At this ministry’s helm, Mike is dedicated to making the Bible known first to the church & then to the world.

He serves as the preaching pastor at Redemption Hill Church in Trivandrum, Kerala, while also holding a job as a software developer. He began feeling the pull to the preaching ministry very early on in his life when God began gifting him with a passion and diligence to preach the word accurately and effectively. In 2015, God moved in his heart, and those of a small community of family and friends, to come together and plant a church, and he has been serving there ever since.

Over the years, he was convinced of the lack of a consistent biblical worldview that predominates so many of the churches in India, and came to believe that the need for sound theology is as urgent, or even more, within the walls of the church as it is for the world outside. The Cross Purpose exists to serve this purpose, to inform the minds of God’s people & to reform their hearts. 

Married to his wife, Cinu, they now have a baby boy, Ethan, and are looking forward to growing their family.

Entrepreneur, musician, engineer, and so on and so forth, and let’s not forget, a gifted writer. Benji has long been our Chief Editor, and shares a passion to see Gospel-centred resources penetrate our culture. Apart from his exasperated schedule running his own company, he also writes, lends his music talent and has his hands in many cookie jars within TCP.

Married to Kripa, they eagerly await the arrival of their firstborn.

Turning from his faith in Hinduism to belief in Christ, Ashok came to the faith during his college days, mainly through the reading of the Bible. Many years since, he is a member of Redemption Hill Church. A gifted preacher, and musician, he has a passion to see local churches built up in the sound teaching of Scripture. Also, he works as a software engineer.  

Steve is the youngest among us and holds a full-time job as a software engineer. He came to faith in Christ during his college when he took his baptism and left the Catholic faith.

He is a member of Redemption Hill Church and attends the church with two of his younger brothers.