Richard and Rajinder have been working together in ministry for over 30 years having given up their former professions as a solicitor and a nurse respectively to enter Bible College. After a few years in pastoral ministry, they served for many years overseas as missionaries with the Elim International Missions Department. Their first point of call was Tanzania in East Africa, where Richard’s brief was to set up and run a full-time Bible College for the training of pastors and church workers. Since then the college has operated successfully, training many men and women for the ministry.
After handing the work over to trained local ministers, Richard and Rajinder left Tanzania and moved to Malaysia in South East Asia where they worked with Sikh, Hindu and Chinese communities. It was from here in 1997, that they heeded God’s call to come to the UK as pastors in Ealing Christian Centre.
With ECC’s congregation of nearly 100 different nationalities, Richard and Rajinder believe God has carefully planned their ministry from the beginning. He allowed them to acquire valuable experience in Europe, Africa and Asia in order to equip them for leadership in ECC with people from diverse ethnic backgrounds as “one family of many nations, proclaiming one gospel through many disciples.”
Richard and Rajinder have a passion to see revival in our church, in our communities and in our nation. Their desire is to see all members of the church equipped, released for service and active in ministry as ministers of Christ, both in the UK and indeed to different nations of the world, carrying the message of the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit.Rajinder is originally from Malaysia and was born into a staunch Sikh family, the daughter of a Sikh priest. She came to know Christ at the age of 15 and moved to England a few years after this. A passionate evangelist, Rajinder’s background plays an important role in her desire to see many people of all nations saved through the power of the gospel and to witness signs and wonders and the power of God. In her ministry she is used in different gifts of the Holy Spirit and sees many people healed of various ailments.To achieve this vision, Richard and Rajinder strongly encourage members of the church to join a Discipleship Cell through which individuals can be spiritually built-up and access opportunities to exercise their ministries.As a means of accomplishing the vision for revival, a 24 hour ECC Prayer Centre was set up in June 2002 where the saints continuously pray for revival in the church and in our community, whilst also interceding for people’s needs. The centre has been running 24 hours a day ever since.To further help in the equipping of the church, year-round part-time courses are organized for members of the church through ECC School of Ministry. Various other ministry-specific training courses are also regularly organized for members. More recently, Equippers International Training Centre opened at ECC, offering part-time and full-time courses for members of ECC and students from other churches.