Mornai Tea Estate
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Mornai Tea Estate in Goalpara
, Assam
, India
: The estate is the property of the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
. It was established by a Norwegian
, Lars Olsen Skrefsrud
, and has for many years been operated by administors of the The Indian Home Mission to the Santals. The property is now fully taken over by the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
, and their religious community which is a part of The Lutheran Church.
Some of many references:
Goalpara District
Goalpara district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located in Goalpara town.-History:...
, Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
: The estate is the property of the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church is a multi-lingual Lutheran Christian church that is centred mainly in three states of North India - Bihar, Assam and Bengal. The reach of the Church extends into Nepal and the NELC also works in Bhutan....
. It was established by a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Lars Olsen Skrefsrud
Lars Olsen Skrefsrud
Lars Olsen Skrefsrud was a Norwegian missionary and language researcher in India. Together with Hans Peter Børresen he is regarded as the founder of the Norwegian missionary organization Santalmisjonen...
, and has for many years been operated by administors of the The Indian Home Mission to the Santals. The property is now fully taken over by the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church is a multi-lingual Lutheran Christian church that is centred mainly in three states of North India - Bihar, Assam and Bengal. The reach of the Church extends into Nepal and the NELC also works in Bhutan....
, and their religious community which is a part of The Lutheran Church.
Some of many references:
- http://www.normisjon.no/index.php?kat_id=25&art_id=2475
- http://www.normisjon.no/agenda316/index.php?kat_id=73&art_id=262
- http://www.churchandlife.org/Bits&Pieces.htm