IMPACT Magazine Issue 2.2 | Seite 16

FACULTY Tissa Weerasingha MOTIVATED TO EVANGELIZE His ministry has taken him to four continents, and he serves regularly as a senior faculty member of Haggai Institute. Among his books are The Cross and the Bo Tree, The Comprehensive Concordance to the Sinhala Bible, and The Complete Cell Manual. His book, Motivate!, was written during his time as Scholar-inResidence at the Mid-Pacific Center. For nearly a decade, Tissa has also hosted Hope for Today, a nationwide weekly Christian television program that also airs on European satellite TV. For Tissa Weerasingha, evangelism means a passion to share your faith “all the time, on a casual basis, with everyone you come in contact with.” Tissa’s relationship with Haggai Institute began in 1975 – the same year he started his ministry at Calvary Church, Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he now serves as senior pastor. Under his leadership, the congregation has directly and indirectly sponsored nearly 100 churches, both inside and 16 outside Sri Lanka. Their new auditorium seats 5,000. Tissa is also the founder and president of Calvary International Ministries Inc., founder and principal of Calvary Theological Seminary, and editor of the Lanka Journal of Theology. He received a B.Th. from Seattle Bible College, an M.A. from Fuller Theological Seminary, an M.S. in Applied Psychology from the Universit