CFNA Executive Director

rev. stanish stanley and wife beena with daughters catherine and riona. daughter alina not shown.

After a two month search, the CFNA Search Committee determined to offer the position of Executive Director to Rev. Stanish Stanley. The offer was accepted.

Rev. Stanley was ordained into ministry July, 2011 by the India Evangelical Lutheran Church, a Partner Church of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Presently Rev. Stanley is a graduate student at Concordia Seminary where he is in the final phase of his Ph.D. program. He anticipates completing his dissertation within the next few months.

For the past year and a half Rev. Stanley has served with CFNA as the Coordinator of the After School Tutoring program. During this time he has also led several workshops for those entering service as volunteer tutors. Additionally, he and his wife Beena have been involved in several mission interpretation events on behalf of CFNA in the St. Louis are and beyond.

A fluent speaker of English, Rev. Stanley is equally fluent in four Asian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Marathi. While in India he served as the Pastor of a Lutheran congregation in Mumbai (Bombay), and also provided leadership for the far flung education ministry of the India Evangelical Lutheran Church. Clearly, Rev. Stanley brings considerable leadership experience in cross cultural ministry to his new position.

Rev. Stanley has been a frequent guest on KFUO where he has provided morning devotions, led Bible studies, and spoke about various topics concerning Hinduism and Christianity.

Please join us in welcoming Rev. Stanish Stanley as Executive Director of Christian Friends of New Americans!