Church of Signs and Wonders

Ankur Narula Ministries (The Church of Signs and Wonders) is a church ministry in Punjab, India. It was established in 2008 in Jalandhar, Khambra. Ankur Yoseph Narula is the Senior Pastor and Overseer.^[1] It is a prosperity megachurch.^[2]

History

Ankur Yoseph Narula is the Senior Pastor and Overseer in the Church of Signs and Wonders. Born in a non-Christian family, Ankur Narula accepted Christianity and started his ministry with 3 people in 2008.^[1] Weekly congregations are now in the region of 30,000 strong.^[3]

In April 2023, India's Income Tax department coordinated a series of raids against the church, investigating claims of money laundering and fraudulent cash transactions.^[3][4] The raids related to a 2020 complaint brought by the Legal Rights Observatory with the Union Home Ministry, who claimed that a UK registered shell company was being used to launder foreign donations for tax purposes.^[5]

See also

• Punjabi Christians
• Christianity in India

References

Bibliography

• "About Ankur Narula Ministries". ankurnarula.org. Church of Signs and Wonders. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
• Corrigan, John; McAlister, Melani; Schäfer, Axel R. (15 September 2022). Global Faith, Worldly Power: Evangelical Internationalism and U.S. Empire. UNC Press Books. ISBN 978-1-4696-7060-7.
• "IT raids pastor Ankur Narula's churches in Punjab". Hindustan Times. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
• "Punjab: Fake healing pastor Ankur Narula's church & Bible college raided by IT". hindupost.in. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
• "Income-tax raids on self-styled pastor's Jalandhar assets". The Times of India. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

External links

• ankurnarula.org Ankur Narula Ministries official website
• anugrah.tv Anugrah TV channel website