Apostle Dr. Glenton Samuels, Jr. is an award-winning educator, author, sought-after empowerment specialist and global thought leader, with a rare convergence of intellect, anointing and apostolic grace.
Born to break barriers, Dr. Samuels is a transformational leader with a divine proclivity to disrupt the status quo, challenging systems and igniting paradigm shifts in every sphere he touches.
A true seer and end-time prophet, Dr. Samuels operates with an unmistakable mantle marked by prophetic precision, apostolic insight and supernatural demonstration. His anointing is evident and the trademark dynamism associated with him, injects 'life' and restoration wherever he goes.
As an avid student, Dr. Samuels is a Theo-Semiotician, holding a Ph.D. in renewal theology and future studies as well as a master’s of applied social science in organizational management and higher education and a BBA. In addition, he holds a post-graduate certificate in traumatic stress studies. He has also been conferred two Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters and Divinity. This was in recognition of his ingenious economic mind and uncompromised commitment to the development of values such as leadership, integrity and scholarship and for the tremendous work he has accomplished in ministry. He also serves as an adjunct professor at several seminaries and universities across the nation.
Dr. Samuels was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award in Washington, D.C. by former President Bill Clinton in 1998. He was also awarded an outstanding commendation from the Mayor of the City of Miami Gardens in 2018. In 2025, he received a City Proclamation observing his birthday as Dr. Glenton Samuels Jr. Day in the City of Miramar in honor of his philanthropic contributions and civic impact.
In 2012, he was installed as the Senior Pastor of Life Changing Anointing International and in 2018, he was publicly affirmed into the Grace of the Apostle and officially launched Life Changing Anointing of South Florida with a dynamic inaugural gathering of over 1,000 people.
In 2020, Apostle Samuels established the International Apostolic Movement, Inc. He was enthroned as the Presiding Prelate of the International Apostolic Movement, Inc. that same year. As an apostolic overseer, Dr. Samuels leads a conglomerate community of autonomous ministries spanning from the US, South Africa, West Africa, Southern Asia and the Caribbean.
A preacher of rare depth and divine encounter, Apostle Samuels’ ministry is marked by miracles, healings, signs and wonders. His messages transcend barriers of race, generation, denomination, class and his voice is sought across nationally syndicated platforms such as The Word Network, MSNBC, The Huffington Post, Forbes and more.
As an accomplished researcher, his academic writings appear in prestigious journals including The Journal of Research in Education, Teachers College Record, and The Journal of College Student Development. His latest work, "Greater Than: When Purpose Meets Destiny", is a clarion call for divine alignment and prophetic activation.
As he stands and functions in both apostolic and prophetic offices, his life of consecration and fasting and the unique gift of God on his life allows him to flow heavily in the gifts of the word of knowledge, word of prophecy, miracles and healing which visibly manifest along with many other phenomena’s.
He lives and leads alongside his wife, Prophetess Delpha Samuels, and together they are raising two dynamic sons, Prince Glenton III and Delphon Legend, to carry a legacy of faith, leadership and global impact.