Bro. Duraisamy Geoffery Samuel Dhinakaran was born on July 1, 1935, in a village called Surandai of Tirunelveli in South Tamil Nadu, India. 

 

THE TURNING POINT

 

In the year 1955, Bro. Dhinakaran's life was heading on to a point of no return. The pressures that were upon him at that point of time was too much for him to handle. He had to provide for a sick mother, find ways through closed doors for an employment opportunity and above all, his studies were heading nowhere. He took a look at his life and decided that these problems have no solution and that there would be no light at the end of the tunnel. Suicide seemed to be the only solution. On February 11, 1955, after taking a long last loving glimpse of his beloved mother, knowing that he would see her no more, he walked towards the railway track so that the oncoming express train should take away his life and crush him beyond identification. En-route to the track, he ran into his uncle, a Police Officer, through whom the Lord spoke in a way that would change his very outlook on life. 

 

BANKING CAREER

 

He returned home, and quickly entered his room, shut the door, dropped on to his knees and cried out to the Lord. The Lord, in His mercy, descended and revealed to him, as in a movie, the life that he had led for the past 20 years. Tears welled up in his eyes and he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he begged the Lord for forgiveness and pleaded with Him for a cleansing. He asked Jesus to take charge of his life. From that moment, his life spun around. Every night, Lord Jesus would come down and sit beside him and help him with his lessons; The Lord Himself would write his exams and gain him success. He granted an employment opportunity with the State Bank of India, India's largest banking network.

 

A YOUNG EVANGELIST

 

Thus, that one encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ had turned his life that was heading on to suicide towards a greatly successful one. Bro.D.G.S. Dhinakaran, ever since the day he gave his life to Christ, started to do whatever he could to propagate the love of Christ, with a burden for the dying souls that he knew, could be revived by one touch of the Almighty, just as his own life was changed. So, even as he was working in a bank as an ordinary employee, he would exact all his duties at office quickly and would be found on the streets, reaching far off villages on his bicycle, preaching the good news to everyone who would stand to listen to his words. The Lord saw the faithfulness with which Bro.Dhinakaran served Him and decided to trust into his hands, a mighty ministry that would reach out to millions around the world, with His divine compassion.

 

ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST

 

On October 10, 1962, Lord Jesus appeared face to face for three long hours before Bro.D.G.S. Dhinakaran and said: "My son, people might have heard of My love; but they have not tasted it. So, I pour My love and compassion in your heart. This love will console their broken hearts and heal their diseased bodies. You will be witness to the power of My Holy Spirit." With this glorious vision and these words of assurance, He rewarded His servant who had persisted in prayer for this divine revelation and blessed him profusely. There was launched that day a one-man-ministry to begin with. Bro.Dhinakaran began to look at men and women all over the world as his own brothers and sisters, considered their tears as his own, preached to them the love and compassion of Christ, prayed with a broken heart for their needs and by his prayers moved the Lord Jesus to do miracles to meet them.

 

JESUS CALLS MINISTRY BEGINS...

 

On October 12, 1970, the first public meeting was organized where Bro.Dhinakaran shared the word of God with power to the thousands assembled at a ground in Vellore, under the banner of the Ministry's present name JESUS CALLS. The Jesus Calls Ministry has spread far and wide on all sides. Today, with God's grace, it has grown into a multifaceted far flung ministry, spreading the Good News to the world in 21 different ways.