Pastor Rev. Dr. R. Abraham, the New President of the New India Church of God (NICOG).

Senior Pastor  Rev.Dr. R. Abraham took charge as President of the New India Church of God (NICOG). The new president succeded after the demise of Pastor V.A Thambi. Pastor R. who has been serving as the General Secretary of the New India Church of God for the past 46 years. Rev.Dr. R. Abraham is the Managing Director of Power Vision TV.  Also, he is the Senior Pastor of Capital Christian Center Church in Delhi. Pastor R. Abraham leads the work of the church in North India.

Pastor Dr. R. Abraham , the Co-Founder of New India Church of God  and Founder Chairman of the Bethesda Institute of Technology and Sciences , Gwalior, was born in his mother's home state Kerala in 1952., But  he was  brought up, educated and was living  in his  father's home town  Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, till  1976.  He is popularly known in the family  and friends' circle  as " Babuji"

Pastor Dr. R. Abraham's paternal grandfather  late Shri . Nalla Thampy was a great man of God, evangelist and church builder , from  Boothapandi, Kanyakumari district. Post Master N.Ranjit Singh and  Mrs. Eleyamma  Ranjit Singh , were blessed with six children   including their only son , Pastor Dr. R.. Abraham.  He is the younger brother of Sr. Mariyamma Thamby. The young and dynamic Abraham was brought  up , nurtured ,educated and was living with his parents at   Nagercoil ; till he moved out from Kanyakumari  district in 1976.

After successfully completing his school studies he continued his collegiate  education  in the famous Scott Christian  College,  Nagercoil  and did his B.Sc., in Chemistry in the same College.  He was not only very studious in his studies but also he was a  talented Table Tennis Player . He was a District Table Tennis Player. He hails from a musically talented  and God fearing family. Since childhood he developed a good command over English language.

He did his " Doctor of Divinity'" , from the United Christian International Bible Institute. He has also got another" Doctor of Divinity"  degree  from Bible Research Institute .

His sister Mariyamma was married to Pasto V.A Thamby in 1970. New India Church of God was established and registered in Kerala in 1976, with a great vision and mission  under the  dynamic leadership of two dedicated men of God , Pastor R. Abraham and Pastor V.A. Thampy.  A ministry which began in the primitive areas of Kerala has spread its wings to the lengths and breaths of the nation today.

Dr. R. Abraham & Sr. Joyce Abraham

Dr. R. Abraham married to Sr. Joyce from Kerala  in December, 1980.  And this marriage brought spectacular changes and turning points in his total life.  Pastor. R. Abraham and Mrs. Joyce Abraham are  blessed with  three lovely children . The eldest two daughters Sheril & Roshin and the boy child Ranjit Abraham. These three children of Dr. R. Abraham are doing well in their respective fields in a spectacular way.

Pastor R. Abraham has been served as the General Secretary of the New India Church of God  since its inception.   Pastor Abraham extended the missionary field of  the NICOG to North India in 1980.  In 1984 , Pastor  R. Abraham took over as National Coordinator of  "World Map Seminars" for Church leaders, a Global Christian Conference.

In 1984, the first Bethesda Bible Institute was started by  Pastor . R. Abraham at  Bahadurgarth, Hariyana.  In 1987  the  dynamic Pastor R. Abraham was selected as the  Executive Committee Member of the Pentecostal Fellowship of India , a National Confederation of Pentecostal Churches in India.

Today the ministry spreads its work over 26 states of India with 4550 full time churches across 24 states throughout the nation of India under the administrative control in this organisation [NICOG]. Also other initiatives like Children's Homes, Bible Schools, High Schools, Sewing Institutes etc. It is the endeavour to bring the good news of Jesus and spread the love of God to many in our great Nation

Pastor Abraham has  natural  compassion for the cause of the  neglected poor and street children . So in order to help the poor , lowliest, lost and the last he has started his first children's home, " Bethesda Children's Home  " in 2000.   It  is  a  network  of  14 orphanages in India . According to Pastor Abraham  generally many children born out of prostitution are thrown out in the streets by the mothers and such deplorable victims of parental  sins are crying out for a roof over their heads and one meal a day. For such type of neglected Street children,  these Bethesda  Children's Home provide shelter , care , food , family, and a future .  In addition to this scheme  he has started Street Children Feeding Homes [ Tejas ] to feed the starving street children.

For the cause of the education of the poor children Pastor Abraham has founded  6 accredited Christian Mission  schools ,consisting of Primary, Secondary, Senior Secondary Schools in various parts of India, with a total pupil  strength of 1500 students .

To train the future Christian  leaders and pastors he planned to start Bible Colleges . The first Bethesda Bible Institute was  started at Bahadurgarth, Haryana in 1987; and now there are   16  Bible Colleges under the control of  pastor Abram's ministry.

In order to provide employment opportunities and income to the poor destitute women Pastor  Abraham has started  24  Bethesda Tailoring Institutes.

He has also started Centres for AIDS and  Drug victims  and has thus  touched all variety  and avenues of social services with great human compassion.

In tune with his long term vision  Pastor R. Abraham has started the famous ," Bethesda Institute  of Technology and Sciences ", at Gwalior, in 2010-2011, in a  sprawling area of  of 10 acres of land  in  the out skirts of the Lovely and historical Gwalior City.  Pastor R. Abraham is the Founder  Chairman of the Bethesda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Gwalior.

This Institute  was  established  to foster the growth of the technocrats of the  21st century. This Institute has been approved by All India Council of Technical Education  and affiliated to  Rajiv  Gandhi  Proudyogiki

This Bethesda Institute of Technology and Sciences offer the following engineering degree courses  in  Mechanical,  Civil, Electronics Communication, .Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering. This is the first  Christian Engineering College in  Northern India.

 Pastor Dr. R.  Abraham is the Chairman of Bethesda Christian Academies,   Board member of All India Council of Christian Education.   Also Pasto Abraham is the  General Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of India. And the  Managing Director of  the first Christian Multi -lingual 24 hour Satellite TV Station in India    called  "Power Vision TV '. Also Pastor R. Abraham is a member of  Church Growth International,  Korea.