The work of our Lord Jesus Christ is both challenging and exciting! Doctor Kenneth Lee Samuel, as an anointed minister of the Gospel, undertakes his responsibilities with characteristic enthusiasm, positivity, and vigor!

Doctor Kenneth Lee Samuel is a native of Darlington, South Carolina, one of four children born to Mr. & Mrs. Bessie and Albert Samuel, Sr. He has been the recipient of many scholastic and civic honors, including 'A Better Chance Scholarship', which allowed him to attend high school at the prestigious Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey. He graduated in 1978 from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History. He continued his academic pursuit by matriculating at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received the Benjamin E. Mays Theological Fellowship Award among others. In 1981, he received his Master of Divinity Degree. In 1996, he received the Doctor of Ministry Degree from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. His theological focus is in the field of homiletics and social ethics. Dr. Samuel is an adjunct professor in the Religion and Philosophy Department at Clark Atlanta University, and has served as a Teaching Assistant in homiletics at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. An aspiring author, Dr. Samuel is completing his first book, for Pilgrim Press on the dynamics of decision making in the local church.

Doctor Samuel was licensed as a Minister of the Gospel on his 23rd birthday, August 5, 1979, at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, under the pastorate of the Reverend Doctor Joseph L. Roberts, Jr., and Pastor Emeritus, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. He was ordained in 1982 also at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia .

Doctor Samuel's many community involvements include service in the following civic organizations: President of The DeKalb County NAACP, President of The DeKalb County Council on Adult Literacy, Volunteer Chaplain of the DeKalb County Jail, and a Southern Regional Chaplain of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Having graduated in the class of 2004, Dr. Samuel has recently been appointed as a board member of Leadership DeKalb, which is the premier leadership development program in DeKalb County Georgia. Dr. Samuel and Victory are leading contributors to the United Negro College Fund, and Dr. Samuel leads the campaign for UNCF Church Contributions in metro Atlanta. Dr. Samuel is also a member of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way of Metro Atlanta. Dr. Samuel is politically active and has been elected as a Georgia delegate to the last four Democratic National Conventions.

In March of 1987, Doctor Samuel organized the Victory for the World Church which has dual standing as an independent Baptist Church , and an active congregation of the United Church of Christ. Situated in a growing eastern suburb of Atlanta called Stone Mountain, the Victory Church seeks to address the total needs of the total person through a broad array of ministries and services which promote the spiritual development, educational enhancement, physical fitness and social empowerment of every child of God - regardless of race, gender, culture, class or sexual orientation. In 2001, Dr. Samuel and the Victory Church completed construction on a 3000 seat Worship Center, replete with classrooms, offices, a library, a bookstore, a recording studio and a 500 seat Fellowship Hall. In addition, the Kenneth L. Samuel (KLS) Community Life Center houses a full court gymnasium, additional classrooms, offices and a computer lab. The 25 acre Victory campus also houses the Victory Christian Academy, which serves grades K3 through 4th grade, and the Victory Annex and trailers which are used for counseling and community outreach.

Doctor Samuel is married to the lovely former Ms. Sherry Nichols. They are the proud parents of one daughter, Kendalle Marye, and they reside in Lithonia, Georgia.