1878-91--Between 1878-1888 George M. Cobban baptized family and village groups in Thiruvallur Circuit. In 1891 more than 300 were baptized; Ikkadu became an important center.
1878--Rev. Burgess begins Telugu ministry in Madras
1879 - ecadu station entry appears in the Madras district synod minutes. Rev. Burgess ministered in this location
1880--Rev. Burgess and Benjamin Wesley begin Telugu ministry in Hyderabad
1882--William Goudie arrived to Madras in response to a letter sent by Cobban desiring more workers. Goudie learned Tamil and influenced by Cobban, moved to the village and became ‘a veritable apostle to the Pariahs.’ Goudie Higher Secondary School and Goudie Memorial Church are named after him.
1880--Rev. Burgess and Benjamin Wesley begin Telugu ministry in Hyderabad
1882--William Goudie arrived to Madras in response to a letter sent by Cobban desiring more workers. Goudie learned Tamil and influenced by Cobban, moved to the village and became ‘a veritable apostle to the Pariahs.’ Goudie Higher Secondary School and Goudie Memorial Church are named after him.
1883 - Goudie started his mission work in Tiruvallur.
1888 - Rev. William Goudie arrived in Ikkadu
1893--Rev. Charles H. Monahan, B.A. and Dr. Mrs. Monahan arrived in Madras.
1888 - Rev. William Goudie arrived in Ikkadu
1893--Rev. Charles H. Monahan, B.A. and Dr. Mrs. Monahan arrived in Madras.
Goudie's efforts (along with Adam Andrew of Free Church) resulted in the British Government Order providing for education and land for cultivation and settlement of outcastes, called Panchama Magna Charta ( Panchami lands).
Madras district now had 2 boarding and 53 day schools for boys, and 2 boarding and 20 day schools for girls. Students enrolled in these schools numbered: Christians 520; Brahmins 347; caste Hindus 1,684, Dalits 651, Muslims 87. Rev. William Meston joined as Professor at MCC, Free Church of Scotland Mission.
1903- Tamil Wesley Church ( Currently named as CSI Wesley Church, Ikkadu) was dedicated.
1903- Tamil Wesley Church ( Currently named as CSI Wesley Church, Ikkadu) was dedicated.
1905 - Goudie Returned to England. District sustained a great loss. Mr. Goudie who has been identified with it since 1882 , sharing in its every enterprise, and making much of its history, is compelled through family circumstances to return to England . Under God, he has created
the Tiruvallur circuit with its manifold institutions, its Christian community of 2,700 people, and its wide network of evangelistic operations.
