Ashok Andrews

- Vision to reach West Bengal for Christ
- Led thousands to Christ in 2006
- Married to Mai
- 2 Daughters: Kim & Rahel
- BA in Physics & Masters of Divinity

Ministry Experience:
Assistant Pastor Emmanuel Church Bangalore (1993–97)
Senior Pastor Carey Baptist Church (1997–2005)
Senior Pastor Kolkata Christian Fellowship (2005-Present)

A Brief Testimonial:

Ashok accepted Jesus as his personal Savior in 1984. After he gave his life to the Lord, many saw a radical change in his life. During his time at college he decided to fully surrender his life to serve the Lord for all of his days. After completing his BA in Physics, he attended the Union Biblical Seminary.

While in Bible school, Ashok felt a heavy burden to pray for North India. Ashok writes, "I remember the many nights when I went up the hill that overlooked the city of Pune and prayed, 'Lord, use me to be an instrument that would serve you in North India'."

Ashok was invited to be part of the pastoral team of Emmanuel Church in Bangalore and spent much time with young people, seeing many of them turn to the Lord. Through a series of events the Lord moved his family far from family & friends to the City Of Joy, Kolkata. Here the entire family was struck with all kinds of sicknesses repeatedly. Both daughters had to be admitted to the hospital and Ashok was struck with Malaria 7 times. "The amazing thing, however," Ashok writes, "is that the Lord prepared us through all of this for what He is doing in our lives today."

The Andrews family is now in their 10th year in this city and is encouraged to see that the Lord has not made a single mistake in their journey.

Ashok pastored at Carey Church for 8 years before leaving in late September 2005.

"As I look back over my journey I cannot imagine how many great blessings of the Lord we would have missed out on if we had not been obedient to the Lord’s voice. Since leaving Carey the Lord has helped us to be part of a new church planting movement. A new church has been born in an area where there were none. We have around 80 that attend our fellowship today and what is most exciting for us is that we are a Church focused on Missions. We support 24 missionaries all over North India and I cannot stop thanking the Lord for all that He has done for us."