Patricia Weerakoon — God has equipped me to serve His Church at this Cultural Moment

Posted on January 4, 2026 
Filed under People

The Gospel Coalition Australia asks Christian writer Patricia Weerakoon to share something of her story –

“How does a socially and theologically conservative Sri Lankan Tamil Christian end up a sexologist writer and speaker in Australia?

I was born in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka during the dying days of British imperial rule. My Christian parents brought me up to be a good traditional housewife. But they also valued education so they sent me to a Christian boarding school in the capital city Colombo and encouraged me to pursue a medical degree in university, which laid the foundation for my secular career and Christian ministry. …”

– Read it all here.