Ricky Gootam

Ricky Gootam hails from Kakinada in the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India. He earned his undergraduate degree from Freed-Hardeman University and a master's degree from Oklahoma University. Ricky serves as the preacher at the Satyavani Church of Christ in Kakinada, India. Additionally, he oversees the children's home, leper colonies, and medical missions, and coordinates India’s “Lads-to-Leaders” program. He is the son of Joshua Gootam, one of the first converts of Brother J.C. Baily, a pioneer missionary from Canada in the 1960s.