About Us
Overview of Quiet Corner
"A God to serve! And a needy soul to look after" (Acts.16:6-15)
The ministry of Quiet Corner was born in 1971, with the vision God gave its founders, Rev. Thomas & Mary Kutty Samuel, to reach the inhabitants of the rocks in the remote jungles of the Nilgiris in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. The mission was later registered as an indigenous mission in 1974. Starting off as a place of prayer with a mere thatched-hut and a bullock-cart to lug water from a stream nearby, today with God’s favour the mission has blossomed into a beautiful, charming and sylvan prayer sanctuary.To begin with there were no Christians, and in response to an abject need, the ministry plunged into addressing spiritual and humanitarian needs of the local people and thus was born a community of Christians at the foothills of the Nilgiri mountains. Today we are committed to touching lives imparting the Gospel in remote areas and making a difference in the local community that we humbly serve.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Samuel
Dr. Thomas Samuel committed his life to Christ at a Billy Graham crusade in India in 1956. In 1961 he resigned his job with the American Express and launched out into full time Christian Ministry and for almost five decades, he has been passionate and active in mission work. In 1964 God also used Dr. Samuel to launch Operation Mobilization in India. He is presently the Founder – President of Quiet Corner India Mission and United Prayer Movement for Nations.
He has a Bachelors degree in Philosophy from Kathmandu University, Nepal, and an M.A in Sociology from Mysore University, Karnataka. He was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by the Gospel for Asia Biblical Seminary, India. He is an anointed preacher and also the author of a powerful book on Prayer “Dynamics of Intercessory Prayer” and several other spiritual books.
He has disciplined many young men who are presently in Christian leadership in India and abroad. He has travelled abroad exclusively speaking in Churches and Mission Conferences. At 92, he is active spiritually but weak physically but with God’s grace has an abiding passion for Intercessory prayer. He is married to Marykutty and has four children and eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Paul Samuel
Today, the younger son of Dr. Thomas and Marykutty is a leader of the Ministry. He has a degree in Electronics Engineering, and is presently serving the ministry as its President. Paul is married to Jaya and has two children, Benny 18 years and Tushara 14 years.