Rev. Dr. K C Chacko
Senior Pastor
Pastor K.C. Chacko has more than 45 years of pastoral experience and he is currently the senior pastor of Indian Pentecostal Church, Greater Houston.
Pastor Chacko was born and brought up in an Orthodox Christian family. However, he was a teenager when he heard the gospel for the first time through his Sunday School teacher. He then trusted in Jesus Christ and accepted Him as his personal Savior. Pastor Chacko placed his faith solely in Christ to receive forgiveness of all sins and to become a part of God’s family. As Pastor Chacko continued in his Christian faith, one day during family prayer, he received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and felt an urge to become a part of the Lords ministry. After this moment, Pastor Chacko knew God’s calling was on his life to be in full time ministry as a pastor.
Following, his high school graduation, Pastor Chacko graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Mysore university and Bachelor of Divinity from Berean Baptist Seminary in Bangalore. Then he served as a pastor and worked as a theology teacher in different states of India, until 1983. He also pioneered a few churches in India during this time.
In 1984, Pastor Chacko immigrated to the United States, and joined Westminster Theological Seminary to purse a higher education. He then graduated from there with a master’s in religion and a master’s in theology. He then continued his education until he graduated with a doctorate in pastoral ministry. Since immigrating, Pastor Chacko has held pastorate in New Jersey, Toronto, Canada, and Houston, Texas.
Pastor Chacko pioneered Indian Pentecostal Church, Greater Houston in 2008 and has been serving as the senior pastor since then.
Pastor Chacko and his wife, Celine Chacko, live in Pearland, TX and have two daughters, Rachel and Debbie.
PR. SAM ALEX
Associate Pastor
Sam Alex is a second-generation minister of the Gospel of Lord Jesus Christ. He had the honor and privilege of being raised as a Pastor’s son in various parsonages. He currently serves as the Associate Pastor of Bethel worship center, Manvel, Texas.
He completed his Bachelor of Engineering from Karunya University, India. He further received his Master’s in Divinity from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
His greatest strength is his heart to love, minister, and care for the people. He loves to travel and has travelled to different countries in the Middle East, South America, Africa, Europe, Caribbean Islands, and Southeast Asia for ministry and missions.
Currently he resides in Katy, Texas along with his wife, who is a Physician and their three children Ezra, Levi, and Seth.
Reju Thomas
Youth Pastor
Reju Thomas accepted Jesus Christ in 1992, when he was just a 10 year old boy playing on the streets of Puramattom, and continues to delightfully serve the Lord Jesus Christ as the Youth Pastor for Bethel Worship Center.
Reju has avidly pursued academic excellence and holds a Master’s degree in Education, a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, and a minor in Biology, Youth Ministry and Christian Counseling. In the past, Reju has served as the Associate Pastor for a multi-ethnic church, and as the Chaplain for the Texas Correctional Department. Currently, Reju splits his time helping those around him as a Licensed Vocational Nurse, as a husband to his beautiful wife Lithu and as a dad to his little troublemakers, Jeremy and Jonathen!