Simply Grace United Methodist Church

Rev. Dr. Vijaya Kumar was raised in India. He received a Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Theology from Serampore University, India and Th.M from Princeton Divinity School, Th.M and Ph. D degrees from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He served for 26 years in Karnataka Theological College as the professor of History of Christianity and the honorary pastor of the local congregations in India. He joined the United Methodist Church as a local church pastor, full time elder in USA. For the last 15 years, he has been serving local churches including the UMCs in Dunellen, Montville (Towaco), New Dover UMC, Edison and Scotch Plains. He is passionate about growing vital congregations and making dynamic disciples of Jesus Christ to transform lives, communities and the world. Now, he rejoices in receiving calls to serve as a bridge-builder and transformational servant-leader. He is married to Mrs. Florine Jayamani for 43 years who served in various schools as a teacher. They have two grown-up daughters married and have six grandchildren.