SHERYL HAW
International Director
Micah Network
Introduction
Sheryl has spent the last 19 years engaged in relief, development and advocacy work, working in Christian missions and aid agencies. In the last 6 years she led the development of an accountability and quality management standard for the aid world, setting up the first independent accreditation processes for aid agencies. During the last 2 years she set up the Masters degree in integral mission (mission and development practice) at All Nations Christian College. Joining Micah Network in April 2010 is for a culmination of what God has been leading her through over the years. She says “When our identity if firmly rooted in Christ our lives will be transformed and we will be instruments of transformation in our families, communities and nations. I am looking forward to being in Nigeria to be a part of all that God is doing with you and through you.”
CLAUDE NIKONDEHA
Introduction
Claude was born in Burundi, a small country in East Africa. He grew up the son of a Free Methodist pastor, always hearing the message that Jesus was coming soon to evacuate everyone to Heaven. However, he was not attracted to a god who did not care about the present realities of poverty, disease and war. He found that education was the way out of poverty, and so secured a scholarship to Brest University in France, where he got his BA in Journalism. It was in France that Claude discovered the God who loves justice and cares for the poor. This is when Claude realized his call was to partner with the poor of Africa to bring about transformation in the name and spirit of Jesus.
Claude is the founder and chief organizer of Amahoro Africa, an NGO committed to empowering emerging leaders throughout Africa. He continues to be energized by meeting innovative leaders across Africa, connecting them to one another and linking them to needed resources. He works with his best friend and wife, Kelley, in the work of Amahoro and the greater work of raising their two young children, Justin & Emma. You can learn more about Amahoro Africa by visiting www.amahoro-africa.org.
Prof. Dr. Danny McCain
Danny McCain is the founder and international director-at-large on International Institute for Christian Studies (IICS), a USA-based organization that helps to develop and enhance academic Christian studies projects in public universities around the world. He has worked in Nigeria universities since 1988 and, since 1991, has served in the Department of Religious Studies in the University of Jos, where he now serves as Professor of Biblical Theology. His formal education includes a BA (Biblical Education); MA (Bible); MA (Theology) and PhD (New Testament Interpretation).
Prof. McCain has worked closely with the Ministry of Education at state and federal levels since 1994, conducting seminars and developing material for teachers of Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK). He has also been in the forefront of developing and promoting faith-based approaches to the HIV and AIDS crisis for schools and churches. He is also involved in efforts to establish peace on the Jos Plateau. Prof. McCain is a former businessman, pastor, school principal, seminary lecturer, radio speaker, and prison chaplain. He speaks regularly at churches, conferences and conventions.
Prof. McCain has written or co-authored over 25 books and manuals. Some of his books include textbooks like Notes on Old Testament Introduction, Notes on New Testament Introduction, We Believe I and II, and Understanding and Applying the Scriptures, books on leadership like Two Models of Leadership for Kingdom Building and Tough Tests for Top Leaders, books of sermons like Living Messages and Millennium Messages and other inspirational books like Serving God Away From Home and Lord Lift Me Up.
Danny McCain and his wife, Mary, have lived in Nigeria since 1988 where they reared their three children.
Danny McCain and his wife, Mary, have lived in Nigeria since 1988 where they reared their three children.
PETER AKANIMOH
Introduction
Peter has served in the last 15 years as a missionary: planting churches among two unreached people groups in the middle belt of Nigeria, mobilizing and training missionaries, recruiting and sending out international short term mission teams to very needy African countries, teaching mission theology, mission history, relief and Christian community development in schools of Missions, bible institutes, seminaries, workshops, conferences and on study programs like the USA Center for World Missions Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course.
In 2004, after many years of seeing some of the most critical dimensions of poverty and human suffering, Peter founded Global Relief & Development Mission; a relief and development organization now fighting extreme poverty and building sustainable communities. He currently serves as Executive Director, providing leadership for the success of the organization’s six core programs: emergency response, healthcare, water& sanitation, poverty reduction, peace building and Mission. He is married to Martha, a sociologist and school administrator and they are blessed with two kids: Lisa and Richard. www.globalreliefonline.org.
