Steven D. H. Rasmussen

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Steven D. H. Rasmussen is senior lecturer in Intercultural Studies at Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya. Director of TEAM (Training East African Ministers). He received his PhD from Trinity International University in Intercultural Studies. He has taught and researched for 21 years in East Africa. Previous to his current position he served as principal of Lake Victoria Christian College in Mwanza, Tanzania. He has published a variety of journal articles and book chapters on Christian responses to witchcraft accusations, sickness, ethnicity, and short-term missions.

ALS Role

Steve Rasmussen served on the Africa Leadership Study senior leadership team, attended all major sessions, helped with leadership design, and supervised a team of doctoral student research assistants. He carried out interviews and wrote up ten-page reports on key Kenyan leaders and Christian organizations. The chapter he wrote, “Connected — The Role of Social Capital for Leaders with Impact,” appears in our book.

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Bob Reekie

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Robert B. Reekie, now retired, is co-founder of Media Associates International, Inc., and serves on its board. He has been involved in editorial and Christian publishing as well as management training and consultation for over 40 years with prior academic and business experience in South Africa and the USA.  He was born in South Africa; is a graduate of university and seminary and is an ordained clergyman.

ALS Role

Robert Reekie met regularly with Edward Elliott, Mary Kleine Yehling, and Robert Priest to discuss and plan the initial design of the ALS. Although he did not attend our international gatherings, he provided advice and wise counsel repeatedly as issues were raised.

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Alberto Salombongo

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Alberto Lucamba Salombongo is a pastor and lecturer at Undergraduate Program of Evangelical Theological Seminary at ISTEL in Lubango, Angola. He is also the Modular Theological Program Coordinator at ISTEL. He holds a post graduate diploma in Old Testament from the University of Stellenbosch and is a MTH Candidate at the University of Stellenbosch. He is married and has three children.

ALS Role

Alberto Lucamba Salombongo met regularly as part of the ALS leadership team, provided input on all phases of research and analysis, and helped supervise a team of student researchers administering surveys in Angola. Together with Elisabet le Roux, he helped coach the research teams at each seminary in Angola, and provided in-country leadership of all Angola research. He conducted interviews and wrote up ten-page reports on key Angolan Christian leaders and Christian organizations. He did additional research related to libraries and publishers in Angola, and contributed to the chapter “Reading and Leading: Challenges for African Christian Leaders.”

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Yolande Sandoua

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Yolande Sandoua is Assistant to the President of Faculté de Théologie Évangélique de Bangui (FATEB) and Communication Officer. She is currently a PhD Student in theology at FATEB. She holds three masters degrees, including an MA in English (American Civilization), an MA in Theology and Mission, and an MTh in African Christianity from the Akrofi-Christaller Institute in Ghana.

ALS Role

Yolande Sandoua met regularly as part of the ALS leadership team, provided input on all phases of research and analysis, and helped administer a team of student researchers administering surveys in the Central African Republic. She conducted interviews and wrote up reports on Christian leaders and Christian organizations in the Central African Republic. She carried out additional follow-up interviews looking at the consequences of violent conflict on Christian ministries. She co-wrote the chapter “Leadership Responses During Armed Conflict.”

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Nupanga Weanzana

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Nupanga Weanzana is President of Faculté de Théologie Évangélique de Bangui (FATEB) in Central African Republic, and also teaches Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament (Exegesis and Theology). He received his PhD in Old Testament Studies from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. His area of interest is in the Book of Chronicles and the Second Temple Period. Among his publications are several commentaries on Old Testament Books in the Africa Bible Commentary (2006).

ALS Role

Nupanga Weanzana met regularly as part of the ALS leadership team, provided input on all phases of research and analysis, and supervised a team of researchers administering surveys in the Central African Republic. He conducted interviews and wrote up reports on key Christian leaders and Christian organizations in the Central African Republic. He served as the primary leader of the research carried out in the CAR. His chapter “Word and Deed — Patterns of Influential African Christian Organizations” appears in our book.

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Mary Kleine Yehling

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Mary Kleine Yehling joined Tyndale House Foundation in 1975. As V.P., Executive Director she has had the opportunity and joy to learn about and work with many individuals, organizations, missions and churches with a heart for ministry around the world. She remarks, “We really are a part of “so great a cloud of witnesses” not only those gone on before, but those still with us.” She has served her community over the years as a volunteer and leader in area organizations, choirs, schools, and in her church. Tyndale House Foundation celebrates over 53 years of “Investing in the Kingdom”. “We do not know what the future holds, but by God’s grace we look forward to many more years in ministry and pray we can continue to ‘encourage each other and build each other up’.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11

ALS Role

When Tyndale House Foundation initiated the Africa Leadership Study it was the beginning of a unique learning experience for us all. It has been Mary Kleine’s great privilege and joy to serve in an administrative capacity, overseeing and coordinating the day to day activities and support of all facets of the team’s work. May our efforts be used by God, through the ALS website and the book “Patterns in African Christian Leadership”, to continue to build on the network of people and organizations the Study has woven together. May it serve as a helpful tool for those in Africa and those in the West to better understand how to more effectively develop and equip strong servant leaders in all areas of African society.

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