Leadership
The WEA leadership includes the Office of the Secretary General, the department heads who each oversee a number of ministry networks, Global Ambassadors, regional leaders and others. It is a diverse team that is spread over every continent and seeks to serve evangelicals globally, regionally, nationally and in the churches in the neighborhoods.
Office of the Secretary General
Dr. Goodwill Shana
Executive Chair
Dr. Peirong Lin
Deputy Secretary General
Operations
Rev. Samuel E. Chiang
Deputy Secretary General
Ministries
Department Leaders
Dr. Brad Smith
Interim Director
Alliance Engagement
Rev. Esmé Bowers
Director
Church Engagement
Kyle Wisdom
Director
Global Advocacy
Dr. Theresa Lua
Director
Global Theology
Dr. Jay Mātenga
Director
Global Witness
Dr. Joanna A. Bartovic, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Ambassadors
Brian C. Stiller
Global Ambassador
Bp Efraim M. Tendero
Global Ambassador
Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Johnson
Special Envoy to the Holy See
Regional Leadership
Rachel Afeaki-Taumoepeau
General Secretary
South Pacific Evangelical Alliance
Emerson Boyce
Secretary General,
Evangelical Association of the Caribbean
Jan Wessels & Connie Duarte
Co-General Secretaries
European Evangelical Alliance
Dr. Bambang Budijanto
General Secretary
Asia Evangelical Alliance
Rev. Peter Kremeruk
General Secretary
Central Asia Evangelical Alliance
Rev. Dr. Master Matlhaope
General Secretary
Association of Evangelicals in Africa
Terri Miller
Coordinater
North American Evangelical Alliance
Rev. Juan Cruz
President
Latin Evangelical Alliance
Rev. Dr. Jack Sara
General Secretary
Middle East Evangelical Alliance
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