Pastor Kuruvilla

CFI-SouthAsia was born in the heart of Pastor Mathew Kuruvilla, a native Indian called to missionary work among his own people. At the center of CFI is Kuruvilla’s driving passion to reach the hurting, lost, indigent, and incarcerated; the Unseen Victims of Society.

Mathew Kuruvilla Hugging Dr. Abdul Kalam, President of India

Pastor Kuruvilla was born in India and raised in a devout, Nasrani - Syrian Christian family. For many generations, his family was involved in Christian ministry in India and the surrounding countries. This environment, filled with Gospel meetings and Bible studies, gave pastor Kuruvilla a strong foundation for his life’s work.

Throughout his life, Pastor Kuruvilla sensed that missions work, including starting churches among the unchurched people groups of India, was part of God’s plan for his life. After finishing one year of Bible School in 1974, he experienced this first-hand

Mathew Kuruvilla with Dr. Abdul Kalam, President of India

when he had the privilege to share the Lord Christ Jesus with the people of Arunachal Pradesh and surrounding states, in Northeast India with his secular job.

In 1989, God called Pastor Kuruvilla into full-time ministry. After spending twelve years in the Indian Civil Service of the Cabinet Secretariat New Delhi, India, he left a promising career to fulfill Jesus command to, “Go into all world and preach the good news to all creation, and to the poor.”

Mathew and Bilsy

To prepare for his work in India, Pastor Kuruvilla studied in the United States at Brewton Parker College, Dallas Baptist University, and Southwestern Theological Seminary. Besides his academic studies, he also gained expertise through building a successful career as an Assist Manager for Radio Shack Corporation, working as a consultant for Cormark International, and owning and operating various businesses. Please pray for him, his wife Bilsy and their two children Jobin and Juby and the ministry.