Kirby & Fiona de Lanerolle
From neuroscience to theology and positive psychology, WOWLife Church’s co-founders serve the Body of Christ with a Christ-centric, theologically sound approach. Complemented by positive, science-based psychological foundations.
Kirby
de Lanerolle
Kirby de Lanerolle serves as the Presiding Bishop of the Apostolic Diocese of Ceylon, where he oversees 800 churches and is committed to protecting the rights of persecuted Christian minorities, spiritual awakening, doctrinal integrity, and the restoration of apostolic Christianity for the modern world. He and his wife Fiona co-founded WOW Life Church in 2006, now a global movement shaping the spiritual landscape of Sri Lanka and beyond. Kirby’s academic background spans theology, neuroscience, psychology, and mental health, with advanced studies at King’s College London and the University of Pennsylvania. His unique ability to integrate biblical revelation with cutting-edge scientific understanding has positioned him as a sought-after teacher on identity, transformation, and the nature of spiritual conflict. Before entering full-time ministry, Kirby served for over two decades as an advisor to the Sri Lankan Cabinet and Government, becoming one of the youngest national advisors of his time. His philanthropic and social-impact work has earned him multiple national recognitions, including awards from both the Speaker of Parliament and the President of Sri Lanka. His journey into the faith was forged through deep personal conviction. Having witnessed and personally experienced the destructive influence of occult spiritual wickedness infiltrating governmental, corporate, and even religious spheres, Kirby came to believe that the Church is God’s answer to a world entangled in hidden systems of bondage. Through his own redemption and deliverance, he carries a mandate to equip the Body of Christ to discern, overcome, and break free from the spiritual forces that seek to undermine human destiny. His teachings, including those in this book, flow from a life shaped by encounter, scholarship, and decades of pastoral leadership. Kirby writes with a single aim: to liberate captives, awaken purpose, and strengthen believers for the times we live in.
Fiona
de Lanerolle
Co-founding the Warehouse Project back in 2010 alongside her husband Bishop Kirby Delanerolle, Fiona initially conceptualized the project as a community development initiative designed to enrich, better and sustain the lives of the community living in close proximity to the initial locality of the project. Since then she’s worked with an ever growing team, both local and global, to replicate and facilitate projects around Sri Lanka that fosters human development and economic enablement. Her track record with social empowerment extends in terms of her roles as Board Member of the Apostolic Diocese of Ceylon (ADC) and as co-founder of Wowlife Church. Both entities are active nationally and abroad, in inculcating intra and inter-religious dialogue toward peacebuilding and reconciliation. Within the spheres of business and creative direction, Fiona has operated for over a decade, both within the apparel industry and in digital design solutions, including setting up training facility means for students in design. She is fully certified by the Flow Research Institute as a High Flow Coach. Fiona remains an active advocate of sports as a vehicle of empowerment and bridge-building and has personally participated at numerous IronMan 70.3 triathlons across the world. Fiona received her LLB (Hons) from Buckingham University in the UK and has a Masters in Theology from the Fuller Seminary in the USA.