Samuel Gollapalle

Rev. G. Samuel is the senior Pastor of Baptist Church Hyderabad which is not only one of the largest churches in India but also in the world. As on today the church pays host to a congregation of over 13,000 believers and has four different languages service. The church is one amongst the 100 fast growing Churches of the world. [ [http://www.bchyd.org/history.html Baptist Church, Hyderabad - History ] ]

Rev. G. Samuel was born on January 5 1945 in a small village called Udaygiri in India. Though he lost his father at the age of five, his mother raised him as a Christian with his two brothers. Though he excelled in academics, his mother encouraged him to become a full time minister. He finished his Bachelor of Divinity and was married to Eva Samuel on June 27, 1966. They went to Nagaland as missionaries for 3 years from 1967 through 1970. They had their first baby girl Sarah Rose in Nagaland. After coming back from Nagaland, he was appointed as the first full time Pastor for Baptist Church Hyderabad on 22 June 1970. He was ordained in 1973. [ [http://www.bchyd.org/history.html Baptist Church, Hyderabad - History ] ] Samuel and Eva together have 4 children namely Sarah Rose, Mary Sucharita Babbili, David Prashant Gollapalle and Solomon Sumonth. David Gollapalle is the Junior Pastor [http://bchyd.com/bc-board.html] and Solomon Sumonth is the Worship leader of Baptist Church Hyderabad.

Rev. G Samuel is well known around the world and has traveled to many nations preaching the Gospel. Not only so, many world renoun preachers like Bro. DJS Dinakaran, Dr. Ravi Zacharias, Dr. Prakash Yesudian, had the privilege of preaching in the Baptist Church Hyderabad. Dr. Henry T. Blackaby along with his son Dr. Tom Blackaby preached at Baptist Church Hyderabad Oct. 2007.

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