 After his ordination, he served as vicar in different parishes in Kerala and assistant vicar in one of the Bangalore parishes.In 2006, he was elevated to the position of Bishop

He presently serves as the president of KCC (Kerala Council of Churches), He served the Kerala Council of Churches as its senior faculty member (1997–1998), the National Council of Churches in India as its executive secretary for Mission and Evangelism (1998–2001).He now serves the World Council of Churches as moderator of its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME).