About Pastor Manoj Kumar Bhatt
Born in 1955 in an orthodox Gujarati Brahmin family. The family history goes back as a family of priests and educationists. Rev. Manoj was given the best of education and strict religious teachings. From a young age he was zealous of his gods, taking active part in all the rites and rituals of his religion and always wanting to get closer to his gods. He finished University and qualified as an engineer.
Rev. Manoj’s new birth was on the 7th Jan 1984. When he got back home he began reading the Bible and found God and His love. The next day he made a covenant to Jesus that now on he would live for Him and Him alone would he serve. About a month later Rev. Manoj was baptised in water. After another month or so he met Shan and they got back together in a miraculous way. Seeing the change in Rev. Manoj’s life, Shan also gave her heart to the Lord and took baptism and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. They began serving the Lord and life was wonderful.
Then came satan in the form of their society threatening them with their life, demanding them to give up Christ. They were led by the Lord to leave the city and dwell in villages in hiding, in huts. Yet they had peace for they had Jesus with them. In the hut without electricity, in the light of a small oil lamp both of them studied the Scriptures and began claiming the promises of God. Since 1988 till 1994, Rev. Manoj has spent totally 9 days and nights in prison on four occasions, beaten with clubs and cane and knife blades, stabbed by a knife on one occasion while preaching at a Crusade. Once his car was stoned by some people in a village. Had electricity cut-off on several occasions at his house in India. Water supply stopped at his home several times. All this just because they love JESUS.
The Lord took him to various Bible Colleges as a Bible teacher, such as Tungling Bible College at Singapore, A.P.T.S. at Philippines, Ecclesia Bible College at Hong Kong. Then the Lord brought Rev. Manoj on Television in the U.S.A. and U.K., On the Radio in India, United Kingdom and the U.S.A., On Platforms where in a single meeting over 400,000 people have heard the Gospel. In the history of U.A.E. there has only been two occasions when any one has preached the Gospel in an open-air meeting before 1993 and the Lord used Rev. Manoj for three evenings where over 12 thousand people came each evening and the Lord performed signs wonders and miracles.
Since 1993 the Lord has brought Rev. Manoj to England to reach the World and the Asians settled in UK with the Gospel of Jesus. The Good Lord is doing great and mighty things in the United Kingdom and the world over through Rev. Manoj, God’s chosen servant.
Friday, 23rd, March at 7: 00 PM at Raj Punuru's residence, Apt# Q, 23 Reading Rd, Edison, NJ. For directions, Please call 732-662-9203 or 732-407-9543.
Saturday, 24th March at 11:30 AM at Manohar Pitta's residence, 698 Spotswood-Englishtown Rd, Monroe, NJ-08831.
For directions, Please call 732-231-6731 or 610-529-3505.