Who are We?
Sharon Fellowship Church of Kansas was established on April 6, 2019 with a mission to know Christ to make Him known in our local as well as international community. We are a multi-lingual, Spirit-filled Indian Pentecostal Church in Johnson County (Olathe, Overland Park, Kansas City, Shawnee and Leawood areas) KS, USA. Our worship services are in English, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi. We have multiple activities throughout the week for faith journey growth including, Fasting prayer, Intercessory prayer, Bible study, Cottage Prayer, and Sunday worship. Our Sunday school and kids worship focus on spiritual nourishment and knowledge about Biblical truths to our young children from a very young age.
Sharon Fellowship Church was originally founded by Rev. P.J. Thomas in Kerala, India, in the early 1950s. While teaching Comparative Religion at Wheaton College, he felt the calling to return home to India. He settled in Thiruvilla, Kerala, India, after purchasing a property that would eventually become the Sharon compound. Over the years, members who had immigrated to the United States desired a more formal organization and fellowship in the U.S.
Sharon Fellowship Churches of North America (SFCNA) had its beginning in the heart of a few believers at the 1995 Pentecostal Conference of North American Keralites (PCNAK) in Dallas. They prayed and decided to start Sharon Fellowship Churches in various cities in North America for the glory of God. The mission of SFCNA is to fulfill the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20) by engaging in evangelism, church planting, missionary work, and the promotion of charitable and educational activities both in the United States and abroad. Currently, there are SFCNA affiliated churches throughout the United States.
After the passing of Rev. P.J Thomas, Rev. Dr. T.G. Koshy took over as President and continued the growth and expansion of the Sharon Fellowship organization for seventeen years. Now, the organization is overseen by the Rev. P.J. Thomas’s son, Rev. John Thomas. SFCNA (Sharon Fellowship Churches of North America) is overseen by Rev. Joseph T. Joseph (President) and his team.
Please visit SFCNA website (www.sfcna.org.) for more details on the current leadership, core faith beliefs and future events as well as activities.
Meet Our Leadership
Rev. Dr. Mani Varghese
SENIOR PASTOR & PRESIDENT
Pastor. Mani Varghese was born and raised in Kerala, India. He has been the Senior Pastor of Sharon Fellowship Church of Kansas since 2019. He was born and raised in a Syrian Christian Jacobite family in Kerala. At the age of 18, he accepted the Lord as his personal Savior and joined the Pentecostal faith thereafter.
He married Mariyamma Varghese and they are blessed with three amazing kids Eben, Emi and Aby.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Calicut University in Kerala, a Bachelor in Theology from BBC Punalur, a Master’s in Arts (History) from Annamalai University, Madras, a Master’s in Theology from the Asian Institute of Arts and Theology, Calcutta, and a Doctorate in Ministry completed at UTS, New York, USA.
Pastor Mani Varghese has conducted instructional sessions and ministered at numerous institutions in India, Qatar, Seattle, and Oklahoma. He is committed to enriching and empowering the Church through the exposition of Scripture, delivering impactful and pragmatic sermons, promoting sincere and genuine worship, and engaging in outreach to the unreached, inspired by the compassionate love demonstrated by Jesus.