Pastor: Hemant Patel - April 17, 1959
Wife: Becki - May 19, 1959
Anniversary: May 26, 1979
Children: Jason - July 26, 1982
Daniel - June 9, 1985
Stephen - September 12, 1987
Nathanael - December 14, 1989
Pastor Hemant Patel is pictured here with his wife and their
4 sons. They began their ministry in Agra, India, in 1994 and have established 3
active churches -- Faith Church in the city of Agra, Bethel Church in a
surrounding village of Agra, and Grace Church in the city of Gurgaon, just
outside of Delhi. Their sons are all living in the US, either working and/or
attending college. Hemant and Becki continue to minister at Faith and Bethel
Church, while simultaneously establishing Grace Church.
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Asst. Pastor: Mani Thomas - July 7 Wife: Nisha -February 8
Anniversary: December 10
Children: Joshua November 11, 1996
Jessica January 18, 1999
Joice March 1, 2002
Mani Thomas is the assistant pastor of Faith Church, Agra, India. He and his wife were orphans from an early age and grew up in an orphanage together. They were both saved at a young age. After their wedding in December of 1994, they joined the Patel's to begin the work in Agra. Bro. Mani was ordained in the year 2000 and is responsible for assisting the Pastor in all areas. Nisha is active in the Children's ministry and tutors several children after school. Mani is shown here with his wife and children.
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Bus/Evang. Sonelal Marandi - July 16
Wife: Kaushaliya - December 19
Children: Snelatha October 24
Samson May 9
Sheba September 2
Sonelal and his wife are from the state of Bihar and come from a tribal background. They have both been saved and are such humble servants of the Lord. He is a lay-preacher and conducts house meetings in the village. He is responsible for bringing folks to church in our church buses, as well as the maintenance of both the church vehicles. He is shown here with his wife and children.
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Music/Youth: Jordan
Robin - October 18
Wife:
Shiya - January 13
Anniversary: May 26
Jordon, (nicknamed Raju), is originally from the
country of Nepal and was saved as a young boy. He began attending our church
in 1997 and immediately got involved in our music ministry. Several years
ago, God called him into full-time Christian service and has been training
at Faith Church to do the Lord's work. He works a part-time job to
financially assist his parents. Raju and Shiya were married in May 2007 in
Cary, NC. Both are actively involved in the teen and children’s ministries.
Raju continues to help in the music ministry and evangelism.
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Assistant Pastor.
G Babushri - September 26
Wife:
Sandhya - September 30
Child: Sherly - December 10
Beatrice - August 30
Babushri and his wife Sandhya are from the
state of Andra Pradesh in India. They have two daughters, Sherly and
Beatrice. Babushri was saved out of a Catholic background and
surrendered his life to full time Christian service in 2002. He has
since been under our training at Faith Church in Agra, where he was
actively involved in village evangelism, children’s church, and the
youth ministry. He has a genuine zeal for winning the lost to Christ. We
ordained him in February of 2007. Under the leadership of the Holy
Spirit, he and his wife felt the call to help us begin Grace Church, our
new work in the city of Gurgaon, just outside of Delhi. He and his wife
are both active in evangelizing the lost and discipling new converts,
and as a result, we are beginning to see much fruit. Please pray for
this dear couple and their efforts to make Christ known in that area.
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Children's Ministry
Jenny Robin - June 7
Jenny was saved at a young age and has been attending our church since 1997. She is actively involved in children's church, Juniors for Jesus, and the teen ministry. Jenny is one of the English children's tutors and the church secretary.
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African Student Ministry Greg
- November 27
Wife:
Eve - October 21
Greg and Eve served in our African student ministry from 2003-2007.
They have had a desire to see a similar “Faith Church” established
in their own country and have returned to Kenya in September of 2007
with plans to start a sister church in El Dorit. They were married
at our church in February 2006. Eve is expecting a baby- due in
September 2008
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African Student Ministry
Dickson - November 17
Dickson was saved at our church and surrendered his life to serve the Lord in 2001. He is presently working with our African Student Ministry and conducts computer classes at our church for the underprivileged children. His future plans are to return to Kenya and be involved in church planting.
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Music Ministry Joshua and Samson
Joshua and Samson are the pianists for our church. They conduct the music for all English Swahili and Hindi songs.
