Emanuvel Dass
WDA India Director
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Rev. Emanuvel Dass serves as a priest with the Anglican Episcopal Church International (AECI) – India. He has been pastoring a church in Arakkonam, India, since 2014. In addition, he was ordained as a Bishop in AECI – India and has been overseeing the Arakkonam Diocese since 2017.
Emanuvel accepted Christ as his personal Lord and Savior in his teens in 1996. Upon completion of his Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and Master’s in Divinity, he served God through Siloam India, a ministry that focused on evangelism, church planting, theological training, and social development. As the Administrative Coordinator of the Siloam Evangelical Church in India, Emanuvel played a key role in executing administrative responsibilities as well as coordinating the evangelistic and pastoral activities of the churches. He also served as the Administrative Officer and a Faculty member of Pax Christiana Bible College and Seminary, which was the training wing of Siloam India.
In addition to his responsibilities with AECI – India Church, Emanuvel has been serving God as the India Director of WDA since 2018, focusing on building disciple-makers in India, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. He is married to Sarah who is trained in civil engineering. They are blessed with two daughters, Emi (19) and Sejal (16), and a son, Joel (12), and they are based in Arakkonam, Chennai. Emanuvel likes agriculture, fishing, adventure trips, and architecture.