Pastor Sudha - My Story

Sudhanand Frederick Peethala was brought up in a Christian home. His father, Dad Rev. Augustus Frederick, was a professor at several Christian seminaries in India such as Serampore University and Hindustan Bible Institute. Sudha moved to Finland at the age of 19 and worked in the IT field for about 4 years before moving back to India in 2000. He was the Principal of Bethel School from 2001 to 2003, at which time he moved to the US to attend Bible college. He graduated from Multnomah Biblical Seminary with a Masters in Pastoral Studies with an emphasis on Ministry Management. He has since worked for several organizations, such as the Luis Palau Association and the Director of Passion4People and Gospel Light worldwide (India). After working for about 3 years with several organizations, Sudha attended George Fox University to pursue an MBA and graduated in July 2010. He since has been serving at India International Church as a youth/associate pastor, worship leader, and now as a current senior pastor at IIC as well as the Vice President of Information Technology at Clark College.

Sudha is passionate about teaching the Bible, discipling, and helping others build genuine, healthy Christ- centered relationships. Sudha and his wife, Monica, are blessed with three daughters - Alena Dasha, Anina Raksha and Avina Varsha.

My Walk of Faith in Christ

At the age of 22 while I was lost in a world filled with darkness in form of wealth and desires of the flesh, and God being rich in his mercy, because of His love for me brought me back to life and clearly revealed the need for a Savior in my life. How true it is as mentioned in Ephesians 2:5, that while I was dead in my transgressions, God brought me to back to life through His son Jesus Christ. While I was still a sinner, Christ died for me, for all my sins of the past, present and future. It is this unfathomable love of God that I stand in awe of everyday. I stand in awe of His mercies that are new every morning and His love that endures forever.

 I believe that my Lord, who began a good work in my life, will be faithful to bring His work to completion in my life. I rely on the Holy Spirit and God’s scripture to teach, correct, and train me to walk in righteousness.

Through the revelation of scriptures I know that I am royal priesthood, God's own special possession chosen to declare the praises of him who called me out of darkness into his wonderful light. It is this light that shines in me that persuades me as an associate pastor and youth pastor to radiate the life of Christ and bring glory to my Father in heaven.

 I primarily identify myself as a disciple of Christ and as a disciple I desire to:

1.    Live a life that reflects Christ’s character and His love to people.

2.   Build purpose filled relationships to glorify God.

3.   Disciple people into a mature walk with Christ.

4. Unite people in Christ regardless of religion, ethnicity and social class.

My spiritual gifts are teaching, leadership and serving. I desire to use all these gifts to the fullest to radiate the light of Christ into the life of other men and women. I envision every individual being involved in pouring into other’s lives to transform others and draw them towards a relationship with Christ. It is the light of Christ in an individual that radiates the person of Christ to another individual.  My prayer and dream is to radiate the light of Christ to people of every nation, tribe and tongue, beginning with our neighbors here in our community.