About Rev. Naveen
Balakrishnan
Rev. Naveen
Balakrishnan, was raised in
Hyderabad
,
India
in an orthodox Hindu Brahmin (priestly) family.
He earned his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering at JNTU College of
Engineering in
Hyderabad
,
India
. In 1990, he came to the
US
to pursue a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Through the Clemson Area International Friendship program in
Clemson
,
SC
, he met an American family who invited him to attend a church service with
them. Through their manifold witness
and prayers over a period of 15 months, Naveen was brought to a true
understanding concerning the Person of the LORD Jesus Christ.
He underwent
many trials, struggling for the bare necessities of life, before the Lord
provided him with the means for physical and spiritual food. He was torn between
the love for his mother (who was seriously ill in
India
, being paralyzed on one side) and his strong love for Christ and the calling.
He made the agonizing decision in February 1993, and surrendered his life to
Jesus as his Savior and Lord. He was
called to the gospel ministry six months later and underwent training for M. Div
at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West SC.
He is married with four children with one preceeding to heaven.
Rev.
Naveen Balakrishnan
has been the pastor of the
Hopewell
Baptist
Church
in Adams Run, SC since September 2006. He
has previously pastored churches in
Paxton
,
Illinois
as well as in
Abbeville
,
SC
and has been in the pastoral ministry since 1997.
He is often invited to speak at Revivals, Bible Conferences, Christian
Apologetics Seminars, College Campuses and also youth groups in various
churches.
Pastor
Naveen’s personal testimony is available on web site at the following URL: https://home.illicom.net/~naveen/
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