KAIROS CENTER FOR THEOLOGY AND LEADERSHIP
Lucknow, India. KCTL is a WOTW partner and is instrumental in training leaders for Northern India, Nepal, and Bhutan. This school provides excellent leadership training through diploma, bachelors and masters levels programs. In addition to their excellent academics, they produce powerful women leaders. WOTW was able to build a women’s dormitory at KCTL which helped to provide more educational opportunities for women and increased the KCTL enrollment for those who have come from outside Lucknow.
Swapna Nayak
India. Pastor Swapna Nayak is one of the first ordained pastors with the Assemblies of God in Northern India. She is a church planter and Pastor in Lucknow India. Swapna is also the Women's Ministries Director for the Northern Indian District of the Assemblies of God. Her position as a mother of four children, church planter/pastor, and overseer places her in a unique position in India. She has been responsible for growing a wonderful church, hosting regional leadership training for women and family conferences. She also has assisted in planting churches, raising up new believers, and baptizing them in water. She is a dynamic preacher with a passion for reaching India for Jesus. Because of her service as the Women’s Ministry Director for Northern India, she has become influential in helping advance women leadership in both India and Nepal.
Molay and Arti Roy
Uttar Pradesh, India. Pastor Molay and Arti Roy are church planters in a persecuted region of Uttar Pradesh, India. In spite of this persecution, their church is growing. Crossroads and WOTW were able to build a church for them as well as an apartment for them on the second floor. This dynamic couple have two children. Please keep this family in your prayers. They are bringing Christ to a new region in Northern India!
Prakash and Naina Sharma
Nepalgunj, Nepal. Pastors Prakash and Naina Sharma are church planters in Nepalgunj, Nepal. This dynamic couple is reaching their community for Christ and has seen incredible results. Recently, their church planted a daughter church in a nearby village. Prakash and Naina have two children and travel throughout Nepal encouraging others in ministry. Crossroads built their church building and their personal home to help establish this ministry couple in this unreached and persecuted region.
Som and Tara Thapa
Devghat, Nepal. Som and Tara Thapa are community leaders in Devghat, Nepal. Due to its historical significance, this region is a place where thousands make pilgrimage for religious reasons as it is the confluence of the Kali River and the Seti River. Som and Tara Thapa not only have planted a church in this region, but are involved in humanitarian efforts in the community. Tara also serves as a nurse. They have two girls.
James and Shepu Majhi
Khulna, Bangladesh. Pastors James and Shepu Majhi are lead pastors in Khulna, Bangladesh. They pastor Metro City Assembly of God, a church they planted in central Khulna. James also has a heart to plant churches in unreached areas of Bangladesh and develop Christian leaders throughout these unreached regions. James has planted multiple churches, appointed leaders he develops, and has a heart of an apostle. Crossroads partners with Pastors James and Shepu in their mission to reach Bangladesh for Jesus.