Alice Philip

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.