Dr. Sunny Philip was born in an ancient Christian family, called "Kaduvattoor Family," in the southern state of Kerala in India. He hails from a family that belonged to the Eastern Orthodox church for many generations whose worship was stymied by traditions and folklores. But God took his immediate family out of this situation by uprooting his parents and causing them to live in various other places in connection to his father's job. This gave them an opportunity to be exposed to different worship styles like Anglican, Episcopal and eventually Pentecostal. By the time Rev. Sunny was eight, his family had embraced Pentecostalism. After taking a B.S. degree in Chemistry, he came to USA in 1977. His wife Mercy was already settled there. He continued his studies and took a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnic University of New York. He worked as a Research Chemist, Process Engineer, Manager, Enterprenuer etc. until 1994 when he fully surrendered his life for full time ministry. In 1981, he took the initiative to form PYFA, which is a youth organization that serves the youth in the Indian immigrant community in New York. In 1986, the Spirit of God started beckoning him to his original call in life. After much hesitation, he yielded, eventually entering into full time ministry in 1994. Today, Dr. Sunny Philip serves as the Senior Pastor of two congregations in Elmont, a suburb of New York City; one serving the Indian language group and the other and Englsih service for all nationalities. He is also active in mission work in India, serving in leadership for a group that has planted over 1000 churches in India.
Today, Dr. Sunny Philip has a world wide ministry. He has ministrered in North Amrica, Central America, India, Middle East, Africa and Australia conducting revival meetings, seminars, youth rallies etc. He has written three books and regularly write in periodicals. DARSHAN is a bimonthly publication on Christian leadership and vision based living, published under the banner of Vision International, Inc., the outreach ministry led by Dr. Sunny Philip.