L. Prakasam was a pastor of the

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who served as the auxiliary secretary of the

Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary The Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary''Prema Sakshi'', Volume 6, Issue 4, August 2008. pp.11–41. ''Prema Sakshi'', a monthly registered (APTEL 07419/01/2002) magazine published by I. C. Ashok Kumar at Neena Publications, Door N ...

during the period 1982–1998,''Prema Sakshi'', volume 6, issue 4, August 2008. pp. 11–41. ''Prema Sakshi'', a monthly registered (APTEL 07419/01/2002) magazine published by I. C. Ashok Kumar at Neena Publications, Door Number 1-5-4/1/A, First Floor, Behind Sai Raja Deluxe Cinema, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 500 048. the longest in the history of the auxiliary. Prakasam belonged to the Krishna Association of the

and hailed from

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.W. Gordon Carder, ''On the Beginning of the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission to India'', revised version, p. 220. Cited in the Baptist Quarterly, 2008.

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Ecclesiastical ministry

Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars

The

posted Prakasam to parishes in the northern coastal area of Andhra Pradesh along the Bay of Bengal in Ichchapuram,

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, Tekkali and Visakhapatnam. Prakasam was Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, Visakhapatnam in 1980–1981.

Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary

Prakasam first joined the

during the tenure of the Auxiliary Secretary B. G. Prasada Rao in 1974 as Manager of the Bible House and Reading Room in Waltair. In 1981, when the successive auxiliary secretary, T. B. D. Prakasa Rao was recalled by his church society, the vacant position was filled with the elevation of Prakasam as the auxiliary secretary of the

, who moved over to

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. During the tenure of Prakasam, revisions of the Bible in the Telugu language were periodically held by the

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scholars

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, G. Babu Rao and G. D. V. Prasad and the New Testament scholar

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from the

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, Bangalore. Prakasam was also instrumental in the modernisation of the auxiliary, ensuring that the Translations, Distribution, and Resource Mobilisation areas were developed. After serving nearly 17 years of distinguished work at the auxiliary, Prakasam breathed his last on 18 July 1998 in Visakhapatnam. To fill the unexpected void, the

appointed Prakasam's

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and Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary

Common Language Translation Coordinator G. Babu Rao, who was a

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at the

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, and well versed with the Bible Society work as translator H. S. Wilson (editor), ''The Church on the Move: Essays in Honour of

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,'' Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p. vi

/ref> since 1973Suppogu Israel, G. Babu Rao (translated), ''The Man You Cannot Ignore'',

, Bangalore, 1976.

/ref> from the period of B. G. Prasada Rao.

References

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