K. C. John (born 1947) is a Christian Malayalam orator and author of several Malayalam books. He is the former General President and former General Secretary of The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC), the largest indigenous Pentecostal organisation in India. He is also the founder and chairman of PowerVision TV.[1]
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John was inspired by Edwin Orr to become a born-again believer in 1955.
John completed his schooling at the Government High School, Thalavady and later his graduate degree at U C College, Alwaye, with Physics and Mathematics as his major. He then planned to go into full-time Christian ministry and studied Theology at Shalom Bible Institute, Kottayam and Hebron Bible College, Kumbanad. He went on to study at the Seattle Bible College, Seattle, Washington, USA.
In 1972, he returned to India to lead the Gospel Centre Church at Nedumpuram in Kerala.
John served as the General President of the Pentecostal Young People Association, leading it for several years. Later he served as the State Secretary of the Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC) for Kerala for nine years.
John is the founder and chairman of PowerVision TV, India's first indigenous, multilingual, evangelical, Christian television station.[1] Established in 2005, it broadcasts in about 52 countries all over Asia almost every country in the Middle East and in Tibet. It is the only licensed station of its kind in India, featuring original local programming.
John was a guest speaker for the World Pentecostal Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the World Consultation on Evangelism by Evangelicals at Jerusalem, Israel and GONCIL conference in Durban, South Africa.
Besides serving as the Chief Editor of The Pentecostal Theology, John has authored several books, including;
More than 800,000 copies of The Church in the Wilderness, an audio teaching series, have been distributed around the world.