Dr. Abraham Mar Paulos Episcopa is a member of the Central and Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The children's Maramon, organized in connection with the Centenary of Sunday School Samajam, stands out as an excellent example of his leadership qualities and organizational skills. Thirumeni was the President of the Mar Thoma Suvisesha Sevika Sanghom. During Thirumeni's tenure Sevika Sanghom celebrated the centenary. In commemoration of the centenary year there was a world women's gathering. Dr.Agnes Abuom (Moderator, WCC) and Dr. Anne Mathews-Younes (President, E. Stanley Jones Foundation) were the chief guests. Thirumeni is always happy to spend time with Children and Youth. His life is a model for Christian discipleship and he is greatly admired for his leadership skills which encourage and motivate people to aspire to become true disciples of Christ. Thirumeni is passionate about building personal relationships with people and serving their spiritual and physical needs. May the Lord Almighty bless Paulos Thirumeni abundantly in his leadership as the Episcopa of the Diocese of North America. We have great pleasure to have Thirumeni as the President of the Conference.
Very Rev Dr. Sham P. Thomas hails from Punnackadu. He was ordained in 1988 and served Parishes in various states in India. He was Professor and chairperson of the Department of Communication at the United Theological College, Bangalore and the James S Stuart Scholar at the University of Edinburgh. Presently serving as the Director of the Ecumenical Christian Centre, Whitefield, Bengaluru.
Home Parish : St. Peter’s MTC, Goregoan.
Education: MCom,BD from United Theoloical College,
Bangalore. MA in Marital & Family counselling. Served for
4 yrs as Councellor at Marthoma Residential School,
Tiruvalla.
Martha Moore-Keish is the J.B. Green Professor of Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary. She earned the Ph.D. in theology from Emory University, worked in the PC(USA) Office of Theology and Worship, and taught liturgical studies at Yale Divinity School, before becoming a professor of theology at Columbia. She has published books on eucharistic theology and prayer, a research guide on Reformed theology, a commentary on the book of James and a co-edited volume Karl Barth and Comparative Theology. Her latest publication is a co-edited reference volume The T&T Clark Handbook on Sacraments and Sacramentality (2023). In addition to research on liturgical and sacramental theologies, she has long-standing interest in interreligious issues, particularly Christian-Jewish relations and the religions of India.
W/O Rev. Roji Mathews Abraham, The Canadian Mar Thoma Church, Toronto.