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This video is presented by:
Pastor. S.N.Raju,
Believers Eastern Church,
Ravulapalem,
East godavari district,
Andhra pradesh, India, 533223.
Dr. K.P. Yohannan is the founder and director of Gospel For Asia (GFA). He is also the founder and Metropolitan Bishop of Believers Eastern Church. He was born in 1950 and raised in a St. Thomas Syrian Christian family in Niranam, Kerala, India. He was the youngest of six sons. His mother dedicated each of her children to the Lord and longed to see one of them commit their lives to ministry. She secretly fasted each Friday for three-and-a-half years, praying, “Oh God, let just one of my boys preach! Even as she prayed, her children were growing up, seeming destined for secular work. Finally, only the youngest, little “Yohannan,” was left. Seeing how shy and insecure he was, his mother thought there was little chance that he would preach. However, after Yohannan finished his schooling, he heard stories about North India from a visiting mission team, and his heart was gripped. His mother’s faithful prayers were answered as he immediately decided to join the Operation Mobilization, an evangelical mission movement and go to North India to help bring the Good News to the multitude of villages that had never heard of Christ. He was 16 when he joined Operation Mobilization, and served with them for eight years on the Indian subcontinent. While preparing to go with this radical mission team from Europe, the timid 16-year-old was challenged by a call to radical discipleship from missionary statesman George verwer. That night, Yohannan couldn’t sleep. What if God asked him to preach publicly in the streets? What if he was stoned and beaten? Suddenly, God’s presence filled the room, and he knew he was not alone. Lord God, he prayed in surrender, “I’ll give myself to speak for you but help me to know that you’re with me.” At a young age, he used to pray “oh my lord, break my heart with the things that break yours”
Through an invitation from Dr. W. A. Criswell, Yohannan moved to the United States in 1974 for theological studies at Criswell College in Dallas, Texas. He graduated with a B.A. in Biblical Studies, becoming the school’s first international student to graduate. He eventually was also conferred an honorary degree of divinity by Hindustan Bible Institute & College in Chennai, India As a theology student, Yohannan became an ordained clergyman and served as a pastor of a Native American Southern Baptist church for four years near Dallas, Texas. While God blessed his pastoral ministry, Yohannan couldn’t forget the burden God had given him for those who had never once heard the name of Jesus.
K.P. Yohannan is married to Gisela who served with him in Operation Mobilization. They met in 1973. In 1974, they were married in Germany, Gisela’s country of birth.
They had two grown children named Daniel Punnose, Sarah Punnose who are also serving the Lord. In 1978, Yohannan and his wife Gisela started an organization known today as Gospel for Asia, In 1979, he resigned from his church to devote his attention full-time to mission work. In 1981, he started a chapter of Gospel for Asia in Kerala and in 1983 created an Indian headquarter in Tiruvalla.
Today, GFA comes alongside thousands of national workers and supports them through prayer and assistance as they bring hope to the most needy in South Asia. GFA is engaged in dozens of projects, such as caring for poor children, slum dwellers and widows and orphans; providing clean water by funding wells; supporting medical missions; and meeting the needs of those in leprosy colonies. Through GFA’s Bridge of Hope Program, tens of thousands of children are being rescued from the generational curses of poverty and hopelessness
Dr. Yohannan’s radio program, Spiritual Journey (Athmeeya Yathra), reaches more than 1 billion people in 110 languages. His Road to Reality radio program airs weekly on more than 200 radio stations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand Dr. Yohannan is a prolific writer with more than 250 books published in Asia and 11 in the United States. With more than 3.9 million copies in print, Yohannan’s landmark book, Revolution in World Missions, is an
international bestseller that has literally changed the course of mission history in our generation. Yohannan’s other titles include The Road to Reality; Come, Let’s Reach the World; Living in the Light of Eternity; Reflecting His Image; Against the Wind; Touching Godliness through Submission; Destined to Soar; No Longer a Slumdog; Dance Not for Time and Little Things that Make a Big Difference.
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