Ps. Philip Mantofa

Senior Pastor

Pastor Philip Mantofa was born in Surabaya on 27th of September, 1974. From his birthplace, he went on to study abroad in Taipei, Singapore, and finally, he repented during his high school days in Vancouver, Canada. Two years after he received his undergraduate degree from a Bible school, when riots broke out in Indonesia in May 1998 to be exact, he decided to return to his homeland for the sake of preaching the gospel. The Mawar Sharon Church he leads has become a fast-growing church that will soon break the 100.000 membership mark in numerous local churches spread out nationwide, even to Southeast Asia and Australia. At a young age, he has witnessed more than 200.000 souls who got saved as he led them to Christ. His passion is to fan into flame the fire of spiritual awakening everywhere, and to raise up anointed pastors and leaders in every field--especially in Asia.

Above all, his greatest vision is to build 1.000 strong local churches with 1.000.000 disciples; and he will not stop until every nation on this earth encounters the Lord Jesus Christ personally, Philip is happily married to Irene Saphira, and they are blessed with 3 children; Vanessa, Jeremy, and Warren.

Ps. Mulyadi Budiyanto

Regional and Local Pastor of LA

Pastor Mulyadi Budiyanto or more familiarly known as Pastor Mil came to know Christ in 1992 in the city of Los Angeles. He started his ministry as a church planter, Leadership Trainer and local pastor. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University (USA) and a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary (USA).
Currently he serves as a General Secretary 2 of Rose of Sharon Church and Regional Pastor for USA & Canada.
He is married and blessed with a happy household with Juluan Bahri and 2 children; Chloe Andrea Budiyanto & Darren Nathaniel Budiyanto

Ps. Hotma Togar Manurung

Local Pastor of NYC

Pastor Togar Manurung (Pastor Oge) was born in Pematang Siantar on August 9th, 1980. He grew up in a Christian family in Malaysia, God touched Pastor Togar, and brought back him from a self-destructive person into a person who loves God. He started his ministry in a small student church. From there, the passion for the young people came into his heart. After graduating from Malaysia with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, he went back to Medan and joined Rose of Sharon Church Medan in 2006, and became a pastor for the young professional community in 2009.

As the church's vision became much clearer, his heart for the island of Sumatra also grew. In 2011, the church sent Ps.Togar and his wife Ps. Nike Wijaya Lios, to plant a church in Pekanbaru City. The Rose of Sharon Church Pekanbaru has been growing rapidly and started planting churches in other cities like Dumai, Duri, and also Padang City. Ps. Togar and his wife, along with their 2 beautiful daughters: Samantha and Karissa recently moved to New York City, USA to become the Local Pastor of Rose of Sharon Church New York. He is also working on planting Rose of Sharon Church Los Angeles.

Pastor Dewantono

Local Pastor of LA

Pastor Dewantono was born in Surabaya in 1976 into a Chinese family who still adheres to the traditions and beliefs of their ancestors. Having experienced a childhood that was not easy, he grew up with many questions and disappointments in his heart that made him depend on his own efforts and strength.

In 2003, God allowed Dewantono to experience many problems continuously until one night at 1 am in his helplessness, he woke up and was 'forced' to pray, there Dewantono experienced a visit from God and made the Lord Jesus the Lord and Savior in his life and immediately made himself a disciple. That was when joined and served Connect Group (CG).

Growing up and maturing in CG, adopting the GMS vision and serving as a volunteer until at the end of 2012 he was called to serve full time at the church. In January 2013 he was sent to serve at GMS Denpasar-Bali. During his 11 years in Bali, Dewantono served in Denpasar and pioneered in the Tabanan, Singaraja and Negara regions.

In January 2024, together with his wife and 2 children - Giselle and Kezia were sent to the USA to serve at ROSC LA.