K. Frederick Paradesi Babu

K. Frederick Paradesi Babu is President Emeritus ^[2] of Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society. He had his ministerial formation at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, a Seminary affiliated to the nation's first^[3] university, the Senate of Serampore College (University).

Paradesi Babu happens to be the present Chairperson^[4] of the Board of Governors of his alma mater, the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, a near-ecumenical (Catholics excluded) Protestant Regional Seminary managed by the following multi-State Church societies, namely,

• Andhra Pradesh-based Protestant Church societies
  • Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society headquartered in Guntur,
  • Church of South India, Dioceses of Krishna-Godavari, Nandyal, Rayalaseema headquartered in Machilipatnam, Nandyal and Kadapa respectively,
  • Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars Society headquartered in Kakinada,
  • Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Society, headquartered in Nellore,
  • South Andhra Lutheran Church Society, headquartered in Tirupati,
• Tamil Nadu-based Protestant Church society
  • Church of South India, Diocese of Madras (in Tamil Nadu State) headquartered in Chennai,
• Telangana-based Protestant Church societies
  • Church of South India Dioceses of Dornakal, Karimnagar, Medak headquartered in Dornakal, Karimnagar and Medak respectively,
  • Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church Society headquartered in Bhadrachalam,
  • Methodist Church in India, Hyderabad Regional Conference, headquartered in Hyderabad,