The Right Reverend Father Vincent Vijai Thakore

My Grandfather heard the Gospel and converted from Hindu Rajput to Christianity. The day he accepted Christ he was disowned by his royal father. He lost his family, wealth, land and succession to the throne. Finally he was speared by his own brothers, thrown into a dry well and left to die. He was saved miraculously. He preached the Gospel to the natives in Central India.

My Grandmother established a family tradition to offer the eldest son to serve Christ full time. My father was the oldest, then I am the oldest. I did my masters in Psychology and became a professor. After 5 yrs. I got a chance to join the seminary and did my masters in Theology. I could not get a church so I continued with the secular field. And did my masters in Education from Emory University. From childhood I served Christ in many ways and brought several people to Christ. In India there are only 2% Christians. In the college with 3,000 students and 60 staff members I was the only Christian staff with one Christian student.

This gave me opportunity to bring more people to St.James to visit and join if they chose to. One came and became a regular participant. I found out that she had never been baptized. We prayed and worked with her. On March 16,'97 she was Baptized. I continue to try to invite friends, co-workers and relatives to St. James.

By God's grace one day I shall be able to serve Jesus day and night without the conflict of working in the secular field.

You can reach Bishop Thakore by telephone at 770-279-0344 or by e-Mail bishop@stjamesanglican.com