Our Pastor

Earnest Jeyaraja, founder and pastor of Global Harvest Outreach, was born and raised in India. At the age of 17, Earnest left India to pursue an education in the United States. He graduated from Bethany College of Missions in Bloomington, Minnesota in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in cross-cultural studies and is currently pursuing a master's degree in global and contextual studies at Bethel University in Minneapolis,Minnesota. 

He also worked with the faith-based drug rehabilitation program, Minnesota Teen Challenge, for three years as an administrative assistant for the program director. He is also the founder and CEO of the international ministry- Transformation Today, improving medical care and education in Southeast Asia and India.Ministering along with Earnest is his wife, Andrea. Andrea grew up in the Midwest United States. Alongside studying, she spent a year volunteering with Mercy Ships on the ship M/V Anastasis, ministering in South Africa, Liberia and Ghana(West Africa). In 2006, she returned to Minnesota to finish her bachelor's degree in biblical studies and leadership development, joining the Global Harvest Outreach team in October 2006. Pastor Earnest and Andrea have been blessed with three children: Asir, Aviv and Anya.