 These included Pandit M. M. John, Pastor K. E. Abraham (the founder of the India Pentecostal Church), and evangelists K. G. Kurien and K. G. Thomas.Simon was known as a debater.In the 1920s, he took on Krishan Namboodri (who later became known as Swami Agamanda), Rishiram, and R. C. Das, who were promoting Hindutva and opposing conversion.