CBM Serango Christian Hospital

CBM-Serango Christian Hospital located in Serango,[3] Gajapati District, Odisha, India was the outcome of missions of Canadian Baptist Mission who set foot in 1876[3] with arrival of The Reverend William F. Armstrong[3] and subsequently established a mission station on the hills in Serango. It is a participating hospital of Council of Christian Hospitals,[1] an autonomous body founded to take forward medical missions of Canadian Baptist Ministries.

CBM-Serango Christian Hospital, Serango
Council of Christian Hospitals[1]
Geography
LocationSerango 761 206, Gajapati District, Odisha, India
Coordinates19°N 84°E / 19; 84
Organisation
Care systemMedicare
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeCommunity
Religious affiliationProtestant (Baptists)
Affiliated universityChristian Medical College, Vellore
PatronDr. Helen Nirmala Rao (Medical Director)
NetworkChristian Medical Association of India, New Delhi
Services
Beds65[2]
History
OpenedMarch 14,[3] 1928[4]
Links
Websitewww.cbmin.org

Memberships

CBM Serango Christian Hospital is a member of,

Clergy Retreats

Serango being a serene location, Canadian Baptist Ministries, founder of the Hospital, holds periodical Clergy retreats[3] for its Priests hailing from Utkal Baptist Churches Association,[3][7] Soura Baptist Christian Mandali Sammilani,[3][8] Kui Baptist Association[3][9] and Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars. Old Testament Scholar and past India Church Relations Coordinator[10] of Canadian Baptist Ministries, The Rev. G. Babu Rao,[3] CBCNC together with The Rev. Ron Harris,[3] CBM used to lead Clergy retreats for nearly two decades during the period 1995[11]-2012.

References
  1. ETASI, health.
  2. "EBM India, Serango Christian Hospital". Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. Kenneth Knight, Shirley Knight, The Seed Holds the Tree: A Story of India and the Kingdom of God, 2009.
  4. "EBM India". Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. The Christian Medical Association of India, Member Institutes in Andhra Pradesh. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Christian Medical College, Vellore, Networking
  7. Utkal Baptist Mandali Sammiloni
  8. "Soura Baptist Association". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. Kui Baptist Association
  10. G. Babu Rao, Wisdom tradition and Indian Parallels with special reference to Telugu literature in Reflections on Theology Today, ACTC, Secunderabad, 1990.
  11. Directory of Churches, Alphabetic by City, Church, Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1995, p.D-15.

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