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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Wanjiru M. Gitau

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Wanjiru M. Gitau is a scholar of Christian History, World Christianity and Missiology. She was a visiting scholar at Asbury Theological Seminary (2015-2016). She has a PhD in Intercultural Studies and World Christianity from Africa International University and she has an MA in Missiology from Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology. She also has fifteen years of combined pastoral service in dynamic urban congregations and a variety of cross cultural missional engagements. As a researcher with the Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements, she is currently working on book titled, “Reframing the Megachurch Conversation.”

ALS Role

Wanjiru Wangui-Gitau began as a PhD student helping with both questionnaire research and with carrying out interviews and writing ten-page reports. Based on the quality of her work she was invited to play an expanded role, participating in our gatherings to discuss and analyze the research results.She contributed a chapter “Formation of African Christian Leaders — Patterns from the ALS Data” for our book.

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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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