John Benedict & Suguna Ravi

John Benedict and his wife Suguna Ravi came to Hartford, CT on the invitation from Hartford Hospital in 1989 and ever since, he has been working at Hartford Healthcare. Both are born again Christians while they were in their teens in India. Having grown up in Christian homes, prayer life has been part of their life. They are blessed with two children Janice and Sam. Janice is married to Simeon and they are blessed with two children Sunaya (11) and Jude (7) they live in South Carolina. Sam is working at Baystate hospital and is living with us at home in Windsor.

Pastors Jeremiah and Esther Karanja

After growing up in a denominational church, Pastor Jeremiah became a Christian as a teenager at age 17 after being confronted with the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Soon after he was filled with the Holy Spirit and joined a youth ministry in the church.  As a teenager, Pastor Jeremiah started sensing the call of God for ministry and began to travel locally with evangelistic teams.  These travels continued to expand as God opened doors to travel across the nation of Kenya and other parts of Africa.  Thousands of souls were brought into the kingdom through his ministry as God be

Rev. Dr. Abraham Chan (陈晓东牧师/博士)

Rev. Dr. Abraham Chan has served the Lord for over 30 years. He accepted the Lord in a Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) church in Hong Kong in 1982 and was baptized in the Bread of Life Christian Church in Taipei. After graduating from China Graduate School of Theology in Hong Kong, he was appointed as a preacher by Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong (Basel Mission), engaged in church planting, missions, and theological education.

Pastors Doug and Karis Rowse

Doug and Karis Rowse moved to South Windsor to plant a church in January, 1997.  They met Tom and Lisa Walsh who were also new church planters and within few months these two ministry couples were to merge their fledgling churches and formed "New River Church", funded by an independent Baptist church.  God blessed New River and used the church as a catalyst for bringing greater unity to the Church in this region.  Throughout the past 24 years, they have launched three other churches, helped to build a hospital in Congo, and built a school in Nicaragua. God is so good!

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Rev. Joseph L. Coleman

Rev. Joseph L. Coleman, founder and pastor of St. John’s Christian Church. Rev. Coleman established St. John in 1983, a non-denominational Church located at 346 Shennecossett Road in Groton. St. John Church’s vision is and has always been evangelism. This vision was given to Rev. Coleman in accordance with Luke 19:10: We were commanded to seek and save those who are lost. Our desire as a ministry is to reconciled all men, women and children back to God irrespective of color, creed or background. As a result, St.

Pastor Antonio Vargas Jr.

Pastor Antonio is a native of New London, serving as Pastor of Church of the City’s English Ministries. His passion and commitment to children and youth advocacy, education, justice, and worship embody his holistic approach and heartbeat for ministry: providing spaces where people are known and loved for total transformation. Pastor Antonio received his undergraduate degree from Gordon College, Mass., studying Pastoral Ministry and Business Administration.

Pastor Clay Laughridge

Clay Laughridge arrived as senior pastor at New Song Assembly in July 2015. Clay's desire is that New Song will be a place where people can come to know and experience the presence of God and to be drawn into intimate relationship with Him. He believes his role as a pastor is to equip others to grow in Christian maturity and to present the love of God and the gospel of Christ in the Pawcatuck-Westerly community. Clay and his wife Andrea were married in 2009 and have three children, Owen, Anna, and Evan.

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