Kirimi Barine

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Kirimi Barine is an Author, Trainer, Publisher and Consultant. He has served and continues to serve in various leadership capacities for organizations in Africa and around the world. He is the founding Director of Publishing Institute of Africa; a Nairobi based publishing, training and author development organization. He is an author and co-author of several books among them Transformational Corporate Leadership. Barine delights in training and facilitation of learning experiences as well as consulting on leadership, publishing and writing. Barine has a PhD / Doctorate in Business Management (Leadership & Governance) from the UCN Universidad Central de Nicaragua and SMC University, Switzerland.

ALS Role

Kirimi Barine met regularly with the ALS leadership team. He served as an advisor and consultant during the research process, and later led writing retreats/workshops, coached authors in writing, gave advice on website development, and served as co-editor of our book. He co-wrote a chapter “Reading and Leading: Challenges for African Christian Leaders” published in our book.

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Daniel Bourdanne

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Daniel Bourdanne was born in Chad. He is currently based in Oxford, UK where he serves as General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. Daniel studied in Chad, Cameroon, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and France and has a PhD from the University of Abidjan in animal ecology. He has been involved in student ministry for more than 20 years, having been on staff with IFES in Francophone Africa as regional secretary, responsible for overseeing IFES ministry across the region’s 20 countries, before being appointed to his current global leadership role.

ALS Role

Daniel Bourdanne met with the ALS leadership team, and served as an external advisor and consultant on research design and implementation. His experience and continued work with young leaders across the continent gave him a unique grass roots perspective. His insights into Francophone Africa have been most informative.

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Michael Bowen

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Prof. Michael Bowen is associate professor of Environmental Economics at Daystar University. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and is currently the Director, Research, Publications, Consultancy and Postgraduate Bureau at Daystar University. He has presented several papers in international conferences and published them as journal articles or book chapters. Some of his publications include; synopsis of the status of Christian family in Kenya, significance of vision and mission in a Christian University, redeeming Christian marriage and family in Kenya among other publications.  He is a guest editor for a number of international journals and has supervised both masters and PhD theses. Prof. Bowen has taught at undergraduate, Masters and PhD level.

ALS Role

Michael Bowen provided leadership on all stages of research design, on field-testing our instruments, and on mobilizing and training the larger Kenyan team of researchers. Together with David Ngaruiya, he co-managed the Kenya-based project. Together with David Ngaruiya and Robert Priest he traveled to Bangui, CAR to train the team of faculty and students in how to conduct the questionnaire research. He carried out interviews and prepared ten-page reports on key Kenyan leaders and organizations. He contributed a chapter “African Christian Organizations and Socio-Economic Development” to our book.

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Paulo Bunga

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José Paulo Bunga is married to Mrs. Esalita Joaquim Bunga and is the father of six children. He has a Diploma in Theology from STB- IEBA in Luanda, Angola. He has a Degree in Theology from HEFSIBA -Instituto Superior Christian in Angonia, Mozambique and in 2014 he received a Master’s degree in Divinity at the College and Theological Seminary of the Reformed Faith – FATEFÉ, Cohen University- USA, in St. Paulo, Brazil. He is a professor at Evangelical Theological Institute Reformed Church Angola -ITIERA and Shepherd of the Light of the World Parish in Luanda.

ALS Role

José Paulo Bunga provided leadership over a team of students who administered the questionnaires. He later met with a team at Stellenbosch (Robert Priest, Lisa le Roux, Jurgens Hendriks, Adelaide Tomas Manuel, Alberto Lucamba Salombongo, Edward Elliott) to plan the final interview research. He carried out interviews and wrote reports on key leaders and organizations.

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Teresa David

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Teresa David, born in Huambo, Angola, is currently a student at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa. She received her bachelor’s degree, with honours from the Institute of Evangelical Theology in Lubango-Angola (ISTEL) in 2014. She is a native Portuguese speaker and specialized as a teacher of the Portuguese language in Angola. She also taught Portuguese for 4 years. It was her work as a Portuguese teacher that motivated her to start working as a translator in 2015.

ALS Role

Teresa has worked with the Africa Leadership Study to translate a large portion of the materials into Portuguese. She is proud to have been a part of ALS. Without her work as a Portuguese translator, we would not have been able to make so much of the material available to Portuguese speakers.

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Elizabeth Coulibaly

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Elizabeth Coulibaly is a professional translator living in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. She studied Modern Literature and French in Paris at Sorbonne Nouvelle. She has been teaching French for 19 years. Her passion for translation inspired her to train to become a translator in 2005. She has been working as a professional translator for several Christian organizations as well as editing French documents for publishing houses for nine years.

ALS Role

Madame Coulibaly has assisted in translating the Africa Leadership Study material into French. She considers this a God given opportunity to participate in a very important work for His Kingdom. We are most thankful that her work enables the French speaking audience to have easier access to the ALS research.

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Daniel Crickmore

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ALS Role

Daniel provided invaluable administrative support during the research phases of the ALS. All through the project the ALS Team faced significant challenges of communication across international boundaries, time zones, languages and cultures. His role in organizing and facilitating our conferences and travel arrangements made space for the group to work together. During that period we used a private ALS Website and Forum specifically designed to support the ongoing collaborative communication that was needed for every step of the process. Daniel set up and managed those for us. His facility with French, his roots in Mali, his expertise with technology and his international travel experience made him ideally suited for this vital cross cultural communication work.

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Ed Elliott

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Edward Elliott, a retired communications-business owner, chaired the Africa Leadership Study. He is founder of Oasis International, publisher of the Africa Study Bible. Oasis is devoted to fostering a sustainable Pan-African publishing industry. Elliott was named Alumnus of the Year by the Moody Bible Institute and has served on many boards including Tyndale House Foundation, Moody Alumni Association, Oasis International, and National Religious Broadcasters.

ALS Role

Edward Elliott, with encouragement of the Tyndale House Foundation, lay the initial foundations of the Africa Leadership study by approaching and consulting with Robert Priest. He discussed the possible parameters of research with a variety of Foundations interested in Africa. He met regularly with Robert Priest, Mary Kleine Yehling, and Bob Reekie to plan and strategize as the project evolved. He played an advisory role through every phase of research and writing, helping the team understand the interests of the Tyndale House Foundation, and provided encouragement, advice, and support.

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Cami Grimwood

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ALS Role

Cami has been a vital part of the ALS Team since the beginning of the project. Each step of the way, as needs, priorities and tasks were identified, she stepped in with the administrative support needed. In her role of organizing our first conference, she set the bar high. That pattern served us well at each succeeding conference. She provided particularly important administrative input during the period when we were designing the protocol and structures for travel and time reporting to effectively support all those involved in performing the research in each of the three countries. With her website design and graphic skills background, she was an integral part of the initial design and development of the ALS Seedbed Website.

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H. Jurgens Hendriks

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H. Jurgens Hendriks had been a pastor for ten years when called to teach Practical Theology at Stellenbosch University in 1985. He became a professor in Congregational Studies. Leading congregations through the apartheid transition period was the initial focus of his work and research. The post-1994 increase of post-graduate students from other African countries redirected his attention to congregational realities across Africa. His Studying Congregations in Africa (2004) was the first publication of NetACT, the Network for African Congregational Theology. Founded in 2000 he became the Network’s first Executive Director. He still serves the 39-school network in 13 African countries as program coordinator.

ALS Role

Jurgens Hendriks met regularly with and served on the senior leadership team, providing advice and input on every phase of research, analysis, and writing. He provided special leadership on the research that was focused on Angola. He wrote the chapter “Empowering Leadership — A New Dawn in African Christian Leadership” that appears in our book.

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