Joining Insight for Living in 2020 after earning a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, Subhadheer now spearheads the ministry’s work in the Telugu language as IFL’s pastor in India.
Insight for Living Telugu
Although Insight for Living (IFL) has performed translation work in multiple languages in India, it did not have a regional pastor until 2020 when Komal Subhadheer Vempati joined IFL our team as pastor of the Telugu language in India. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), his passion for reaching his people, combined with the passion for India and financial partnership of a generous American couple, brought this ministry into existence.
Jim and Kelley (avid listeners of the Insight for Living broadcast) had learned a lot about India through their adoption of a young Indian girl in 2004. Since then, God had been preparing their hearts to have a significant part in launching IFL’s outreach in India. They waited patiently for God to raise up the right pastor and translator to launch this ministry the right way. Now the ministry is launched, and the work of translation is in progress!
Currently, Subhadheer translates articles to place on the IFL Telugu website and is translating and recording Pastor Chuck Swindoll’s sermons to be made accessible via radio and web to Telugu-speaking people across the world. He is also beginning our efforts to lead pastor training in Telugu.
Komal Subhadheer and Usha Vempati
Living in the most populous country on earth, Subhadheer daily sees an unending mass of humanity striving to find ultimate meaning in legalistic and oppressive religions. As much as this empty spirituality weighs heavily on the hearts of such a vibrant, colorful country, so Subhadheer’s passion for sharing the gospel of Christ weighs heavily on his heart.
Subhadheer carries this passion because he himself knew the emptiness of Hinduism, until the Lord began drawing his father and mother into faith in Christ. In 2001, Subhadheer, along with his parents and two younger brothers, were all baptized together in a river outside of Vijayawada, India. He has been regularly preaching and teaching God’s Word since 2004. His desire to minister effectively and correctly among his people led him to study at DTS. Subhadheer and his wife, Usha, are blessed with a beautiful daughter, Danya Carolyn. They, along with their parents live in Vijayawada, where he serves as a senior pastor of “The Grace Bible Church” which launched on January 7, 2024. He is also the director of his father’s music ministry.
Country
- India
Language
- Telugu
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