About Us

Atlanta Church of God (ACOG) is a part of the Church of God denomination that is headquartered in Cleveland, TN, and comprised entirely of people hailing from the state of Kerala in South India. This church came into formation on September 5, 1999 with the blessings and active support of (Late) Reverend John Colbaugh, the Senior Pastor of Lawrenceville Church of God, GA, Reverend Harold Jones, the State Evangelism Director of North Georgia and the (Late) Reverend Delbert D. Rose, the Administrative Bishop of North Georgia Church of God. From its inception Atlanta Church of God has been meeting at the Lawrenceville Church of God premises in the C-Auditorium (Fellowship Hall), and the services are held in the native Indian language of Malayalam along with sermons translated into English for the youth. Reverend C. V. Andrews has been serving as the Senior Pastor of Atlanta Church of God from its inception.

He is being ably supported by Reverend Thomas Mathew (Assistant Pastor), Reverend Shibu Cherian (Associate Pastor & Sunday School Director) and Brother Anil Balachandran (Youth Coordinator). By the grace of Almighty God, Atlanta Church of God has been growing steadily in numbers, and has several active ministries which include Sunday school, Bible Study, Counseling and the Ministries of Youth, Ladies and Outreach.

ACOG has the following departments to cater to the needs of young and old: Sunday school for all ages (every Sunday morning); Adult Bible Classes in English & Malayalam (every Sunday morning); Youth Ministry (Friday evening Youth Worship in English); Praise & Worship Ministry (every Sunday morning in English & Malayalam); Ladies Ministry (monthly prayer meeting) and Outreach Ministry (Overseas missions & local outreach).