Ch. Victor Moses

Ch. Victor Moses
The Reverend
Church	Lutheran
Diocese	Synods of East Godavari, West Godavari, East Guntur, West Guntur, Central Guntur
See	Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)
In office	2001-2005
Predecessor	N. Ch. Joseph
Successor	V. E. Christopher
Personal details
Born	Andhra Pradesh, India

Ch. Victor Moses is President Emeritus of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society headquartered in Guntur. Victor Moses is an Old Testament Scholar and a member of the Society for Biblical Studies, India, an august body of learning having members well versed in Hebrew and Greek languages hailing from the Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Pentecostal traditions.

As an Old Testament Scholar, Victor Moses was made a member of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary Old Testament Translation Panel headed by the Old Testament Scholars, Victor Premasagar and G. Babu Rao that oversaw the common language translation in Telugu.

Victor Moses currently leads the Pastoral team at the historical AELC St. Matthew's West Parish. Victor Moses also teaches Sacred Scriptures at the Bethel Bible College, Guntur.

Studies

Victor Moses had his spiritual formation at the Protestant Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, a Seminary affiliated to India's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), a Section 2(f) University within the meaning of the University Grants Commission. The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society under the aegis of its President, S. W. Schmitthenner was instrumental in sending Victor Moses for spiritual formation at the Protestant Seminary where Victor Moses had developed interest in the Sacred Scriptures, especially the Old Testament after being groomed by Victor Premasagar and G. Babu Rao, then Old Testament Scholars at the Protestant Seminary. Other Spiritual Formators at the Protestant Seminary where Victor Moses studied included Ravela Joseph and M. Victor Paul.

Subsequently, Victor Moses was assigned pastoral roles in the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society. Later, the Church Society sent Victor Moses in 1986 to the United Theological College, Bangalore where Victor Moses undertook postgraduate studies specializing in Old Testament under Theodore N. Swanson and E. C. John and D. N. Premnath working out a dissertation entitled The concept of remnant in the prophetical books of the Old Testament. By 1988, Victor Moses returned to take up ecclesiastical duties with the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society.

Teaching and academics

The Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University) invited Victor Moses to teach Old Testament. The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society had accorded leave-on-lien to Victor Moses to enable him to take up a teaching assignment.

Victor Moses has authored homiletical books in Telugu,

• Prabhu Sandesha Maalika (2008),
• Daiva Sandesha Sumaalu (2012).

Victor Moses has written scholarly articles for the Gurukul Journal of Theological Studies, which include,

• Affluence through Oppression: Socio-Economic and Religio-Political Policies of Solomon, (1990)

Church matters and subsequent election

During his teaching assignment at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai, Victor Moses expressed his desire to take up pastoral roles after which he was assigned the duty of Pastor at the Lutheran Church, Chirala.

Religious titles
Preceded by N. Ch. Joseph 2000-2001	President Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church 2001-2005	Succeeded by V. E. Christopher 2005-2009
Academic offices
Preceded by	Associate Professor of Old Testament Gurukul Lutheran Theological College	Succeeded by Thomas Babu

Further reading

• Kolluri Luther Richardson (2003). "Towards Self-Reliance : A historical survey of the programmes and efforts of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1927–1969, Published by Christopher and Kanakaiah, Vijayawada". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Michael Bergunder (1999). Die südindische Pfingstbewegung im 20. Jahrhundert: eine historische und systematische Untersuchung. 113. Vol. of Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums. ISBN 978-3-631-33771-4.
• R. Joseph and B. Suneel Bhanu (1993). "Bibliography of Original Christian Writings in India in Telugu". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Martin Senftleben (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati" (PDF). I. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Martin Senftleben (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati" (PDF). II. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• M. Victor Paul (1990). "Parish Renewal in Reflections on Theology Today – Papers presented by the ACTC faculty during the academic year 1988–1989 on Theology and Mission and Ministry of the Church". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• B. C. Paul (1984). "The Emergence of a Church in South India: A Study of the Growth and Development of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church: 1905–1927. Unpublished Th. D. thesis submitted to the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago". Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)