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
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Dr. Goodwill Shana
Interim Executive Chair
![Peirong Lin](https://worldea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Peirong-Lin-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Peirong Lin
Deputy Secretary General
Operations
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Rev. Samuel E. Chiang
Deputy Secretary General
Ministries
Department Leaders
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Dr. Brad Smith
Interim Director
Alliance Engagement
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Rev. Esmé Bowers
Director
Church Engagement
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Phil Wagler
Interim Director
Public Engagement
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Dr. Janet E. Buckingham
Director
Global Advocacy
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Dr. Theresa Lua
Director
Global Theology
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Dr. Jay Matenga
Director
Global Witness
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Dr. Joanna A. Bartovic, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
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Rev. Dr. Ji-Ung Jeremy Lim
Organizational
Development Director
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Bruce Barron
Senior Editor
Ambassadors
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Brian C. Stiller
Global Ambassador
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Bp Efraim M. Tendero
Global Ambassador
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Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Johnson
Special Envoy to the Holy See
Regional Leadership
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Rachel Afeaki-Taumoepeau
General Secretary
South Pacific Evangelical Alliance
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Emerson Boyce
Secretary General,
Evangelical Association of the Caribbean
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Jan Wessels & Connie Duarte
Co-General Secretaries
European Evangelical Alliance
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Dr. Bambang Budijanto
General Secretary
Asia Evangelical Alliance
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Rev. Peter Kremeruk
General Secretary
Central Asia Evangelical Alliance
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Rev. Dr. Master Matlhaope
General Secretary
Association of Evangelicals in Africa
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Terri Miller
Coordinater
North American Evangelical Alliance
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Rev. Juan Cruz
President
Latin Evangelical Alliance
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Rev. Dr. Jack Sara
General Secretary
Middle East Evangelical Alliance
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