CSI Garrison Wesley Church
| CSI-Garrison Wesley Church | |
|---|---|
| Location | Secunderabad |
| Country | India |
| Denomination | Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, Calvinist and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England) |
| Previous denomination | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Churchmanship | Low church |
| Weekly attendance | 250 families |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Founder(s) | British Indian Army troops who later handed over the edifice to the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (WMMS) |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | INTACH Award |
| Designated | 2015 |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Style | Carpenter Gothic |
| Years built | 1853 |
| Completed | 1881 |
| Construction cost | INR 10 million (1 crore) (cost of renovation) |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Lime and mortar |
| Bells | None |
| Administration | |
| Division | Trumulgherry Pastorate |
| District | Town DCC |
| Diocese | Diocese of Medak |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | The Right Reverend A. C. Solomon Raj, CSI |
| Priest in charge | The Reverend D. Prasanna Kumar, CSI |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Sri Vinod Rao Banja |
CSI-Garrison Wesley Church (built in 1853) located in Trimulgherry is among the oldest churches in Secunderabad under the auspices of the Protestant Church of South India (CSI) within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Medak. Situated in Lal Bazar civilian area of the Secunderabad Cantonment, the CSI-Garrison Wesley Church is in near vicinity of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), and the church has continued to attract not only its regular worshipers but also the new visitors from the nearby military stations of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force through its regular Sunday Mass as well as its annual Good Friday, Easter and Christmas programmes.
Though the Sunday Mass was begun initially in accordance with the Wesleyan Methodist traditions since the beginnings in 1881, it now follows the Church of South India liturgy as the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (WMMS), the co-founders of the church, had unionized itself into the Church of South India that was formed on 27 September 1947 at CSI–St. George's Cathedral, Chennai. Wesleyan Methodists form a substantial majority of the parishioners of the Diocese of Medak, whereas Anglicans form a very small minority; together they regard Medak Cathedral as theirs and look to their bishop for divine leadership.