicar of different parishes of the St Thomas Evangelical church of India.


==Writings==
==Writings==
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==Past students==
==Past students==
During the stint at the [[Union Biblical Seminary]], [[Pune]], C. V. Mathew's students included [[Jonadob Nathaniel]], the current Director, Translations of the [[Bible Society of India]] and B. Samuel Raja Sekhar, the current Auxiliary Secretary of the [[Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary]].<ref>C. V. Mathew, ''The Impact of the World in the World'' in Sowing Circle, A publication of the Bible Society of India, Volume 31, Number 1 (January–April 2015), pp.16-21.</ref>
During a stint at the [[Union Biblical Seminary]], [[Pune]], Mathew's students included [[Jonadob Nathaniel]], the current director of translations of the [[Bible Society of India]] and B. Samuel Raja Sekhar, the current auxiliary secretary of the [[Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary]].<ref>C. V. Mathew, ''The Impact of the World in the World'' in Sowing Circle, A publication of the Bible Society of India, Volume 31, Number 1 (January–April 2015), pp.16-21.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Bishop Dr.

C V Mathew
ChurchSt. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
PredecessorBishop Dr. M K Koshy
SuccessorBishop. Dr. Thomas Abraham
Orders
Consecration28 November 2008
Personal details
NationalityIndian


C. V. Mathew is a bishop of the St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India. He was the presiding bishop of the St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India from 2008[1] until his retirement on December 31, 2018.[2][3] His area of specialization was in a Christian response to Hindu fundamentalism

Career[edit | edit source]

Template:BLP unreferenced section Positions held by Mathew include

  • Priest of St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
  • Episcopal
  • Presiding Bishop of St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India from 2008 to 2018.
  • President Bible Society of India - Kerala Auxiliary
  • Chairman of the Evangelical Fellowship of India - the grouping of all evangelical churches, organisations and ministries in the country.
  • Director of World Vision international Asia Pacific Region
  • Deputy Chairman of the Lausanne Committee of world Evangelization
  • Principal of Jubilee Memorial Bible College, Chennai.
  • Academic Dean - India's largest evangelical seminary.

He has also served as the Vicar of different parishes of the St Thomas Evangelical church of India.

Writings[edit | edit source]

  • Area of Light: The Indian Church and Modernisation by Charles Corwin, C. V. Mathew. Hardcover, ISPCK, ISBN 81-7214-166-1 (81-7214-166-1)
  • Jubilee Reflections: Essays on Selected Theological Issues by C.V. Mathew. Softcover, Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, The, ISBN 81-7214-591-8 (81-7214-591-8) Mission in Context:
  • Missiological Reflections Essays in Honour of Roger E. Hedlund and June Hedlund by I.S.P.C.K. (Organization), Roger E. Hedlund, Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies, C. V. Mathew, June Hedlund. Hardcover, MIIS/ISPCK, ISBN 81-7214-722-8 (81-7214-722-8)
  • The Saffron Mission: A Historical Analysis of Modern Hindu Missionary Ideologies and Practices by C. V. Mathew. Hardcover, Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, ISBN 81-7214-537-3 (81-7214-537-3)[4]

Past students[edit | edit source]

During a stint at the Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, Mathew's students included Jonadob Nathaniel, the current director of translations of the Bible Society of India and B. Samuel Raja Sekhar, the current auxiliary secretary of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "New Bishops consecrated". The Hindu. 28 November 2008.
  2. Aboko, Julius (6 July 2010). "Bishop Mathew to grace 11th Grad". The Standard - Uganda Christian University's community newspaper. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  3. "ബിഷപ്പ് സി.വി.മാത്യു ഐപിഎല്ലില്‍ പ്രസംഗിക്കുന്നു". ManoramaOnline (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. "C. V. Mathew". WorldCat. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  5. C. V. Mathew, The Impact of the World in the World in Sowing Circle, A publication of the Bible Society of India, Volume 31, Number 1 (January–April 2015), pp.16-21.

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