S. W. Schmitthenner

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = President

| name = Samuel William Schmitthenner, AELC

| title = The Reverend

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| church = Lutheran

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| diocese = Synods of East Godavari, West Godavari, East Guntur, West Guntur, Central Guntur

| see = Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)

| term = 1969–1981

| predecessor = K. Devasahayam

| successor = K. Nathaniel

| ordination = May 23, 1951Report of the Secretary, Lower Susquehanna Synod, 2015, p.22. [www.lss-elca.org/Redesign/wp.../Complete-Report-of-the-Secretary.pdf]

| ordained_by = Central Pennsylvania Synod, United Lutheran Church in America

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| birth_date = February 23, 1928[http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/obituaries/article_8d9e4750-ec24-5793-897b-8b337e79d391.html Gettysburg Times, Samuel William Schmitthenner, May 22, 2015]

| birth_place = Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India

| death_date = May 17, 2015

| death_place = Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States

| previous_post = Pastor, Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society

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Samuel William Schmitthenner (February{{nbsp}}23, 1928{{snd}}May{{nbsp}}17, 2015) was a Lutheran who served as the President of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India from 1969 to 1981.

S. W. Schmitthenner initially served as a missionary to India from 1952 onwards.Amanda Caligiuri, Hidden in Plain Sight: Plaque in the Chapel, Gettysburg, 2006, p.5.[http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/hiddenpapers/7/]

Studies

S. W. Schmitthenner studied at the Kodaikanal International School in Tamil Nadu and in 1944 moved on to Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he earned a graduate degree in 1948. He continued his studies and earned a Master of Divinity (M. Div.) degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 1951.

While serving as a Pastor of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1952 onwards, Schmitthenner returned twice to America to upgrade his academics. In 1958-1959 he attended the Kennedy School of Missions at Hartford, Connecticut, and again in 1966 he joined the University of Pennsylvania for studying Indian Sociology.

Contribution

{{Succession box| before=K. DevasahayamKolluri Luther Richardson, Towards Self-Reliance : A historical survey of the programmes and efforts of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1927 to 1969, Published by Christopher and Kanakaiah, Vijayawada, 2003, p.78.
1965–1969| title=President
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church

| after=K. Nathaniel
1981–1989| years=1969–1981}}

{{Succession box| before=M. Elia Peter, MCI,
1975-1977| title=Chairperson,
Board of Governors,
Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad

| after=B. Victor Emmanuel, STBC,
1980-1982| years=1977-1979}}

S. W. Schmitthenner

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