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Mrs. Nirmala Abraham

Mrs. Nirmala Abraham lives in the State of Delaware with her husband, O. C. Abraham, for over half a century. She is blessed with two daughters and five grandchildren. She is a member of the Philadelphia Mar Thoma Church for the past 46 years. Nirmala received BSc degree from Woman’s Christian College, Chennai, India and MS degree from University of Delaware in Nutrition.

She worked as State Nutritionist and Program Administrator for Division of Aging of the State of Delaware for 32 years. Currently, after retirement, she is active in many ministries, such as coordinating World Day of Prayer service for the Diocese, Native American Mission and supporting various mission programs in India.

She was a member of the first Zonal Assembly and also of the first Diocesan Council of the Mar Thoma Church. She was actively involved in the establishment of the first Diocesan Center in Richboro, Pennsylvania. She served Diocese of North America of the Mar Thoma Church in various capacities such as the first Convener of the Mexico and Native American Missions, the first Secretary of the Diocesan Sevika Sanghom. She was the Convener of the National Sevika Sanghom conference held in Philadelphia. She provided leadership in the Mar Thoma Church as the first Chairperson of Ecumenical Relations committee and also served as a member of Legal Affairs Committee of the Diocese.

She represented her parish as a Mandalam member and also served as a member of Sabha Council of the Mar Thoma Church during the period 2017-2021. She was a delegate of the Mar Thoma church in the Eighth World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly in Zimbabwe, Africa in 1998. Additionally, she was an NGO delegate to the United Nations (UN) Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing in 1995. She has served as a Board member at both local and national levels in many religious and secular organizations including World Day of Prayer USA, Church Women United, Partners of the Americas, Meals on Wheels of Delaware and the Indo American Association of Delaware. Rcently, she attended the WCC conference held in Karlsruhe, Germany as an observer.

As a Christian, she believes firmly that our mission in this world is to serve the less fortunate and the marginalized and equip the younger generations to continue on the faith journey of the Mar Thoma Church.