Pastor Kanjappallil Abraham Thomas

Abraham Thomas was born June 18, 1940 in Puthuppally, Kerala, India to KT and Annamma Abraham. He had one brother, Kanjappallil Abraham Varghese. Unfortunately, his mother passed when he was only three years old. His father then sold everything and joined the Ceylon Pentecostal Mission and moved with his children to Sri Lanka. Around the age of 15, Pastor Thomas returned with his family to Kerala. Later, he joined the Church of God Bible School in Mulakuzha. He graduated in 1960 and was appointed as the National Sunday School and Youth Director of the Church of God India.

He married Sosamma Eapen in 1962 and their first child Annie was born a year later. He visited America alone in 1964 to pursue his theological studies. Sosamma followed later and their second child Abe was born in 1966. He graduated from MidContinent Bible College and then worked as a social worker in Peoria, Illinois. He and his family moved to Chicago in 1973. Pastor Thomas started one of the first Indian churches in Chicago, known as International Christian Assembly of God. In 1979, the family moved to Georgia where they pastored two churches. Over the course of the following three decades, they started various other churches in both California and Texas. He travelled extensively to countries all over the world in the last two decades of his life, preaching the Gospel as well as planting and building churches.

He was honored by the South Texas District Council of the Assemblies of God for his faithful

service as a minister of the Gospel for 50 years. He is survived by his wife of 59 1/2 years, Sosamma;

his daughter Dr. Annie Varughese and husband Babu; son Dr. Abraham Thomas and wife Antonia;

grandchildren - Elizabeth and husband Robin, Suzanne, Priya, Alex, and Nicole; great grandchildren

Zachary and Logan.