CFTN Pastors

 
Pastor Alice Philip (May 2013-present)
Pastor Alice was born in Kerala, India to a family of Knanaya Catholics.  After studying nursing in Nagpur she worked for several years in Delhi.  She pursued her career and immigrated to the United States where she continued to work as a Registered Nurse.  Through friends who were born again spirit-filled believers she came to new understanding of the faith.  While in the USA she met and married Philip Kuruvilla.  During this time she was also baptized in water and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  In 1982, she left her career to move with her husband and their 2 children to Geneva, Switzerland.  While in Geneva she had more time to devote herself to spiritual growth in prayer and Bible study.  She could not have imagined what God was preparing her for.  As God led her husband to begin the Church For The Nations, she stood by his side and supported him through every step of the way. She was head of the ladies prayer group for many years, and was the Associate Pastor from 1998 until May 2013.
 
Assistant Pastor Nenito Argañoza (May 2013-present)
Neny Argañoza was born in Tuguegarao Cagayan, Philippines and studied in a catholic school for boys, where at a young age as altar boy helped the priest in serving Eucharist and wanted to become a priest then.  He finished his studies at the University of the East, Manila, taking up Bachelor of Science in Commerce, with a major in Accounting.  He was born again in October 1986, also baptized in water and with the Holy Spirit. He was a musician and later a deacon at the Power of God Fellowship, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines.  As deacon, he was actively involved in Home Bible Study Group and Couples’ Ministry.  He regularly attended Christian training seminars for leaders conducted by the Foursquare Bible College in Quezon City. He came to Geneva on March 8, 1992 to join his wife and became part of the Worship Ministry.  He is one of the founding members of CFTN and married to Sally his wife of 30 plus years. He was appointed as Elder from April 1998 to April 2013.  Thereafter, He was appointed as Assistant Pastor and ordained on May 12, 2013.

Assistant Pastor Godson Etitinwo 
Godson Etitinwo was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in a Pentecostal family.  At age 17, he received Christ through Scripture Union High School Campus Fellowship.  At 20, he migrated to Geneva, Switzerland for his university education.  In June 2000, Godson became one of the pioneers to establish the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).  During his service for the Lord at RCCG, he attended the School of Discipleship (SOD) of RCCG; was ordained Minister of the Gospel in April 2005; and helped establish branches of RCCG in Bern and Lausanne.  Together with his wife and children, they attended CFTN as from December 2010.  He was appointed Head of the Men’s Ministry in June 2013.  He was also appointed as Elder in March 2014 until February 2019.  Thereafter, he was appointed as Assistant Pastor in March 2019 and ordained on May 5, 2019.  He is married to his wife Catherine for 27 years and they have three children. 
 
CFTN Founding Pastor Philip Kuruvilla (1992-2013)
Pastor Philip was born in South India in Aluva, Kerala to Rev. C. M. Kuruvilla and Rachel. His father ran an orphanage - Aluva Settlement - and pastored a Pentecostal fellowship. Pastor Philip least expected and desired to be a pastor. He got saved at the age of 7 years and was baptized with the Holy Spirit at the age of 10. He went through the formal educational system. His career plan was to be a nuclear scientist. He worked as a Scientific Assistant in the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Trombay, Bombay (Mumbai). While working there, he heard the call of God and responded.  He left his job and moved to the United States of America in 1970 to learn the Word of God. Later, he got a job in the USA with the United Nations as Statistical Assistant. In 1982, he moved from the USA to Geneva, Switzerland in response to the call of God.
 
Associate Pastor Ambrose Wasunna (1992-1998)
Pastor Ambrose Wasunna was born in Maseno, Kenya. A medical doctor and Professor of Surgery, Ambrose came to work in Geneva with the WHO in 1985. He supported Pastor Philip in establishing Church For The Nations in Geneva and was co-pastor until he retired from WHO and left Geneva to go back to Kenya in 1998.
 
Assistant Pastor Vincent Parker (2013-2019)

Pastor Vincent Parker was born in Ghana. He worked for UNHCR in a leadership capacity in Geneva. He joined the Church For The Nations in 2004. He was appointed and served as Deacon from 2005-2006, and Elder from 2007-2008. In 2009-2010, he was temporarily posted for his work to USA. Upon returning to CFTN, Pastor Vincent Parker was appointed and served as a Bible Study teacher (2011-2016), Elder in 2012, and was ordained as Assistant Pastor from May 2013 until March 2019 when he left for a new leadership posting with UNHCR in Ethiopia. His wife Margaret actively served CFTN as Head of the Women’s Prayer group and as a Church Counselor to members of CFTN.