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The ''Church of the Risen Redeemer'' is located in [[united india colony]], Kodambakkam in Chennai,India. The Church was constructed in the year 1963 by a renowned architect ''John.S''.It is affiliated to the CSI(church of south india) diocese, a major division for protestant Christians in South India.
The ''Church of the Risen Redeemer'' is located in [[united india colony]], Kodambakkam in Chennai,India. The Church was constructed in the year 1963 by a renowned architect ''John.S''.It is affiliated to the CSI(church of south india) diocese, a major division for protestant Christians in South India.
[[Image:risenredeemer.jpg|thumb|200px|during a communion service]]
[[Image:risenredeemer.jpg|left|thumb|200px|During a communion service.]]

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The Church

The Church of the Risen Redeemer is located in united india colony, Kodambakkam in Chennai,India. The Church was constructed in the year 1963 by a renowned architect John.S.It is affiliated to the CSI(church of south india) diocese, a major division for protestant Christians in South India.

During a communion service.
Pastor Secretary Treasurer
row 1, cell 1 Jebaraj row 1, cell 3
CSI Risen Redeemer Church
Religion
DistrictChennai
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusChurch
Location
LocationRisen Redeemer Church, 16, 2nd Cross Street, United India Colony, 600024. Ph: 472 6020
Geographic coordinates13°03′11.93″N, 80°13′38.07″E
Architecture
Architect(s)john.s
TypeChurch
StyleIndian
Completed1963
Specifications
Direction of façadeEast
Capacity800 +

The C.S.I. was inaugurated in September 1947 at St. George's Cathedral, Madras (Chennai). It was formed from the union of Anglican, Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed churches in South India. Later in the 1990's, a small number of Baptist and Pentecostal churches joined the movement.


The decision of merging South India's Protestant denominations began at a 1919 conference at Tranquebar (Tarangambadi), and the process was completed shortly after India's Independence.

The creation of the Church of South India was a historic event in Christendom where, for the first time, churches with Episcopal and non-Episcopal traditions decided to form a union. The C.S.I. was one of the earliest forms of the united and uniting church


[1] CSI Risen redeemer community in Orkut.


[2]Church Of South India