Pastor of Victory for the World Church

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Doctor Kenneth Lee Samuel is a native of Darlington, South Carolina. He graduated in 1978 from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut with a B.A.in American History. He continued his academic pursuit by matriculating at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received the Benjamin E. Mays Theological Fellowship Award among others. In 1981, he received his Master of Divinity Degree. In 1996, he received the Doctor of Ministry Degree from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. His theological focus is in the field of homiletics and social ethics.

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Doctor Samuel was licensed as a Minister of the Gospel on his 23rd birthday, August 5, 1979, at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, under the pastorate of the Reverend Doctor Joseph L. Roberts, Jr., and Pastor Emeritus, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. He was ordained in 1982 also at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. In November 2002, Dr. Samuel was granted full ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ through the Georgia/South Carolina Association of the United Church of Christ.

 

In March of 1987, Doctor Samuel organized the Victory for the World Church which has dual standing as an Independent Baptist Church, and an active congregation of the United Church of Christ. Situated in a growing eastern suburb of Atlanta called Stone Mountain, the Victory Church seeks to address the total needs of the total person through a broad array of ministries and services which promote the spiritual development, educational enhancement, physical fitness and social empowerment of every child of God – regardless of race, gender, culture, class or sexual orientation.  In 2001, Dr. Samuel and the Victory Church completed construction on a 3000 seat Worship Center and the Kenneth Lee Samuel (KLS) Community Life Center houses a full court gymnasium, additional classrooms, offices and a computer lab.

 

Doctor Samuel is the proud parent of one daughter, Kendalle Marye, and resides in Lithonia, Georgia.

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Contact Info:

Kenneth Samuel
Victory Church
Pastor
1170 N. Hairston Rd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
678-476-6000
pastor@victoryfortheworld.org