C. Earl Stubbs

C. Earl Stubbs
Born	December 18, 1942(1942-12-18) Williamsburg, Pennsylvania
Died	July 15, 2008(2008-07-15) (aged 65) Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Other names	Pastor Stubbs
Education	Central Bible College, Springfield, Missouri Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
Church	Assemblies of God, Andhra Pradesh District
Ordained	1973
Congregations served	New Life Assemblies of God Church, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh Assembly of God Church, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania Spanish Lake Assembly of God Church, St. Louis, Missouri
Offices held	Chairperson, Governing Board of Andhra Pradesh Bible College, Miyapur, Andhra Pradesh Administrator, Ebenezer Bible College, Bellary, Karnataka Principal, Bethel Bible College, Punalur, Kerala
Title	Reverend
Notes Data as of October 2008

C. Earl Stubbs (December 18, 1942 – July 15, 2008)^[1] was a Missionary of the Assemblies of God World Missions deputed to India.^[2]

History

Chalmer Earl Stubbs was born on December 18, 1942^[3] in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. He had his schooling in Winchester, Virginia.^[4]

He got baptised on April 1, 1962 in Charlestown, West Virginia.^[5]

Stubbs had a call to serve God and enrolled at the Central Bible College,^[6] Springfield, Missouri obtained a Bachelors degree graduating in 1968.^[7]

For post-graduate studies, Stubbs joined the Covenant Theological Seminary,^[8] St. Louis, Missouri and pursued a Master's degree in theological studies.^[9]

Contribution

The Assemblies of God^[10] was the outcome of the Azusa Street Revival^[11] led by William J. Seymour,^[12] the initiator of the Pentecostal religious movement.

As part of its missionary endeavor, the Assemblies of God began sending their missionaries to India in the early part of twentieth century.^[13]

Stubb's was one such missionary sent to India.

Pastor

Earl Stubbs began his ministry as an Assistant Pastor at the Spanish Lake Assembly of God Church, St. Louis, Missouri in 1969. Later in 1971, he was moved to the Assembly of God Church, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. He was ordained by the Assemblies of God's Pennsylvania-Delaware District Council in 1973. The Assemblies of God World Missions deputed him to India to serve as their Missionary in 1975. It was in 1983 that the New Life Assembly of God Church was founded in Secunderabad.

Bible Teacher

Having arrived in India, he proceeded to Kerala and served as a Bible Teacher in the Bethel Bible College,^[14] Punalur. Stubbs also served as its Principal before moving out in 1979 to the Ebenezer Bible College,^[15] Bellary where he served as its Administrator.

Stubbs toiled to infuse sound theological education from the Pentecostal perspective to his students be it at Punalur, Bellary, or Miyapur. In fact, Stubbs pioneered the establishment of the Bible Schools in Bellary and Miyapur.

Leadership

Pastor Stubbs was oversaw the ministerial work of the Assemblies of God in South India, particularly in Andhra Pradesh. He was instrumental in founding the Andhra Pradesh Bible College in Miyapur catering to the ministerial formation of the Pastors of the Assemblies of God. Stubbs drafted the Constitution^[16] of the Andhra Pradesh District of the South India Assemblies of God.

New Life Assembly of God Church, Secunderabad

What started as a small fellowship in Rashtrapathi Road (formerly Kingsway) in 1983 became a mega-fellowship. The New Life Assembly of God Church was founded by the Assemblies of God in Secunderabad pioneered by Stubbs.^[17]

Catering to the English-speaking^[18] Christians of the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the New Life Assembly of God Church in Secunderabad also struck original ground in winning new converts to Christianity. As for name-sake Christians, the messages of Stubbs coupled with the prevalent spiritual atmosphere in the Church made them to re-think and grow in Christianity.

With the increasing number of people coming to the Church, the Assemblies of God, Andhra Pradesh District was forced to shift the Church to a new location. The Dreamland Theatre that once screened movies for the British-residents of Secunderabad was let out and it became the venue for the Sunday worship services of the New Life Assembly of God Church.

Presently, the Church has more than 6000^[18] attending the Sunday Worship spread over three services.

