Chacko New General Secretary of Bible Society

(August 01, 2011) Reverend Mani Chacko has been appointed as the new general secretary of the Bible Society of India. Chacko, director of the Bangalore-based Ecumenical Christian Centre, will replace B.K. Pramanik. “I consider this a great privilege. It is nothing but an appointment from God,” Chacko said. “I realise the fact that I am going to shoulder a great responsibility. Only with God’s grace I will be able to do justice to the expectations,” he added. Chacko, who is an ordained minister of the Church of South India, said he would focus on deepening the relationship of the organisation with churches, established as well as independent groups, including house churches. “Basically building relationship between institutions and churches would be my top priority,” he said. He is a widely known scholar and ecumenist and has also written several articles and authored books on contemporary ecumenical and social concerns. He also holds a PhD from King’s College, London. The Bible Society of India translates and distributes Bibles in numerous native Indian languages. Established in Calcutta in 1811 AD, it has its headquarters at Bangalore with 15 auxiliaries and corresponding offices in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Island.