"Ang pangangaral o pagtuturo ng salita ng Diyos ay hindi lamang isang gawaing maaaring matutunan kung hindi isang malaking pananagutan na dapat maramdaman." -Rev. Samuel V. Castro
Rev. Samuel V. Castro is one of the known and respected leaders of Alliance of Bible Christian Communities of the Philippines (ABCCOP). He was resident pastor of many different ABCCOP churches from 1974 up to his retirement in 2013. He was elected many times as a member of the National Council of Elders (the National Board of ABCCOP), serving either as Chairman or Vice Chairman for many terms (four years for each term).
Rev. Castro earned his Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology at the Febias College of Bible and his Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies from the Asian Theological Seminary.
Since 1989, Rev. Castro has served as teacher for ABCCOP Christian Theological School (ACTS), teaching classes on Books of the Bible, Hermeneutics, and Homiletics. He is author of a book on Homiletics, Manwal sa Pangangaral Para sa Trainor, which was published in 2004 by OMF Literature, Inc. The manual is used as resource book for his Homiletics classes for ACTS and is a valuable reference for many pastors. Since 2015, Rev. Castro has been serving as the District Minister/Mentor of the Alliance of Bible Christian Communities of Mindoro (ABCCOM).