Rev. Samuel Babu Byrapogu’s Bio.
Rev. Samuel Babu Byrapogu was born on October 5th, 1955 in Nellore to Pastor By Rapogu Subbiah Samuel and Mrs. Sarasaraswathi. He studied at VR College Nellore from 1973 to 1975. Pastor Samuel Babu was born again on July 20th, 1975, and was baptized by Rev. Dr. G. Samuel, the First pastor at Baptist Church Hyderabad. After that, he pursued his Theology at Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC), Secunderabad from 1976 to 1980.Pastor Samuel Babu married Ms. Sheela Dorathy, the youngest daughter of Mr. Reginold Baker and Mrs. Mani Baker in 1978. Later in 1997, he was ordained at Baptist Church Hyderabad. Rev. Samuel Babu and Mrs. Sheela Dorathy are blessed with 3 children-Elder daughter Mrs. Esther Sarah Shilpa, married to Mr. Prasad Kokkera (Matthew). The couple has blessed with 2 daughters Miss.Samica Dorcas and Miss.Seona Hazel. Presently they are residing in Sydney, Australia. The 2nd born Elder son Rev.Silas Reginold Byrapogu, married to Elizabeth Parinita, both are serving Lord in ministry work. And the younger son Shelby Sumanth Byrapogu also in full time ministry work.
Rev. Samuel Babu Byrapogu worked as a pastor in Vemulapalli, Nalgonda District in 1980, and Hayathnagar in 1982, and from 1989 to 2005, he pastored at Baptist Church Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana for 16 years. On 29th July 2000, upon invitation from Dr. Billy Graham-Billy Graham Evangelical Association (BGEA), Rev. Samuel Babu had the privilege of attending the Pastors Conference – Amsterdam 2000 in the Netherlands, and also preaching in Malaysia and Singapore.
In 2004, Pastor Samuel Babu was invited by Telugu Christian Fellowship (TCF) in California, USA to be their Church anniversary guest speaker. Thereafter he also preached in several states of America. In 2005, he was invited along with his family by the American Baptist Churches of the West (ABCW) to pastor the Christian Telugu Church (CTC) in California, USA.
Since 2006, Rev. Samuel Babu is pastoring Bethany Baptist Church, Hyderabad where he is the Founding Pastor and President.
In the year 2008, Mrs. Sheela and Rev. Samuel were also blessed to visit Israel and Egypt. As ordained servants of God, they visited and preached in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2016 and at the GTCM- Global Telugu Christian Ministries Summit in Sydney, Australia in 2017.
Pastor Samuel Babu and his family continue to serve the Lord, preaching His gospel and Leading Church to help impress the hearts of the next generation with a love for Jesus Christ.
“All glory to God”