Founder & Leadership of Tpm

Founder :

The church was founded by Ramakutty  - later known as Pastor Paul - along with Alwin R. Paul was born to Hindu parents in the district of Trichuir in Kerala, India.While in SriLanka, at the age of 18, he became a Christian. He later felt a strong calling from the Lord Jesus Christ for his life and began to preach and share the Christian gospel in various parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and SriLanka. It was through his service that the church was founded in 1923, Even after the passing away of Paul, the church has continued to exponentially grow and is now thought to be one of the world’s largest denominations with 2,500,000 members worldwide over 65 nations.

 Leadership:

The church is led by a Chief Pastor, who is usually appointed for life. In addition, there is a Deputy Chief Pastor and an Associate Deputy Chief Pastor. Leadership is passed down after death to the next in seniority.
The current office holders are:

• Wilson Joseph (Chief Pastor): 2006–present
• Wesley Peter (Deputy Chief Pastor): 2006–present
• Stephen Natarajan (Associate Deputy Chief Pastor): 2011–present

In the United States most of the church work was pioneered by late Don M Spires, who had previously worked closely with Oral Roberts

Past Chief Pastors :
 
       Paul Ramankutty 1923–1945

• Alwin R. de Alwis 1945–1962

• Freddy Paul 1962–1973

• A. C. Thomas 1973–1976

• Jacob Ratnasingham 1976–1990

• LV. G. Samuel 1990–1991

• H. Ernest Paul 1991–1994

• C. K. Lazarus 1994–1999

• P. M. Thomas 1999–2001

• T. U. Thomas 2001–2006 

       Church Name

• The Pentecostal Mission (TPM) - India (International HQ in Irumbuliyur Chennai, India)
• Emmanuel Pentecostal Church (EPC) - India (HQ in Kanpur, India)
• New Testament Church (NTC) - United States (HQ in Newark, New Jersey)
• Universal Pentecostal Church (UPC) - Great Britain (HQ in Brixton, London)^[8]
• Ceylon Pentecostal Mission (CPM) - Sri Lanka (HQ in Mattakuliya, Srilanka)
• Église de Pentecote Primitive – France
• Grace New Covenant Pentecostal Church – Canada
• New Testament Church – Trinidad & Tobago
• Iglesia Communion Cristiana – Puerto Rico
• Iglesia Communion Cristiana – Dominican Republic
• New Testament Church – Sierra Leone
• New Covenant Pentecostal Church – Australia
• New Testament Church - New Zealand
• New Testament Church– Papua New Guinea
• New Testament Church – Nepal
• New Covenant Pentecostal Church – Fiji
• Iglesia del Nueva Testamento – Mexico
• Iglesia Communion Cristiana – El Salvador
• Iglesia Communion Cristiana – Costa Rica
• New Testament Church - Kenya
• Christliche Gnaden Gemeinde – Switzerland
• Neue Testament Kirche – Germany
• The Universal Pentecostal Church - Nigeria
• The Pentecostal Church of Malaysia - Malaysia
• The Pentecostal Church of Singapore - Singapore
• New Testament Church - Middle East (Dubai, UAE)
• New Testament Pentecostal Mission - Uganda
• New Covenant Pentecostal Church - Philippines
• Universal Pentecostal Church - Hongkong
• New Testament Mission - Cyprus
• Deeper Truth Pentecostal Mission - Ghana
• Iglesia Communion Cristiana - Colombia
• Iglesia Del Nuevo Testamento - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Église Universelle De Pentecote Primitive - Republic of the Congo
• New Testament Ministries - Malawi
• New Testament Church - Tanzania
• Église Pentecostiste Lagrace - Togo
• New Testament Church - Abu Dhabi( UAE Capital City)
• New Testament Church - Oman
• New Testament Church - Bahrain
• New Testament Church - Qatar
• New Testament Church - Kuwait
• Ny Testamente Menighed - Denmark
• Universal Pentecostal Church - Republic Of Ireland
• Chiesa del Nuovo Testamento - Italy