Rev. Arun Samuel Varghese was born in Dubai and brought up in Dallas, TX. His parents are Varghese T. John and Elizabeth John, and their family are members of MTC Dallas, Farmers Branch. Achen did graduate studies in Telecommunications Engineering before taking up God’s call for ordained ministry. Achen spent the last 7 years in India for theological and ministerial training in the Mar Thoma Church. He obtained his Bachelors of Divinity from the Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam and was ordained as priest in July 2017. For the last 2 years, Achen had been serving as Assistant Vicar of Kattanam St. Thomas MTC. Achen is married to Sharon Mariam Mathew, from Bahrain Mar Thoma Church.