Rev Kuruvilla Chandy, has been a pastor in Lucknow since September 1974. Kuru is an expository preacher who ministers widely in conferences and camps. His articles are featured regularly in India's leading Protestant English magazine Light of Life. He is also the author of several books:

Predestined to Hell? (1970) For Adults Only (1971) What Are You Talking About? (1973) Beyond Bread and Wine, (1977) The Joy of Fellowship (1993) The View From the Pulpit (1995) The Spirit of Jesus (2003) Why Me? (2005) My Father's World (2005) Living In My Father's World (2005)   Kuru is married to Roshini and they have a son Ishaaq and daughter Elishba. Ishaaq is married to his childhood friend Jessica, and lives in Melbourne. Elishba is married to Joseph Chacko and they live in Winchester, UK.