C. L. Furtado

Studies

Graduate Furtado pursued a spiritual course leading to Bachelor of Divinity at the United Theological College, Bangalore during the years 1962-1964 during the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran after which the University awarded him a degree during the Registrarship of C. Devasahayam. Furtado's graduate thesis was entitled A Brief History of the work of the Basel Mission in Coorg from 1855 to 1914 with special reference to the methods of Evangelism.

Research studies In 1972, Furtado went on study leave to the University of Hamburg, Hamburg where he studied Church History at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology and was able to complete his doctoral dissertation in 1977 under the supervision of Professors Hans Jochen Margull and Waack

Ecclesiastical ministry

Teacher Soon after his ministerial formation at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore, Furtado began teaching at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) along with Robert Scheuermeier, C. D. Jathanna and other Teachers till 1992 when he accepted an overseas assignment as India Liaison Secretary.

Administrator From 1992 through 1997, Furtado was India Liaison Secretary at the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart, an overseas support partner of the Church of South India. In fact, it was Robert Scheuermeier, then India Secretary who advocated for an Indian to hold the post which he was relieving. After Furtado's stint at Stuttgart, he returned to India to take up the Bishopric in the Karnataka Southern Diocese after which P. Surya Prakash, then Professor of Homiletics at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore was appointed.

Bishopric In 1997, 1979, Sources and books on Basel Mission available at the Karnataka Theological College, 1981, The relevance of the Theology of Augsburg Confession to the Indian context, 1985, Contribution of Basel Mission to the cause of Theological Education, 1985, Content Analysis of Theological Syllabi - History of Christianity, 2006, Ecumenical Christian Centre's search of a true Ecumenist 2008, Channappa Uttangi's contribution to the theology of religions,