Pastor Philip Mantofa was born in Surabaya in 1974. From his birthplace, he went on to study abroad in Taipei, Singapore, and finally, he repented during high school in Vancouver, Canada. Two years after receiving his undergraduate degree from a Seminary, when riots broke out in Indonesia in May 1998, he returned to his homeland to preach the Gospel. The Mawar Sharon Church he leads has become one of the fastest-growing churches in Asia that will soon break the 100.000 membership mark in hundreds of local churches spread out to the nation. At a young age, before 30, he had personally witnessed and led more than 200,000 salvations. His passion now is to fan into flame the fire of spiritual awakening everywhere and to raise anointed pastors and leaders in every field. Above all, his greatest vision is to build 1000 strong local churches with 1.000.000 disciples, and he will not stop until the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ is fulfilled. Pastor Philip is happily married to Irene Saphira, and they are blessed with three children: Vanessa, Jeremy, and Warren.