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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.Template:Sfn It is a prosperity megachurch Template:Sfn and follows Pentecostal Christianity, practicing exorcism, and claiming miraculous healing.Template:Sfn
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.Template:Sfn Weekly congregations are now in the region of 30,000Template:Sfn
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.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn
See also
References
Bibliography
- About Ankur Narula Ministries. ankurnarula.org. Church of Signs and Wonders. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- Global Faith, Worldly Power: Evangelical Internationalism and U.S. Empire{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. UNC Press Books(15 September 2022). 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