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MUKUDAL PASTORATE
Mukkudal pastorate was bifurcated from Seevalasamudram Pastorate in 1975 with nine branch churches namely:
- Divine Grace Church, Mukkudal
- Holy Emmanuel Church, East Pappakudi
- St. Luke’s Church, Saddaiappapuram
- St. Paul’s Church, Alvanthulukapatti
- St. John’s Church, Thalarkulam
- St. Stephen’s Church, Hariram Nagar
- St. Paul’s Church, O. Thulukapatti
- With East Pappakudi as HQ further Pastorate bifurcated from Mukudal
At present the following 4 churches are in Mukudal Pastorate.
- Divine Grace Church, Mukudal
- St. Luke’s Church, Sadaiyappapuram
- St. Stephen’s Church, Hariram Nagar
- St. Paul’s Church, O. Thulukarpatti.
History of Divine Grace Church, Mukudal.
In 1835 Rev. CT Rhenius visited Mukudal and preached the Gospel and Mrs. Thayammal was one of the believer who obeyed to the truth and accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour. She was the first convert in Mukudal. Her son Chelliah Nadar and his son Ponniah Nadar and his cousins Aanda Perumal @ Aanimuthu Nadar, Daniel, Iyadurai, Poovaiya (later became Thasildhar) constructed a small Church with clay & Palm thatched roof and worshipped the living God. Aanda Perumal does the Catechist work. And TDTA Primary school was started. Children were learning under Vepa tree, writing tamil alphapets on the sand and learned the lessons. On 1874 the congregation increased to 70 families and as they were growing constructed a tiled roof church. For the present Church, the foundation stone was laid by Rt. Rev. Jason S. Dharmaraj MA BD Dip.Th on 21/06/1989 & dedicated it on 23/12/1990, when Rev. T. Jesumanickam Amirtharaj was serving as the Pastorate Chairman.
The following is the details of Clergy who served in Mukudal Pastorate.
| Name of the Clergy | Years |
|---|---|
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
| Clergy -1 | 1990-1992 |
Rev. G. Jebamani Samuel L.Th 1975 – 1976
Rev. P. Paul Vedamani MA BD 1976 – 1983
Rev. D. Arumainayagam Pitchamani BA BD 1983 – 1987
Rev. D. Jesumanickam Amirtharaj BD 1987 – 1992
Rev. G. Paul Ratnasamy BD 1992 – 1997
Rev. P. Chellappa Jebaraj 1997 – 2002
Rev. TD Samuel MA BD 2002 – 2007
Rev. Dr. Sarkunam MA BD MTh DD 2007 – 2013
Rev. K. Gnanadurai MA BEd BD MTh 2013 –
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