About Our Pastor
– Rev. John Shatananda –
Rev. John Shatananda, a senior pastor in the Mumbai Diocese, can best be described as a Friend more than a preacher. God has used him to accomplish much of His Glory in this church. As a preacher, he delivers sermons that are very practical to understand and apply in our lives. Under his leadership, we celebrated our 125 years.
Rev. Shatananda is originally a pastor from C.S.I. Mangalore, who has been serving the C.N.I. Bombay Diocese since the last 12 years. He is the son of Late Rev. D.S. Shatananda & Mrs. E.M. Shatananda, 3rd generation in the priesthood. He has completed his B. Com. from Mysore University, Diploma in Theology from Bangalore, B.D. from Serempore University and D.R. Ed. from Birmingham University (U.K.) His wife, Mary Shatananda, the President of the Women's Fellowship who labours tirelessly to serve others and mainly a very strong support to Rev. He has 2 children Chris Shatananda and Andy Shatananda. Chris, his wife Mini and daughter Eva Faith are very active, currently at YMCA, Belapur. And Andy Shatananda, Rev.'s second son is a great helper at every needy hour.
June 2015
Greetings to all in the name of Jesus.
We just celebrated the Pentecost and Trinity Sunday. Do we have a continuous contact with the 3rd Godhead, i.e. the Holy Spirit?
A man was attending a service. After an incident that took place during the meeting, he was asking these soul searching questions - “Do we feel that we have lost contact with the Holy Spirit? Have we strayed away from His help? Do we no longer know the presence of our Lord and Saviour? Have we neglected to attend church regularly? Do we simply forget our private devotion? Have we stopped being receptive to the guidance from above? Is our Bible a closed Book?”
When the ‘Power is off’ - ‘the Divine Power’, it is time for a prayer meeting.
It was a Sunday evening and the church service was going on smoothly. The congregation was singing a hymn and suddenly the lights went off. A man went inside the meter room to investigate and later came out and announced, “The Power’s off”. Responding to the situation the man in charge said, “Well, if the power is off, it is a good time to have a Prayer meeting!” This incident drew a spiritual lesson for many.
Yes, when we sense a spiritual coldness or an indifference to the things of the Lord, it is a pretty good indication that we need the joy of our salvation restored in our lives.
Are we in spiritual need today?
Let’s confess our sins, rededicate ourselves to doing God’s will and yield to the control of the Hold Spirit. Let us humble ourselves before God in prayer. It’s the best thing to do when “the Power is off”.
Prayer brings peace and power.
People of prayer are people of Power.
Experience is the great power of God.
Let the indwelling Spirit of God plead for you - Pray!
-Rev. John Shatananda
Our Previous Pastors Since 1884
Rev. R. W. Evans (1884-1895); Rev. J. D. Ozanne (1895-1899); Rev. R. H. Gundry (1899-1906); Rev. P. Eykyn (1906-1912); Rev. H. Martindal (1912-1915); Rev. J. B. Glass (1915-1921); Rev. G. R. G. Hughes (1921-1922); Rev. C. Clark (1922-1927); Rev. B. Hardwick (1927-1928); Rev. Cannon G. Clark (1928-1935); Rev. R. G. Pearce (1935-1938); Rev. T. R. Dean (1938-1943); Rev. A. S. H. Johnson (1943-1948); Rev. C. W. Venkataramiah (1948-1953); Rev. W. G. Jeffroy (1953-1961); Rev. Noel Wittam (1961-1962); Rev. M. G. George (1962-1965); Rev. N. T. Jacob (1965-1968); Rev. V. E. Mathai (1968-1971); Rev. K. K. Cherian (1971-1974); Rev. A. T. J. Keskar (1974-1980); Rev. J. J. Samuel (1980-1983); Rev. B. F. Gavit (1983-1991); Rev. K. I. Dyvasirvadam (1991-1995); Rev. D. Ravi Kalison (1995-1997); Rev. N. V. George (1997-1998); Rev. V. B. Sathe (1998-2003); Rev. Priscilla Reuben (2003); Rev. John Shatananda (2003-till date)
