Introduction to Pastor

Rev. Dr. Emanuel Khokhar

Pastor Emanuel Khokhar was born into a Roman Catholic Christian family in Pakistan and grew up as a nominal Christian. After completing his university education, he joined the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters and served for 13 years. After receiving a most powerful call from the Lord Jesus, he decided to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. So, he resigned and joined the Gujranwala Seminary in Gujranwala, Pakistan, for proper training and theological education. After completing his Master of Divinity program in March 2000, he joined the Diocese of Peshawar, Pakistan, and began serving the Lord Jesus Christ in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan under the supervision of Bishop Cecil Williams. As an ordained minister, he served at St. John's Cathedral, Peshawar, and was the pastor of St. Thomas Church D.I. Khan Cantt, St. John's Church D.I. Khan City, Tank Hospital Church, and Christ Church Wana City, South Waziristan. In February 2003, he was granted adequate leave by the Diocese of Peshawar, Pakistan, for higher theological education studies and received a Master of Divinity in Missiology from the Asian Union Theological College in South Korea. In 2004, he attended the Canterbury Scholars Program in Canterbury, England, and earned a Ph.D. in Christian Education in the U.S. and an advanced leadership course in the U.S. After earning a Ph.D. in Missiology from the International Theological Seminary in South Korea, he returned to Pakistan and tried to join his own church under his academic leave. However, due to the poor political situation in the church in Peshawar, Pakistan, he began his ministry in August 2008 in a very small church founded by a Korean pastor. In February 2009, he was appointed bishop of the church. In June 2009, he founded Lord's Bible College & Seminary in Islamabad, Pakistan, and started the first Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry programs in Pakistan.

Education:     

1.   M. Div: Gujranwala Seminary, Pakistan.

2.   Th. M: Asia United Theological University, Korea.

3.   Ph.D Kukje University of South Korea.

Pastor Irfan Naz Khokhar

Pastor Irfan Naz Khokhar was born into a Roman Catholic Christian family in Pakistan and was raised as a nominal Christian. After completing my school and college education,  I received the strongest call from the Lord Jesus Christ, I decided to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. So I joined Lord's Bible College & Seminary in Islamabad, Pakistan, for proper training and theological education. After completing my Master of Divinity in March 2014, I joined the United Protestant Church of Pakistan in Islamabad and started serving the Lord Jesus Christ under the supervision of Pastor Emmanuel Khokhar in Islamabad, Pakistan. As an ordained minister, I served the United Protestant Church of Pakistan. In 2016, I was granted a suitable leave of absence from the United Protestant Church of Pakistan to pursue higher theological education. In 2016, I went to South Korea to study for a Master of Theology (Th.M.) degree at Anyang University. After completing my studies in 2018, I returned to Pakistan, rejoined the church as per my academic leave, and started serving the Almighty God in the United Protestant Church of Pakistan. After returning to Pakistan in 2018, our Almighty God gave me a vision to do powerful missionary work for orphans, poor children, and widowed women in the Islamic country of Pakistan. Under the supervision of my father, Rev. Dr. Emanuel Khokhar.

Education:    

1.    Intermediate in Computer Science (ICS) Gordon College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

2.    Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.S), University of the Punjab, Pakistan.

3.    M.Div Lord's Bible College and Seminary, Islamabad, Pakistan.

4.    Th.M Anyang University South Korea.