Tissa Weerasingha is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Church, Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he began his ministry in 1975. Since 1983, this church has been instrumental in planting nearly 80 churches in various parts of Sri Lanka and other countries. Calvary Church just completed their new facility, seating 4,000, in Colombo.

He is the Founder-President of Calvary International Ministries, Inc. and has ministered on all continents. He is a Senior Faculty member of Haggai Institute, Founder and Principal of Calvary Theological Seminary, and Editor of the Sri Lanka Journal of Theology.

He has authored many books, such as The Cross and the Bo Tree, The Comprehensive Concordance to the Sinhala Bible, The Complete Cell Manual, and Motivating for Evangelism.

For nearly a decade, Tissa has also hosted “Hope for Today,” a nationwide, weekly Christian TV program on government-owned television in Sri Lanka.

He received his B.Th from Seattle Bible College, MA from Fuller Theological Seminary, MS (Applied Psychology) from the University of Colombo and, D.Min from Westminster Theological Seminary, PA.