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{{Infobox university
|name=Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School
|native_name=CSMBTS
|image_name=
|latin_name=
|motto=
|established=1926
|type=Propaedeutic institute
|president=Bishop [[B. Suneel Bhanu]]
|principal=Rev. B. Subhashini
|students=
|city=[[Rajahmundry]]
|district=[[East Godavari]]
|state=[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|country=[[India]]
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|address         = Luthergiri, [[Rajahmundry]], [[East Godavari District]], Andhra Pradesh 533 105, [[India]]
|campus=Rural
|telephone=
|affiliations=[[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]]
|website=
|footnotes=Data as of November 2008
}}
'''Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School''' (CSMBTS) was started on 8 July 1926<ref name=Subbamma>B. V. Subbamma (Ed.), History of Charlotte Swenson Memorial Bible Training School, Rajahmundry, 1961.</ref> in [[Rajahmundry]], a town in Andhra Pradesh, India.

==Background==
Blenda Charlotte Swenson<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qdxLAAAAMAAJ&q=blenda+charlotte+swenson&dq=blenda+charlotte+swenson|author=Oscar Nils Olson|title=The Augustana Lutheran Church in America|year=1950}}</ref> a graduate of [[Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas)]] was deputed by the Lutheran Mission Board to go out to India as a Zenana Sister.  During her work in India at Rajahmundry, she envisioned the establishment of a Bible Training School for Christian women where they would be prepared as teachers of the Bible in Hindu homes.<ref name=Subbamma/>

==Administration==
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* 1926-1928 Christina Ericksson
* 1928-1951 Hildegarde Swanson ''(interrupted)''
* 1930-1931 Hilda Kaercher
* 1937-1939 Jessie Cronk
* 1951-1955 Maida Meissner
* 1955-1959 Ethel Dentzer
* 1959-1985 [[B. V. Subbamma]]
* 1985- B. Subhashini
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The present Principal of this School is Rev. B. Subhashini.

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==References==
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[[Category:Christian seminaries and theological colleges in India]]
[[Category:Christian universities and colleges in India]]
[[Category:Schools in East Godavari district]]
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[[Category:1926 establishments in India]]