apostle Nani Babu Nelli was born on 1983 July 20, Wednesday 2:45 am to a blessed God's servant couple apostle Sajeev Kumar and Marthamma as firstborn.  When he was born it was flood time at G. Pedapudi Lanka, his grandmother’s village.   apostle Sajeev Kumar couple were evangelizing the village and leading a small church with some families and besides that, they were working as CR in a Lutheran Church in Vadapalem. Apostle Nani some childhood was spent in Vadapalem. When he was 2 years old, he got infected in his liver and was about to die.  His parent spent a lot of money on the treatment and sold the gold they had for better treatment but could not heal. One night his father apostle Sajeev Kumar was praying for healing, kneeling at the side head of the patient, and he heard the voice saying “I love the Firstborn".  Immediately apostle Sajeev brought the oil and anointed and dedicated him to the service of the Lord.  As soon as he finished the prayer Nani got up and cried loudly. That sickness never repeated. Glory to God alone. 

All his childhood was in starvation and lack of clothes and poverty as his parents were living in destitute conditions as they did not have any financial resources for the ministry.  Very small church with a few people and children. a very new church with the very lowest income. and there was heavy persecution and opposition to the ministry. They were starved, persecuted, beaten, smitten, abounded. No proper house to live in and no proper clothes to wear, they were lacking normal daily food. They had food once in 3days. 

Apostle Jeevarathanam Hallonen has started helping Apostle Sajeev Kumar with monthly support. It was only the sources for the ministry. One man went and asked him to stop supporting Sajeev Kumar, people from this village wrote many letters to stop the support. But he never stopped supporting and helping to build the small church. They are still thankful to him in Jesus.  

Apostle Nani was saved miraculously from death situations by electrocution two times, two major accidents survived a heart attack and miraculously God opened the closed heart arteries. 

Apostle Nani wanted to become an advocate, but his father dedicated him to the ministry, nani always intended to support the ministry instead of working in the mission field. His father took 40 days of fasting and started praying for Nani to come for the ministry. One early morning in prayer apostle Nani was watching a star moving in the dark sky and it was traveling towards him, and within no time it was falling on him as fire. He could not tolerate the heat and rolled in the church for half an hour, and has saw a vision, someone came to him and gave stick to tend the flock. Then he dedicated his life to the ministry. 

Apostle Nani Babu studied up to a bachelor's degree in secular education. And completed a Bachelor's Degree in Biblical theology at Carmel Bible College, Eluru, and a Master's Theology in at GPPM Bible College, Tanuku. 

He worked as associate pastor for Pastor Saji Varghese at Keralian Rock church, in Hosur, Karnataka for a while. By the time his father got sick of Kidney failure, he returned home and worked with his father for a while and took complete ministry responsibilities after apostle Sajeeva Kumar went to be with the Lord forever. 

apostle Nani worked with Pastor Toby from Bangalore as state coordinator for the Nazareth India Mission. Dr.Prasanth Kumar Hallonen stood with the apostle Nani family in the time of trouble after his father Jeevarathanam Hallonen. He is thankful to them for their encouragement in the ministry. 

Church was with 60 families when he started working and now it was 160 families. 

Apostle Nani married Tharani on 17th June 2010 and God blessed them with two children,  Nancy (Daughter) and Sajeev (son). 

He has started charity activities and received the award “Eminent Person of the Year – 2020” for his social work during the time of COVID-19. Now he is working as senior Pastor of Jesus Christ Prayer House and founded LOVE AND HOPE FOUNDATION, where charity work is undertaken to see a better society, helping without any discrimination of caste, creed, or religion. and Founded KINGDOM CITIZENS FOUNDATION where all religious activities are undertaken. 

He was mentored and commissioned by apostle Tim Taylor, founder of Kingdom League International. Apostle Tim played a great role in apostle Nani’s life by molding and equipping for the kingdom of God. He is thankful to the apostle Tim. 

He is thankful to everyone who is standing on his side to support the ministry, and what God is doing through him.  We are all citizens of the Kingdom of God, we are all one.

His vision is to unite the church without any boundaries of Doctrines. and winning souls by equipping the called as  FISHERS OF MEN and sending them to the unreached communities of every nook and corner of India, to start house churches and for making disciples. And doing the best for society without any discrimination of creed, caste, or religion to see a better society.