Arch. Bishop Dr. Thomas Selvanathan was born in 1970, in Madurai, a small town in Tamilnadu, South India. He was born into a Roman Catholic family. He has five brothers and two sisters. By the grace of God, he was saved in his childhood and had a personal encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ and was instantly baptized with the Holy Spirit. He had a very clear call upon his life for ministry from the Lord in 1992. As he waited upon the Lord, God spoke to him in an audible voice to start the ministry in Andhra Pradesh(India). He immediately obeyed the call and started as a missionary in Khammam district. He later settled in the town of Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. In the year 1994, Dr. Thomas founded and established the Dahinchu Agni Ministries, which today has grown into a large multi faceted ministry, based in Rajahmundry.