Our Founders

Rev. Jeevan Ramesh Dhale is Founder and Principal of Reaching The Lost International Bible College. In 2010, while in New York completing his Bible college training, he received the vision and the name Reaching The Lost during a time of prayer.

For the past ten years he has been involved in pastoral ministry and social work, reaching out to many in need. He serves as Youth Director in Assemblies of God Maharashtra and is invited as a guest preacher in many places. He has travelled to 13 nations preaching the word of God, and his sermons have blessed people around the world. Pastor Jeevan is married to Sonakshi, a godly and talented wife who serves alongside him.

A miraculous beginning

Pastor Jeevan was born to parents active in ministry, and his birth was miraculous. He arrived with a great many complications: doctors diagnosed 16 major diseases, he was very weak, and he weighed just 1,200 grams. Doctors and specialists gave up on his survival.

His mother, a staff nurse, began to pray for God's healing over her son. She sought God constantly and expected Him to touch her child. God answered, and overnight healed him completely of all 16 diseases. His parents named him Jeevan — life.

He was raised in biblical ways and always made his parents proud. At nine years old, his leadership was already being noticed by teachers and school principals. At 16, at a youth camp, he heard a message on Isaiah 6 — "Who will go for me?" and the reply, "Here I am, send me." God spoke to him there and called him to full-time ministry. After that camp everything changed: he was baptised, filled with the Holy Spirit, and became actively involved in youth and evangelism ministry.

After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of Mumbai, God opened a door to study theology at Mount Zion International School of Ministry in Pennsylvania, part of the work of Rev. David Wilkerson, founder of World Challenge and Times Square Church, New York. He had the privilege of completing his internship at Times Square Church. After graduating, God guided him back to India to serve.

He has since completed a Master of Divinity from Global School of Open Learning (SABC), Bengaluru, and is applying for a Doctor of Ministry.

Pastor Sonakshi Dhale is also Founder and Vice Principal of Reaching The Lost International Bible College. She holds a Bachelor of Theology from Southern Asia Bible College, Bangalore, and a Bachelor of Multimedia, also from Bangalore. She is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity from GSOL, Bangalore.

She has travelled to 13 nations preaching the word of God, and is invited to preach at women's conferences and many other gatherings across India and internationally. Many have been blessed through her ministry. She is actively involved in pastoral ministry alongside her husband, and God uses her in the teaching ministry at the Bible college and elsewhere.

She has worked as a media head in Christian ministry and as a value education professor in several schools. Pastor Sonakshi is a certified family and marriage counsellor, and has been invited to speak at parenting seminars in schools.

God has blessed her with creative gifts in multimedia, and uses her designs and work to encourage many people. She is also a gifted songwriter — her first song, Tera Raaj Aye, has been released, with more to come.