Church History
The church of South India (C.S.I) was inaugurated on 27th of September 1947 at the Saint George’s Cathedral, Madras.The C.S.I is the united fellowship of 4 major churches, the Anglican, the Presbyterians, the Methodists and the Congregational Churches in India . The C.S.I comprises 4 southern states in India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala , divided into 24 dioceses, each under a Bishop. The C.S.I is governed by a Synod currently headed by Most Rev. Thomas K. Oommen, the Moderator also the Bishop of Central Kerala Diocese.
The C.S.I includes about 5 million members and 10,114 congregations and 2,265 Vicars and 2,103 spiritual workers .It has 1,980 schools, 38 colleges, 51 polytechnics,104 clinics and 512 hostels for poor students. The I.E. is involved in many areas like education, social activities, healing ministries and cultural uplifting programmes.
The C.S.I . symbol shows a read cross in the midst of a flame of fire to denote the driving force of the Church in the power of the Holy spirit which gives light to the world and reveals the saving love of Jesus among nations. The cross is circled with the message ” That they all may be one “,which stands for oneness in Christ.
In Kerala itself, the C.S.I. has 6 dioceses, Malabar Diocese, Cochin Diocese, East Kerala Diocese, Madhya Kerala Diocese, Kollam – Kottarakara  Diocese and South Kerala Diocese.
Our Parish History
During the 1950s, the malayalee Christian residents in Bahrain formed the “Bahrain Malayalee Christian Congregation”. This congregation assembled on Fridays and conducted prayer meetings without any specific liturgy. From the late sixties, a group of C.S.I.members started Church services in the C.S.I. liturgy. This included Mr. M.I.Chacko, Mr. John Chacko, Mr. C.T.George , Mr. C.G.Philip, Mr. P.Solomon, Mr. Easunesan,Koshy Punalur, Mr. N.S.George , Mr. M.M.John, Mr. A.J.Thomas and Mr. K.A. Varghese.
As Anglicans, the group inherited the privilege to worship at the St.Christopher’s Anglican Church on Sunday evenings. In 1976, the group requested the Bishop to provide them with a Parish Priest. In June 1978, the Rev. E.V. Eapen arrived to take charge as the first Parish priest .Since then the Parish has been blessed with the ministry of the following priests.Rev. Mathai John, Rev. C.K. John, Rev. K.C.George, Rev. P.J.George, Rev. Raju Mathew, Rev. Chandy Thomas, Rev. Jacob P.Samuel, Rev. Abraham Kurien, Rev. K.V. Abraham, Rev. Sumod Cheriyan, Rev. K.J. Samuel and currently Rev. Thomas Mathew.
We remember with gratitude the help St. Christopher’s Church provided our Parish in arranging the NOC for our first Vicar, the Rev.E.V.Eapen. The efforts of all those members who were instrumental in getting our Parish registered during the term of Rev. E.V.Eapen cannot be forgotten.