Honorary titles
Preceded by	Board Member Andhra Pradesh Bible College, Miyapur 1988–2008	Succeeded by
Preceded by -	Missionary Representative South India Assemblies of God - Andhra Pradesh 1988–2008	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Missionary World Missions of the Assemblies of God Church deputed to India 1975–2008	Succeeded by

Religious titles
Preceded by -	Pastor New Life Assemblies of God Church, Secunderabad 1983–2008	Succeeded by Rev.Arlene Stubbs
Preceded by	Pastor Assembly of God Church, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania 1971–1973	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Assistant Pastor Spanish Lake Assembly of God Church, St. Louis, Missouri 1969–1970	Succeeded by

Academic offices
Preceded by	Administrator Ebenezer Bible College, Bellary 1979–1987	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Bible Teacher/Principal Bethel Bible College, Punalur 1975–1979	Succeeded by

See also

Biblical Scholars

• Victor Premasagar
• Gnana Robinson
• D. S. Satyaranjan
• Ch. Vasantha Rao

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Indigenous Scholars

• B. V. Subbamma
• D. S. Amalorpavadass
• Y. D. Tiwari

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Bible Colleges in Hyderabad and Rangareddy
(recognised^[19] by the University Grants Commission)

• St. John's Regional Seminary, Ramanthapur
• Andhra Christian Theological College, Lower Tank Bund Road
• Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College, Shamshabad

References

Notes

1. ^ Keith Sorbo, Sorbo/Sarbo Family Genealogy. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [1]
2. ^ Shrewsbury Assembly of God Church, Springfield, Missouri, Missions. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [2]
3. ^ Keith Sorbo, op. cit.
4. ^ Obituary in News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri, July 20, 2008. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [3]
5. ^ Network 211, Stubbs. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008
6. ^ The Central Bible College is a Seminary of the Assemblies of God with degree-granting authority validated by the United States Department of Education. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [4]
7. ^ Central Bible College Alumni Association Newsletter, July/August 2008. See Lives Remembered. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [5]
8. ^ Covenant Theological Seminary is managed by the Presbyterian Church of America. The Seminary is entitled to grant degrees and is approved by the United States Government. [6]
9. ^ Network 211, op. cit.
10. ^ Cf. Wikipedia article on Assemblies of God
11. ^ Cf. Wikipedia article on Azusa Street Revival
12. ^ Cf. Wikipedia article on William J. Seymour
13. ^ Roger E. Hudlund, The Witness of New Christian Movements in India, Paper presented at the 2004 Malaysia assembly of the International Association for Mission Studies, page 9. [7]
14. ^ Established in 1927, the Bethel Bible College, Punalur is a Seminary of the Assemblies of God accredited with the Asia Theological Association. However, the Asia Theological Association is not entitled to issue degrees by the University Grants Commission of the Government of India.
15. ^ G. Peter, Leader's Profile, Andhra Pradesh District Web Site. Southern Asia Bible College as an extension opened Ebenezer Bible College in Bellary in 1978 for its Telugu-speaking pupils. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [8]
16. ^ G. Peter, op. cit. [9]
17. ^ Times of India, Hyderabad, July 20, 2008, Special Obituary Note on Rev. C. Earl Stubbs. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [10]
18. ^ ^{a b} Ibid.
19. ^ St. John's Seminary is affiliated to a Pontifical University in Rome while the other two are affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University), India's first University founded by the History-Maker William Carey in 1818, a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

Further reading

• Roger E. Hudlund (2004). The Witness of New Christian Movements in India.. http://www.missionstudies.org/conference/1papers/fp/Roger_Hedlund_Full_Paper.pdf. ^{[dead link]}
• Ambakattuparambil Chacko George, John Higgins (2004). Trailblazers for God: A History of the Assemblies of God of India.. http://books.google.com/?id=5AYLHAAACAAJ&dq=assemblies+of+god+india. 
• Benjamin Prasad Shinde (1974). The Contribution of the Assemblies of God to Church Growth in India. An M.A. (Missions) thesis submitted to the Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena. http://books.google.com/?id=_zKeHwAACAAJ&dq=assemblies+of+god+india. ^{[dead link]}

Persondata
Name	Stubbs, C. Earl
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 18, 1942
Place of birth	Williamsburg, Pennsylvania
Date of death	July 15, 2008
Place of death	Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh