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{{Infobox clergy
| name = C. Earl Stubbs
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|12|18}}
| birth_place = [[Williamsburg, Pennsylvania]]
| death_date ={{death date and age|2008|07|15|1942|12|18|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Secunderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| church = [[Assemblies of God]], Andhra Pradesh District
| other_names = Pastor Stubbs
| education = <br>
* [[Central Bible College]], [[Springfield, Missouri]]
* [[Covenant Theological Seminary]], [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]
| ordained =1973
| writings =
| congregations =
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* New Life Assemblies of God Church, [[Secunderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* Assembly of God Church, [[Mifflinburg]], [[Pennsylvania]]
* Spanish Lake Assembly of God Church, [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]
| offices_held =<br>
* Chairperson, Governing Board of Andhra Pradesh Bible College, [[Miyapur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* Administrator, Ebenezer Bible College, [[Bellary]], [[Karnataka]]
* Principal, Bethel Bible College, [[Punalur]], [[Kerala]]
| title = Reverend
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| children =
| parents =
| footnotes = Data as of October 2008
}}
'''Chalmer Earl Stubbs''' (December 18, 1942 – July 15, 2008)<ref>Keith Sorbo, Sorbo/Sarbo Family Genealogy. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [http://www.sorbofamily.com/individual.php?pid=I162&ged=Sorbo.ged]</ref> was a Missionary of the [[Assemblies of God]] World Missions deputed to [[India]].<ref>Shrewsbury Assembly of God Church, [[Springfield, Missouri]], Missions. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [http://www.shrewsburyassembly.org/missions.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023004111/http://www.shrewsburyassembly.org/missions.php |date=2008-10-23 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Stubbs was born in [[Williamsburg, Pennsylvania]]. He had his schooling in [[Winchester, Virginia]].<ref>Obituary in News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri, July 20, 2008. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [http://php.news-leader.com/Announcements/ObitView.php?NoticeID=45313&NoticeDate=2008-07-20&Keyword=] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714173116/http://php.news-leader.com/Announcements/ObitView.php?NoticeID=45313&NoticeDate=2008-07-20&Keyword= |date=2011-07-14 }}</ref>

He got baptised on April 1, 1962 in [[Charles Town, West Virginia|Charlestown]], [[West Virginia]].<ref name=net211>{{Cite web |url=http://www.network211.com/stubbs/ |title=Network 211, Stubbs. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008 |access-date=2008-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019211704/http://www.network211.com/Stubbs/ |archive-date=2008-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Stubbs had a call to serve God and enrolled at the [[Central Bible College]],<ref>The Central Bible College is a Seminary of the Assemblies of God with degree-granting authority validated by the United States Department of Education. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [http://www.cbcag.edu/view.asp?p=87]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Springfield, Missouri]] obtained a bachelor's degree graduating in 1968.<ref>Central Bible College Alumni Association Newsletter, July/August 2008. See Lives Remembered. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [http://www.cbcag.edu/alumni/downloads/2008_July-August_E-Newsletter.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807153342/http://www.cbcag.edu/alumni/downloads/2008_July-August_E-Newsletter.pdf |date=2011-08-07 }}</ref>

For post-graduate studies, Stubbs joined the [[Covenant Theological Seminary]],<ref>Covenant Theological Seminary is managed by the [[Presbyterian Church of America]]. The Seminary is entitled to grant degrees and is approved by the United States Government. [https://archive.is/20071027012437/http://www.urbana.org/ns.ms.school.overview.cfm?RecordId=21]</ref> [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] and pursued a master's degree in theological studies.<ref name=net211/>

==Contribution==
The [[Assemblies of God]] were the outcome of the [[Azusa Street Revival]] led by [[William J. Seymour]], the initiator of the [[Pentecostal]] religious movement.

As part of its missionary endeavor, the [[Assemblies of God]] began sending their missionaries to India in the early part of twentieth century.<ref>Roger E. Hudlund, [http://www.missionstudies.org/conference/1papers/fp/Roger_Hedlund_Full_Paper.pdf The Witness of New Christian Movements in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911112217/http://www.missionstudies.org/conference/1papers/fp/Roger_Hedlund_Full_Paper.pdf |date=2008-09-11 }}, Paper presented at the 2004 Malaysia assembly of the International Association for Mission Studies, page 9.</ref>

Stubb's was one such missionary sent to [[India]].

===Pastor===
Earl Stubbs began his ministry as an Assistant Pastor at the Spanish Lake Assembly of God Church, [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] in 1969. Later in 1971, he was moved to the Assembly of God Church, [[Mifflinburg]], [[Pennsylvania]]. He was ordained by the Assemblies of God's Pennsylvania-Delaware District Council in 1973. The Assemblies of God World Missions deputed him to India to serve as their Missionary in 1975. It was in 1983 that the New Life Assembly of God Church was founded in [[Secunderabad]].

===Bible Teacher===
Having arrived in India, he proceeded to [[Kerala]] and served as a Bible Teacher in the Bethel Bible College,<ref>Established in 1927, the Bethel Bible College, Punalur is a Seminary of the Assemblies of God accredited with the [[Asia Theological Association]]. However, the [[Asia Theological Association]] is not entitled to issue degrees by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] of the [[Government of India]].</ref> [[Punalur]]. Stubbs also served as its Principal before moving out in 1979 to the Ebenezer Bible College,<ref name=gpeter>G. Peter, Leader's Profile, Andhra Pradesh District Web Site. [[Southern Asia Bible College]] as an extension opened Ebenezer Bible College in [[Bellary]] in 1978 for its Telugu-speaking pupils. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [http://www.apdsiag.org/leader-profile.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820001538/http://www.apdsiag.org/leader-profile.html |date=2008-08-20 }}</ref> [[Bellary]] where he served as its [[Academic administration|Administrator]].

Stubbs toiled to infuse sound [[theological]] education from the Pentecostal perspective to his students be it at [[Punalur]], [[Bellary]], or [[Miyapur]]. In fact, Stubbs pioneered the establishment of the Bible Schools in [[Bellary]] and [[Miyapur]].

===Leadership===
Pastor Stubbs oversaw the ministerial work of the Assemblies of God in South India, particularly in Andhra Pradesh. He was instrumental in founding the Andhra Pradesh Bible College in Miyapur catering to the ministerial formation of the Pastors of the Assemblies of God. Stubbs drafted the Constitution<ref name=gpeter/> of the Andhra Pradesh District of the South India Assemblies of God.

==New Life Assembly of God Church, Secunderabad==
What started as a small fellowship of just four people in Rashtrapathi Road ''(formerly Kingsway)'' in 1983 became a mega fellowship. The New Life Assembly of God Church was founded by the [[Assemblies of God]] in [[Secunderabad]] pioneered by Stubbs.<ref name=timesobit>Times of India, Hyderabad, July 20, 2008, Special Obituary Note on Rev. C. Earl Stubbs. Internet, accessed October 26, 2008. [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?skin=pastissues2&enter=LowLevel&AW=1225024136343]</ref>

Catering to the English-speaking<ref name=timesobit/> Christians of the cities of [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] and [[Secunderabad]], the New Life Assembly of God Church in [[Secunderabad]] also struck original ground in winning new converts to Christianity. As for ''name-sake'' [[Christians]], the messages of Stubbs coupled with the prevalent spiritual atmosphere in the Church made them to re-think their faith and grow in [[Christianity]].

With the increasing number of people coming to the Church, the Assemblies of God, Andhra Pradesh District was forced to shift the Church to a new location. The Dreamland Theatre that once screened movies for the British-residents of Secunderabad was let out and it became the venue for the Sunday worship services of the New Life Assembly of God Church until July 2018.
In July 2018 the congregation moved to a newly constructed sanctuary in Kompally.

Presently, the Church has more than 6000<ref name=timesobit /> attending the Sunday Worship spread over four services.

==References==
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;Further reading
* {{cite journal|author=Roger E. Hudlund |title=The Witness of New Christian Movements in India. |year=2004 |url=http://www.missionstudies.org/conference/1papers/fp/Roger_Hedlund_Full_Paper.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911112217/http://www.missionstudies.org/conference/1papers/fp/Roger_Hedlund_Full_Paper.pdf |archivedate=September 11, 2008 }}
* {{cite journal
| author=Ambakattuparambil Chacko George, John Higgins
| title=Trailblazers for God: A History of the Assemblies of God of India.
| year=2004
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| issue=
| url =https://books.google.com/?id=5AYLHAAACAAJ&dq=assemblies+of+god+india
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=Benjamin Prasad Shinde
| title=The Contribution of the Assemblies of God to Church Growth in India. An M.A. (Missions) thesis submitted to the Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
| year=1974
| volume=
| issue=
| url =https://books.google.com/?id=_zKeHwAACAAJ&dq=assemblies+of+god+india
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}} {{dead link|date=May 2010}}

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