High School Years Experience

VIJAY SURABHI

*** * ******** *** # **, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Home: 323-***-****

Cell: 646-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Experienced minister seeking an opportunity to engage myself in a pastoral

and social justice ministry in a multi-cultural setting that provides

opportunities for growth in counseling, preaching teaching and other

spiritual endeavors.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• More than 7 years experience as a pastor.

• More than a year of chaplain experience (four months as an intern

Chaplain; and 9 months of full time chaplain).

• Experience in managing projects from conception to completion as a

conscientious and dedicated worker.

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills; skilled in decision-making,

organization, and analysis of information.

• Expertise in service orientation and high quality interpersonal skills.

EDUCATION

Master of Theology Bharath Bible College, 2005

Bachelor of Divinity Berean Baptist Bible

College, Mar 2003

Master of Commerce Andhra University Jun 2004

Bachelor of Commerce Andhra University Mar 1999

Pre-University-Course Andhra University Mar 1996

Matriculation Andhra University Mar

1993

Certified in School of Evangelism P.C.I Bible Institute Mar 1992

WORK EXPERIENCE

Currently I am working as a part time biblical studies lecture at Sanbaltar

International University.

Chaplain Resident: St. Francis Memorial Hospital, 900 Hyde St, San

Francisco, CA. 94109 September 2010 to June 2011.

• Visiting patients and providing emotional and spiritual support.

• Leading spirituality groups in the psych unit and in the outpatient

behavioral health unit.

• Involvement in the nursing staff meetings and being supportive to the

medical staff.

• Providing religious rituals (all religious rituals, tea for the soul for

the staff)

• Maintaining Morgue log book and helping morgue transport and morgue

release.

• Being on 24 hour on call shifts and dealing with all kinds of crisis

incidents.

Chaplain Resident: Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. Sep 2009 – July

2010

(I performed the same duties as my resident chaplain's position in San

Francisco).

Chaplain Intern: St.Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York. May

2009 – August 2009

• Provided emotional and spiritual support to patients, staff, and their

families.

• Documented all pertinent chaplain activity and audited patient's charts.

• Leading groups in addiction department and conducting interfaith worship

services.

• Other activities included: Leading Coping with Stress, Effective

Communication, and Grief Education continuing education classes for staff,

facilitating monthly grief support group meetings, developing bereavement

plans of care for families of deceased patients.

Pastor in Jackson Heights Community Church, Queens, New York, - 2009

Youth Pastor, Blanche Memorial Baptist Church, Queens, New York, 2007 – 2008

• Managed Junior High, High School and College ministries

• Preached

• Facilitated parenting classes

• Guest speaker for High School retreats, graduations, and chapel services

• Managed Junior High and High School ministries; Organized multi-church

and mission’s trips; Preached;

• Taught adult Bible Studies

Senior Pastor and Evangelist, High Tech City Church, Hyderabad, AP, India

2005 - 2007

• Working with a vision to extend the kingdom of God by bringing people to

church.

• Being a spiritual leader teaching the Bible to establish strong

foundation of Christian hope and faith in the congregation.

• Developing relationships with youth and adults, preaching and teaching

the gospel and interacting with Youth Pastor and Sunday School Teachers.

• Preaching in Street Meetings, Door-to-Door Evangelism and distributing

gospel tracts.

Professor, Trinity Bible College, Hyderabad, AP, India Apr 2005 - Mar 2007

Taught and trained students in the following technical areas of Ministry:

•Evangelism, New Testament Survey, Old Testament Survey, Book of Acts,

Religions, Anthropology, Doctrine of Salvation, Hematology, Pastoral

Theology, Church History, Prophets, Church Planting & growth and Greek.

Associate Pastor and Youth Director, Bangalore, India 1998 - 2003

• Leading the congregation for the spiritual growth and work for the

continuing and ongoing mission of the church.

• Working closely with dedicated church leaders and trustees to

strategically plan and fulfill God's purpose in well establishing the

church.

• Working with leadership teams to bring the power of God's will into the

lives of the congregation.

• Leading the church in reaching the community for the Lord Jesus.

• Ability to minister to all ages and be involved with community activities.

• Having pastoral qualities to Shepherd and love the flock and vision to

lead the church.

Youth Pastor, Shalom Prayer House, Rajahmundry, AP, India 1997 - 98

• Interacting with the youth of the church to teach and disciple the church

youth and evangelize the non-church youth of the area.

• Managing all volunteer staff and helping them set personal and church

related goals.

• Enlist and support drama and sound staff.

Worship Pastor, Shalom Prayer House, Rajahmundry, AP, India 1996 – 97

• Provide leadership in all areas of the Music Ministry of the church and

lead all worship services and special events.

• Cooperate with all music groups to fulfill the vision and programs of the

Music Department of the church.

• Plan all worship services and special events.

Pastoral Care and Pastor of counseling, Shalom Prayer House, Rajahmundry,

AP, India 1993 - 96

• Teaching to the congregation on the issues of the church growth.

• Working with people in effective team based relationships, achieving the

missions given by Christ.

• Leading congregation to seek God's leadership on how they can be used to

fulfill the great commission.

Sunday School Teacher and Associate Pastor, Singarayakonda, AP, India 1991

- 92

• Working among children and teach the word of God to build strong church

foundation.

• Visiting non-church people, inviting them to enroll in a small group and

attend regularly.

• Helping Christians to mature spiritually by involving them soul-winning

ministries.

• Efficiently using teaching aids to teach Bible stories to the children.

BRIEF TESTIMONY:

I came to know the Lord as my Savior at the age of fourteen in a

discipleship-training center. I was baptized and joined the Shalom Prayer

Ashram. The Lord called me to serve Him at the age of fourteen. I was

involved in the ministry in various ways along with my secular education. I

have been seeking the Lord's will to evangelize the universe with the word

of God and to prepare His bride for His second coming. I desire to use my

gifts and talents by helping churches to become quality places where the

arts are seen as awesome venues of ministry.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

1. I believe in the verbal inspiration and authority of the Scriptures. I

believe that the Bible reveals God, the fall of man, the way of salvation,

and God’s plan and purpose in the ages.

2. I believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

3. I believe in the deity, virgin birth, and bodily resurrection of Jesus

Christ.

4. I believe that salvation is by grace plus nothing and minus nothing. The

conditions to salvation are repentance and faith.

5. I believe that men are justified by faith alone and are accounted

righteous before God only through the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ. Justification establishes an eternal relationship that can never be

broken.

6. I believe in the visible, personal, and pre-millennial return of Jesus

Christ.

7. I believe in the everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved and the

everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.

OTHER

I am happily married to Susan, my dear wife, with whom God has blessed me.

We are willing and able to relocate to wherever God leads us.

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