Kurien Thomas

Kurien Thomas

Kurien Thomas (1923-2001?) or Kurian Thomas was pioneer pentecostal missionary to Central India. He hailed from Kerala. In the beginning he was a missionary from the India Pentecostal Church of God but later formed a new organization called the Fellowship of the Pentecostal Churches of God in India along with other Christian leaders. He authored several books originally in Hindi, English, and Malayalam. He was the pastor of the Pentecostal Church at Itarsi, Founder/Chairman and later Patron of the Fellowship of the Pentecostal Churches in India, and Principal of the Central India Bible College, estd. in 1962 (now Central India Theological Seminary) for several years. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society having travelled many countries of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and was recipient of several awards. His book "God's Trailblazer In and Around the World" [Published by Central India Bible College, Itarsi] was his autobiography.

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