SPEAKERS
Rev. Dr. Vijaya Kumar is the Pastor of Montville United Methodist in Towaco, New Jersey. He is an ordained provisional elder of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference. Upon completion of his PhD from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 1996, he taught at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, India for 10 years in the field of History of Christianity. He served as Pastor in Philadelphia, Dunellen and in Montville at present.
Rev. Peter Sanfilippo graduated from New Brunswick Theological Seminary May 23, 2011 and was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America, December 18, 2011. Rev. Sanfilippo is currently serving as pastor at Metuchen Reformed Church, is married to Elizabeth Weidner Sanfilippo, and is the father of four grown children.
Rev. Israel Suppogu is the Senior Pastor of the Chelsea Presbyterian Church, Atlantic City, NJ. He is an expert in Hebrew and Greek languages and worked for Bible Society of India and served in the translation committee. He served as a Senior Pastor of Coles Baptist Church, Kurnool, AP before coming to USA in 2001. He has done his BD from UTC, Bangalore and M. Ts from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, PA. He lives with his wife Doris in Atlantic City, NJ.
Rev. Joseph V. Theophilus is currently the Pastor of The New Covenant Church, NJ. After his Theological Teaching, Training and Ordination, he was an Associate and Youth Pastor of Pentecostal Church in India. Later he served as the Senior Pastor & Regional Director of New Covenant Pentecostal Church in Melbourne, planting & overseeing many churches in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and establishing mission outposts in Indonesia & Philippines. He was a member of Editorial board for 3 different monthly magazines publishing articles regularly. He was also the senior editorial member of board for publishing Sunday School syllabus for grades 1 - 11 which is currently being followed in about 50 countries.
Bro. Sunil Robert Vuppula is a communicator with 20 years of experience globally. As a lay leader he has served on the boards and faculty of mission organizations like RZIM, Haggai Institute and Youth for Christ. He was the youngest faculty member at Haggai and taught Communications and Youth Culture at their centers in Maui and Singapore. His interests include Music, Writing and Travel. He lives in Edison with Prafulla and Aman.
Rev. Isaac Simon was born to Christian parents in Kerala. He completed his Bible College and Seminary Educated in Madras and Kerala. He migrated to NJ in 1977 and started first Malayalee Pentecostal Church in NJ and started Radio broadcast in Malayalam from NYC in 1979. Studied in UMDNJ Allied Health for Respiratory Care. Elected to NJ Church of God State Council in 2002 and served 3 consecutive term for six years. Served as Director of LifeBuilders Men's Ministry for 12 yrs., conducts seminars on Evangelism in and out of countries. Now serves as Coordinator of N J Indian Churches of God. Also serves as a general Minister of Church of God International.
Rev. Dr. David K. Ravinder is the Senior Pastor of the Whitehouse United Methodist Church in Whitehouse, NJ. He is an ordained Elder in the Greater NJ Annual Conference. Following the completion of his Ph.D from Princeton Seminary, Dr. Ravinder started his pastoral ministry in 1985 having served churches in Warren, Bridgewater, Berkeley Heights, Roselle Park and Whitehouse UMC. Since 1997 he has served as the Hon. Senior Pastor of the United Evangelical Christian Fellowship(UECF). He has taught courses in Counseling in India, Singapore and USA.