G. Samuel

Who is G. Samuel?

Rev. G. Samuel is the senior Pastor of Baptist Church Hyderabad, a church with a congregation of over 13,000 and services in four different languages.

Rev. G. Samuel was born on January 5, 1945 in a small village called Udaygiri in India. He lost his father at the age of five, and his mother raised him as a Christian and 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 child 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. 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 and Solomon Sumonth is the Worship leader of Baptist Church Hyderabad. Samuel has acted as president of the Andhra Pradesh chapter of the All-India Christian Council.