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| Born | 1950 Kerala, India |
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K.P. Yohannan is the founder and president of Gospel for Asia, a Christian organization based in Carrollton, Texas, and the Metropolitan of Believers Church,
Biography
Early life
K.P. Yohannan was born in 1951 and raised in a St. Thomas Syrian Christian family in Kerala, India. He was 16 when he joined Operation Mobilization, an evangelical missions movement, and served with them for eight years on the Indian subcontinent.
Education
K.P. Yohannan went to the United States for theological studies at Criswell College (at the time Criswell Bible Institute) in Dallas, Texas. He graduated with a B.A. in Biblical Studies, becoming the school’s first international student to graduate. He was also conferred an honorary degree of divinity by Hindustan Bible College in Chennai, India.
Ministry
During his early years in Dallas, Texas, K.P. became an ordained clergy and served as a pastor of a Native American Southern Baptist church for four years. Although being the shepherd of his local church was greatly rewarding, he could not forget the millions of suffering and needy people in India and the neighboring nations. Then in 1979, he resigned from his church to give full attention to mission work in Asia and to share the love of Christ among the unreached peoples.
He and his wife Gisela decided to give away their own possessions to help spread the good news of Jesus on the Indian subcontinent. They started by helping 2 dozen national workers in the first year. Then in 1979, K.P. and Gisela officially founded Gospel for Asia. After three decades the organization, now serves in 17 nations. Yohannan argues that Western missionaries are ineffective, and that it is more appropriate to provide financial support to missionaries from the relevant country; Gospel for Asia does this.
Yohannan was consecrated a bishop by K. J. Samuel, moderator of the Church of South India, which resulted in some controversy.
Family
K.P. Yohannan is married to Gisela, who served with him in Operation Mobilization. They met in 1973. In 1974, they were married in Germany, Gisela’s country of birth. They have two children, Daniel and Sarah.
Print and radio
Dr. Yohannan is the author of eight books published in the US and has authored more than 200 books published in India. His book Revolution In World Missions, has over 2 million copies in print.
K.P. Yohannan’s radio broadcast, "Road to Reality," is heard on over 800 radio stations throughout the USA, Canada, U.K., New Zealand and Australia. He has also been heard on the Athmeeya Yathra (Spiritual Journey) daily broadcast for the past 25 years. This is broadcast in 14 nations in 110 Asian languages. His television channel in the name of AY Broadcast Foundation aired on 31 May 2011.
In his book Armies Of God: A Study In Militant Christianity, British-born, Malaysia-based academic Iain Buchanan has criticized K.P. Yohannan for welcoming the 2004 tsunami by calling it "one of the greatest opportunities God has given us to share His love with people". According to Iain Buchanan, such evangelicals thrive on suffering and disaster.
Controversies
1) Gospel For Asia - Tsunami Orphan Fraud :- Allegation is that Gospel Of Asia had collected funds for taking care of 10000 orphan childs after the Tsunami in 2004. According to the official statistics compiled by the National Child Protection Authority, the Department of Probation and Child Service, Save the Children in Sri Lanka , ILO and UNICEF as of the 12th of January, 2005, in Sri Lanka the current Child and Orphan situation is as follows: The number of unaccompanied children are 38; the number of separated children are 858, the number of children that lost one parent are 3202.
This investigation is done by Faith Mix in Sri Lanka and should be the beginning of your own investigation into the facts. The results of recent shameless Tsunami Orphan Fraud carried out by K.P. Yohannan and his GFA marketing team was:
i) Kind hearted donors that wanted to give funds to help Tsunami affected children were deceived as to GFA’s true level of involvement in Sri Lanka (enough to stage pictures and video for web and fundraising purposes). ii) GFA used the Tsunami and the helpless condition of Sri Lankan refugees to create the illusion of their aid to Sri Lankan Orphans while they cashed in on a fundraising window, financially capitalizing on the tragedy and the blood of the innocent. iii) Helpless and poor Sri Lankans affected by the December Tsunami were again taken advantage of by the deceptive marketing campaign of K.P. Yohannan and his GFA marketing team. His campaign, as you can ascertain for yourself, was (and currently still is) devoid of truth. If it based on a lie it is absent of truth. If it is absent of truth it is absent of Christ (John 14:6).
References
- Wooding, Dan. "Gospel for Asia's K.P. Yohannan a Quiet Revolutionary". Crosswalk.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Believers Church general assembly begins today". The Hindu. 4 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Believers Church decries violence". The Hindu. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "About K.P. Yohannan"., Gospel for Asia
- ^ Bergunder, Michael (2008). The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 0-8028-2734-9.
- Van Rheenen, Gailyn (1996). Missions: Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies. Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-20809-2.
- Jacob, George (10 February 2003). "Crisis brewing in CSI". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Philip, Shaju. "An archbishop's spiritual factory". The Indian Express. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - Bland, Vikki. "Yohannan: Persecution is Part of the Deal". Crosswalk.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Yohannan, K.P. (2004). Revolution in World Missions. Gospel for Asia. ISBN 1-59589-001-7.
- Neustel, Lauren (1 March 2011). "Revolution in World Missions (Review)". Online Journal of Christian Communication and Culture. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- Evangelical Christianity: Devils in high places, Sunday, Mar 27, 2011, Yogesh Pawar, Mumbai, DNA