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Church of Signs and Wonders | |
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Location | Village Khambra, Jalandhar, Punjab |
Country | India |
Denomination | Pentecostalism |
Website | ankurnarula.org |
History | |
Founded | 2008 |
Founder(s) | Ankur Yoseph Narula |
Clergy | |
Senior pastor(s) | Ankur Yoseph Narula |
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] and follows Pentecostal Christianity, practicing exorcism, and claiming miraculous healing. [3]
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 [4]
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. [4] [3] 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]