A. Rushan Sinnaduray (Appointed Moderator, Class of 2025) is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Oasis United Church of Christ in Jefferson City, Missouri. Within the Missouri Mid-South Conference, he serves as Co-Chair of the Western Association Committee on Ministry and has served on the Associate Conference Minister Search Committee for the Conference. Rushan was born and raised in Sri Lanka and has lived and worked in New Zealand, Canada and the USA. He was ordained in 2008 and has served churches in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Missouri. He is passionate about church planting, church vitality and growth, musical theater, and the interactions between popular culture, science and theology. Rushan and his spouse, Arushini, have two children: Aran and Alisha.
