We assent all the early Baptist Christians belonged to the Andhra Baptist Church in Rudravari Street, Old town,  Visakhapatnam City.

Rev. E. L. Quirk was like a pearl in the Lord’s Ministry in those days of the thriving ministry of the Andhra Baptist Church. We cannot forget about the fore vision and the ability of executing power of Rev. E. L. Quirk the man of God, who had deep desire for the spread of the gospel.

He proposed to establish multiple baptist churches at different places in Visakhapatnam when there was only one Baptist Church (Head church). The head church did not agree with the idea of starting new branches/churches. There were no transport facilities available in the city, except rickshaws, hand pulled rickshaws, Jatkas, bullock carts and cycles and it was a very difficult task for Christians to go to the Church from the four corners of the city. In those days Miss. Blackdar started a Sunday school at Allipuram main road near a flourmill. People who could not attend the worship service at the head church owing to lack of transporations and uncongenial timings of jobs, used to gather at this place and worship the Lord. Mr. Goli Sanganna as an evangelist was leading the prayer meetings. On 10-7-1947, the head church, granted the permission to the members, for such prayer meetings/ worship services..