Saint Thomas' Church, Dera Ismail Khan Explained

Denomination:	Church of Pakistan
Saint Thomas' Church
Native Name:	سینٹ تھامس گرجا
Native Name Lang:	Urdu
Location:	Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Previous Denomination:	Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC)
Status:	Parish church
Functional Status:	Active
Style:	Indo-Gothic
Rector:	Akmal Haroon
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Saint Thomas' Church (Urdu: سینٹ تھامس گرجا) is a united Protestant parish church in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Now belonging to the Diocese of Peshawar of the Church of Pakistan, it was built as a Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) parish church in 1856. When Saint Thomas' Church was a part of the CIBC, it was a part of the Diocese of Lahore.

The historic Protestant church contains memorial tablets of hundreds of soldiers of the British Indian Army who fought against the Afghans during the 1936-1939 Waziristan campaign.^[1]

For over 100 years, the compound of Saint Thomas' Church has housed more than 50 Christian families.^[2]

Tombs

• Sir Henry Marion Durand^[3]

See also

• Christianity in Pakistan
• Church Missionary Society in India

External links

• Diocese of Peshawar, Church of Pakistan
• St Thomas' Church Photograph

Notes and References

1. Web site: Church is melancholy reminder of region's rebellions. Wilkinson. Isambard. 3 April 2006. The Daily Telegraph. English. 7 March 2018.
2. Web site: Court orders reconstruction of houses. 29 November 2002. Dawn. English. 7 March 2018. According to the details, more than 50 families of Christian community were living inside St Thomas Church for the last one hundred years. .
3. Book: Mahon, William. Waterloo Messenger: The Life of Henry Percy, Peninsular Soldier and French Prisoner of War. 30 April 2017. Pen and Sword. English. 9781473870536. 156.