Pastor C C Kuriakose was born and raised in a Knanaya Jacobite family in Kallissery, a village near Chenganoor, India to Annamma Cherian and  Abraham Cherian. At the age of 17 came to the Lord and accepted Jesus Christ as personal savior and Lord and received water baptism in 1988 at IPC Rourkela Orissa and after a few months, received Holy Spirit baptism. Then, by the counsel of the Holy Spirit, he dedicated his life to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ and went to the Bible college to study the word of God. Completed C. Th from Faith Theological Seminary Manakala and also completed B. Th from Grace Bible College Delhi and M. Th in Bible Exposition from Cohen Theological Seminary. At the same time started teaching B. Th students and later M. Th seminary, after ministry at the Bible Church in Delhi with the guidance of the Holy Spirit started a pioneer ministry, the Christ for the World Mission in Mumbai in 2002. God opened a way to come to the United States of America as a senior pastor of Sharon Fellowship Church in Oklahoma from 2007 to 2011 and then Philadelphia Pentecostal church Chicago was from 2011-2016. In July 2017went to study Chaplain Residency at Advocate Sherman Hospital and ever since working as a full-time Chaplain (Spiritual Care and Counseling) with Advocate Hospitals. Pastor C C Kuriakose is blessed with his Wife Shanti Kuriakose who completed her M. Sc and B. Ed. in Math from the University of Mahatma Gandhi in Kerala and M. Phil in Math from the University of Mumbai and worked as a High School teacher in Andra Pradesh and Delhi and as a Junior College Professor in Mumbai. They are blessed with two daughters Christa and Christeena.