James Chacko
Chandigarh, India

James was born in 1967 into one of the founding families of the Pentecostal movement in Kerala, India. He came to know Jesus Christ at the age of 17 and began preaching.

James spent 11 years in five (5) Colleges and Universities, both in India and Australia, procuring degrees of Masters in Theology and Philosophy. James is currently working towards a PhD through Centre for Religious Studies at Punjabi University, India.

From 1993 to 2001, James served as the Principal of COTR Theological Seminary, Visakhapatnam, India.

From 2001 to 2003, he served as the National Director of Compassion for India, a growing church plant movement in North India, and pioneered an urban church called City Light in the city of Chandigarh, India.

In 2003, James founded New and Living Way, a ministry with a primary vision of equipping frontline church planters for the word's largest unreached region of North India, and serves as its Executive Director.

With excellent communication skills and a depth of knowledge and experience, James travels widely in India, Australia, and the USA, as a visiting faculty and guest speaker at colleges, churches, and mission conferences.

James, Usha, and their two children, Dawn (10) and David (5), currently reside in Chandigarh, India, where they, as a family, assist in pioneering an urban church.

They also oversee several home-based Children's Homes for orphans and destitute children.

We are excited to be on board with PFMI and look forward to all that the Lord has in store.