james a. berquist who once taught at the gurukul lutheran theological college, madras, together with kambar manickam brought out a study in 1976 entitled "the crisis of dependency in third world ministries: a critique of inherited missionary forms in india", that sought to see the volume of dependency on partner countries and build up the case for indigenous support for the christian mission in india. p. solomon raj, aelc (2003), roger e. hedlund, sbm (1999) had also conducted studies on the new and indigenous churches in india that were centred around gospel but independent of any western influence which even the old testament scholar victor premasagar, csi (2003) heaped praises on such indigenous missions as not only espousing the gospel but also the indian ethos.