Parkview Alliance Church

Dr. T.V. Thomas T.V. Thomas was born in Malacca, Malaysia.  After completing his high-school education in his hometown, he attended Madras

and Nangpur Universities in India.  He received his B.A. and B.Sc. at Nangpur where he was deeply involved in campus politics.  In 1970 he was a recipient of the University's Best Student of the Year Award.  Besides being an active member of several civic clubs and cultural organizations, T.V. served with Asia Youth for Christ and Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 

Sensing the call of God on his life for full-time vocational ministry, T.V. came to North America for theological training in 1971 and completed his doctoral studies in 1978.  He has served as a licensed evangelist of the Christian & Missionary Alliance since 1974 and was ordained in 1977. 

From 1978 to 1994 he was on the teaching faculty of Canadian Bible College and Canadian Theological Seminary in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.  In 1984 he was appointed as the Professor of Evangelism for the Murray W. Downey Chair of Evangelism at both schools.  T.V. served as International Minister-at-Large with Every Home for Christ International from 1994 to 2000. 

T.V. is Director of the Centre for Evangelism & World Mission (established in 1984) in Regina where he makes his home with his wife Mary and children Victor, Molly and Melanie.  He is also an associate team member of the Canadian Revival Fellowship.  His deep commitment to the cause of world evangelization calls for extensive national and international travel to minister at camps, churches, colleges/seminaries, retreats, seminars, conferences and consultations.  T.V. has been a plenary speaker at large events like Urbana Student Missions Convention, Keswick Conventions, Mission Fests, Ethnic Ministries Summits and Promise Keepers Conferences. 

Dr. Thomas serves on numerous national and international boards and committees including the Board of Directors of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada, Scripture Union Canada, Wycliffe Bible Translators Canada, Ethnic America Network, Equipping Evangelists (E²) of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and Lausanne Diaspora Leadership Team.  He is also the founding President of the Fellowship of Canadian Evangelists (FOCE), Chair of the North American Council for South Asian Christians (NACSAC), Coordinator of Prayer Summits Canada, past President of Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education (AETE), and Co-Chair of the International Network of South Asian Diaspora Leaders (INSADL).  He is also the Multicultural/Intercultural Ministries Consultant for the C&MA in Canada.