Pastor Thomson was born again (accepted Jesus Christ as His personal Savior) in 1968.  He completed his Bible college training in the Berean Baptist Bible College, Bangalore, India.  Afterward, he taught in a Christian school where me met and married his wife, Mary.

Thakadiyel answered God's call to the ministry in 1975.  Bro. Thomson pastored in India from 1975 - 1987.  In 1987, he went to the United States to continue his Biblical education at the Word of Life Bible Institute in New York.

While in the U.S., Bro. Thomson learned much about the ministry and first got the vision to begin a local church mission to reach many souls in India.

Pastor and Mrs. Thomson took their family in Pampady in 1991 to being the Biblical Baptist Church.  The church began in their home and has grown to a congregation of over 300.  It is out of this local church that the Reaching India Baptist Mission began.