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An accomplished singer, instrumentalist and songwriter, Dr. Samuel has recorded 15 devotional song albums in the Hindi and Malayalam languages. He conducts leadership seminars in India, the Middle East and in the United States. He is an internationally renowned conference speaker.
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- 1957 – 1960
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Dr. M. A. Thomas was brought up in a poor Christian family in South India and was religious from the early days. He tried to get in heaven by being good. In his teen years, even though he tried his best, he knew due to his own sin he had lost hope to get into heaven. While he was in college, due to the sudden death of a good friend, death and hell ...
After finishing his second year of Bible College, Dr. Thomas took a trip home to see his family, since he didn’t have 40 cents for the trip he decided to walk home 500 miles along with two other friends. On the 53rd day he arrived home. As a result of witnessing the Gospel to people during that walk, 11 worship centers were started that are still i...
When Bishop Thomas graduated from Bible College in 1960, Dr. Bill Bright was the commencement speaker. He had heard about Bishop Thomas’ call to serve in North India. Dr. Thomas didn’t have the money to travel with his pregnant wife to Kota after graduation and so God blessed them through Dr. Bright supplying the $25 needed to make the trip by trai...
Dr. Thomas started the first elementary school with eight children. It has now hundreds of branches all across India.
As Dr. Thomas traveled all over North India, he saw millions who had never heard the Gospel. He knew that it was impossible for one individual to reach all these people with the Gospel. One day, with God’s leading, he opened the first Emmanuel Bible Institute. His purpose in establishing the Bible Institute was to train young men and women to becom...
The first orphanage was started with 8 orphans which now has hundreds of branches and thousands of children who have been rescued.
Dr. Thomas went to a poor leper colony in Faridabad, Delhi. He had no money with him to show his friendship to these lepers, so he shook hands with the lepers. Bishop Thomas had never seen another person shaking hands with the lepers. He fell in love with them and started collecting money through the school children. He brought twenty-six children ...
The Dalits, the low castes, and the gypsy leaders (all untouchable castes) met Dr. Thomas along with other Gospel leaders and explained the condition of the poor Dalits and their needs. They said that in thousands of villages, tribal areas and gypsy villages there was not one person who could read and write. People were living in spiritual and phys...
Hopegivers International celebrated its first annual Founder's Day this past week to honor the life and work of Dr. MA Thomas whose efforts helped in the rescue of tens of thousands of orphaned and abandoned children throughout India.
Oct 25, 2005 · Dr. Samuel Thomas, who was involved in a recent anti-conversion bill proposal in Rajasthan and the recent Indian Supreme Court hearing on equal rights for Dalit Christians, currently serves as president of Hopegivers International.
- Washington, 20011, District of Columbia
Jul 3, 2024 · Stories of God's work in the lives of orphans, widows, pastors, and churches through the ministry of Hopegivers International. Dr. Samuel Thomas, president of Hopegivers, shares a story each week of how Jesus is transforming lives in India and around the world.
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