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United
Evangelical Christian Fellowship (UECF), New Jersey, USA is an Inter-Denominational
Asian Indian Christian Church started by Asian Indians. We welcome everyone to come, worship and be
Blessed!
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Rev.
Naveen Balakrishnan, was raised in
Hyderabad
,
India
in an orthodox Hindu Brahmin (priestly) family.
He earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at JNTU College
of Engineering in
Hyderabad
,
India
. In 1990, he came to the
US
to pursue a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Through the Clemson Area International Friendship program, he met an
American family that invited him to attend a church service with them. He
underwent many trials, struggling for the bare necessities of life, before the
Lord provided him with the means for physical and spiritual food. He was torn
between the love for his mother (who was seriously ill in
India
, being paralyzed on one side) and his strong love for Christ and the calling.
He made the agonizing decision in February 1993, and surrendered his life to
Jesus as his Savior and Lord. He was
called to the gospel ministry six months later and underwent training for M. Div
at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West SC.
He is married with three children with one preceding
to heaven. Rev. Naveen
Balakrishnan has been the pastor of the
First
Baptist
Church
, SBC in
Paxton
,
IL
since December 2001.
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