Although the Franciscans of the Roman Catholic Church brought Christianity to the Deccan area in 1535, it was only after 1759 AD, when the Northern Circars came under the rule of the East India Company, that the region opened up to greater Christian influence. There also is a significant number of Roman Catholics and Evangelicals. Most Telugu Christians are Protestant, belonging to major Indian Protestant denominations such as the predominant Anglican Church of South India, Pentecostals such as Assemblies of God in India, India Pentecostal Church of God, The Pentecostal Mission, the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Bible Mission the Salvation Army and several others. According to the Census of India, there are over a million Christians in Andhra Pradesh, constituting 1.51% of the state's population, although a decrease from the 1971 census figure which was 2%, as a result of low birth rates and emigration. Telugu Christians or Telugu Kraistava are an ethno-religious community who form the third-largest religious minority in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Predominantly Anglican ( Church of South India), India Pentecostal Church of God, Assemblies of God in India, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist but also significant number of Roman Catholics and Evangelicals Telugu, Indian English, Hindi, Urdu and vernacular languages of the foreign country where the community reside as Non-Resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin emigrants and their descendants For Christianity in India in general, see Christianity in India.Ĭoastal Andhra, the Northern Circars, Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Medak and local or Non-Resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin diaspora populations nationwide in the major cities such as New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Mangalore and also overseas countriesĬountries: India United Kingdom United States Australia United Arab Emirates Kuwait This article is about Christianity in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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