CHICKABALLAPUR MISSION:
The Mar Thoma Mission Chickballapur emerged as an independent mission of the Chennai – Bangalore diocese. This mission center is mainly focusing on the gospel proclamation and is helping the poor and the needy to uplift them from their pathetic situation through education, medical, marriage and housing aid etc. We have two parishes and one chapel in this mission center. Bijjuwara St. Thomas consists of 127 families, Musthoor St Johns consists of 78 families. C. N. Hosur chapel which belongs to Bijuwara St. Thomas church has 25 families. In addition, we have four cottage prayers in different villages at Perasandra, Sadalli, Chickadiganahalli and Venkatagirikota respectively. From Dec 10th to 26th, Mission Evangelists and Missionary Achen together visited 240 families in the mission. On 25th December Holy Qurbana was celebrated in three churches and Christmas programs were conducted in four centers.
Rev K. A. Varghese served as Missionary. Evg. Anandkumar. D, Evg. Samuel. H. K., Evg. Christopher and Evg. Yesuratnam were the Evangelists serving in this mission