Home Features Rev. Dr Shiwnandan – author of 9 books on self-guidance, spiritually healing
For any writer, completing just one book is a feeling of accomplishment but it leads to many sleepless nights of perfecting the editing and placing every word in its perfect place.
A feeling like no other! Infamous Reverend Dr Navindra Shiwnandan is no stranger to this feeling, for he has experienced it a total of nine times over the past four years, having published nine books.
Dr Shiwnandan is a man of many different talents, dreams, and aspirations and some may say that he has mastered the art of making his dreams come true, with the help of God, of course.
The Reverend is a Senior Pastor of Herstelling Assembly of God Global Outreach Center, and a Practicing Physician at his own medical, Dr. Shiwnandan’s Clinic for more than twenty-seven years. Now he can add nine times published author to his long list of accomplishments.
Dr Shiwnandan has been a credentialed holding Pastor with the Assembly of God (AOG) for more than thirty-two years. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.), a Master of Theology (Th.M.), and a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.), serving on the General Presbytery of the AOG, and as the Director of the AOG Evangelism Association.
He and his wife Dr Michelle Shiwnandan, who is also a Physician and Clinical Psychologist, are giving people who believe in whole-person salvation and they have a robust humanitarian approach to ministry. Many of their friends and family would describe them as the kindest people they’re ever met.
Together, Dr Shiwnandan and Dr. Michelle are the Co-Founders of the Vocational Skills Training Institute, where hundreds of youths and single parents benefit from free certified skills training. They are also the Co-Founders of the Hinterland Medical Missions, taking the medical mission’s teams to various hinterland locations.
Additionally, the power duo also serves on the leadership team of Early Pregnancy Advisory Services; an organization that promotes the Sanctity of Human life and provides free counseling services to hundreds of women with crisis pregnancies.
For his many strides in his educational advancements in the field of medicine, Dr Shiwnandan received the Prime Minister’s Medal for his outstanding performance on the completion of his medical degree at the University of Guyana School of Medicine.
He has received his education from various educational institutions across the world. He continued his career development at Queens University, Canada, Gulf Course Ultrasound Institute, National Procedures Institute, and Institute For International Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.
For more than twenty-three years, the doctor/pastor held professional memberships with the American College of Gastroenterology, the West Indian Association of Gastroenterologists, the Christian Medical Foundation, and the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Additionally, he has been serving as the Representative of the Medical Community on the Central Board of Health and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board in the Guyana Ministry of Public Health until recently.
As the country Representative for ISOM, Covent Theological Seminary, and Nation To Nation Christian University, over several years, Reverend Dr. Shiwnandan has seen more than thirty Church Based schools of Ministry, that offer Diplomas and Degrees, organized to train Christian workers for the Kingdom of God.
As the doctor would describe it, God is using him as a powerful, prolific speaker and writer, both on medical and spiritual matters, with an aim to fulfill the Great Commission.
With his exemplary achievements in the medical and theology field, he is now taking all of the knowledge he has attained during all these years and channeling it into his writing.
It started with Understanding God’s End-Time Schedule: Preparing For The Coming Of The Lord, his first book that was published in November of 2018. With this publication, answers several questions about end-time events like: Are there any benefits of knowing about the end-time? Is there a sequence of end-time events? Will Christians go through the Tribulation? What will life be like in the New Earth? Dr. Shiwnandan couldn’t just stop there.
He could, but there was too much to be said, too much knowledge to pass on to the younger generation.
Overcoming the Strongman was his follow-up publication, released in 2019. His second book takes into consideration the physiological and psychological dimensions as also being important in determining one’s perspective which is vital in overcoming the Strongman.
Dr. Shiwnandan went on to publish his next four books in 2019, namely, Advancing Kingdom Citizenship, A Quick Guide for Alter Workers, Called to the Five-Fold Ministry, and Rebounding: A Christian Doctor’s Guide to Understand Suffering and Recovery from Life’s Difficult Moments.
His seventh book, Practicing the Principles of Faith: Lessons from the life of the Patriarch Abraham was published in 2021 shows us that faith is a purposeful journey in response to the call of God by providing an analysis of the life of the Patriarch Abraham and extrapolates 37 powerful principles of faith.
The Dynamics of Freedom, published in May of this year, is his eighth publication. The Principles Of Stabilizing Leadership is his ninth publication.
On Thursday, a book launching/signing event was hosted at the D’impeccable Banquet Hall in celebration of Dr Shiwnandan’s works where he said that the books are intended to speak to the younger generation, to give those who may not be in the church an insight into the word of God and some of the Christianity’s understandings.
He intends to convert his book Rebounding: A Christian Doctor’s Guide to Understand Suffering and Recovery from Life’s Difficult Moments into a textbook for medical studies so that they will be able to understand both the medical and theological aspects of pain and suffering.
Currently, the doctor is working on five books to which he refused to divulge any information. Whatever they may be about, it is sure to be educationally inspirational.