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. EsmĂŠ Bowers
Director
Church Engagement

Kyle Wisdom
Director
Global Advocacy

Dr. Janet E. Buckingham
Director
WEA Office in Geneva

Dr. Theresa Lua
Director
Global Theology

Dr. Jay MÄtenga
Director
Global Witness

Dr. Joanna A. Bartovic, CPA
Chief Financial Officer

Rev. Dr. Ji-Ung Jeremy Lim
Organizational
Development Director
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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