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ANITA (SANGEETHA) KINGSLY
Anita Sangeetha Kingsly is a Pastor, Gospel Singer, and a Worship Leader at the Healing Gospel Cathedral (HGC), Chennai, INDIA together with her songwriter, preacher-husband, Bishop Kingsly Lazarus. They have three children together.

Early Life/Personal Information
Born in 1980 to Christian family, Anita grew up under the loving tender care of her grandparents, Late Mr. SM Srinivasan (ex-staff of Ponds India (Private) Limited) and Late Dr. Nirmala Srinivasan ''(yesteryears cinema playback singer turned gospel singer after accepting Christ as her Lord and Personal Savior). Anita also garnered the massive support and encouragement of her parents, Mr. Patrick, a prayer warrior and Mrs. Gnana Selvi,''

Her grandmother, Dr. Nirmala identified her innate gifts, flair for music and desire to sing gospel songs. She personally groomed her to be the singer she is now. Both her grandparents were instrumental in exposing her to stage performances and gospel singing at a very young age. Anita is now happily serving the Lord zealously thanks to her God-fearing parents.

Anita began singing gospel songs at the tender age of two and her first stage performance was at the age of ten together with her grandmother in a gospel outreach at Kottayam, Kerala. Since then, Anita has never looked back on her calling to serve the Lord through Praise and Worship and singing Gospel songs for His Glory.

Education
Anita is an English Literature BA graduate from Women’s Christian College, Chennai [Apr 2002]. She also has a M.Sc., (Masters of Sciences) in Human Resource Development Psychology, graduated from University of Madras [April 2004].

Anita obtained her Office of The Pastorate, awarded by the Board of Authorities of All India Network of Churches and Ministries and The Apostolic Presbytery of the International Network of Churches, Ministries and Businesses, Inc (Maryland, U.S.A) on 7 March 2009.

With this, her passion for the service of the Lord began.

Ministry
Anita Sangeetha, popularly known as Anita Kingsly (AK), after her marriage to Bishop Kingsly Lazarus in 2004, was appointed as the Co-Pastor and Worship Leader at their family Church, Healing Gospel Cathedral (HGC) that inaugurated in 2018. Her powerful and charismatic renditions of evergreen Christian songs in English and Tamil are not only well received by her congregants but ardently followed by international viewers and listeners of gospel songs through her social media platforms.

It is noted that both Anita and her preacher husband Bishop Kingsly were instrumental in starting ‘Gospel Truck’ Ministry - an outreach arm of Healing Gospel Cathedral (HGC) where the gospel is spread to rural areas across India through a mobile truck fitted with a convertible stage and inbuilt musical instruments and lights. To date the visionary behind this ministry has accomplished his mission across Tamilnadu's 38 districts and 2 union territories.

Musical Journey
Anita has travelled to several urban and rural cities within India and globally to sing for the Glory to God, bringing faith and hope to fellow believers and sharing the good news, The Salvation of Christ, to the weary hearted souls. Her powerful vocals and charismatic aura, filled with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, has touched many lives and inspired them to draw closer to God's unconditional (agape) Love. She also leads her church congregation into a Powerful Worship before the sermon every Sunday Morning. The worship songs are a mix of classic and new Christian Tamil and English songs. Her modernly remastered renditions of the recorded Live Worship, ‘HGC Worship Series’ every Sunday morning with some amazingly talented musicians has received many praises and supporters on HGC YouTube Channel. Even Church across the globe is inspired by HGC's Worship Series.

Anita has touched the lives of many in India and Worldwide with her Powerful, Soulful Renditions/Repertoire and original songs. She has released a Music Videos on a monthly basis of her original compositions, mostly written and composed by her husband Bishop Kingsly and Apostle John Lazarus and has worked with a number of established and uprising Christian Music directors and talented musicians in Tamilnadu, South India. Anita’s YouTube Channel was launched in Mar 2023, a one stop platform for people to listen, and watch her current songs and keep updated of her watch her current and new singles where you can on of current and new songs for her subscribers to watch the compilation of her new and current music videos, singles. Or listen to her songs on other audio platforms, like Spotify, apple music etc.

Discography
Anita has currently sung and released over 25 music videos. These songs were exclusively written by her husband, Bishop Kingsly and Father-in-Law, Apostle John Lazarus.

During the course of her musical journey, Anita has notably worked with the finest Christian Music composers, renowned musicians and Production Houses in South India