Search for Secretary General

The World Evangelical Alliance’s International Council is searching for the next Secretary General / CEO to be officially inaugurated during WEA General Assembly in October 2025.

The Secretary General is overall responsible for the World Evangelical Alliance. He / she leads a global staff team engaged in fulfilling WEA’s Roadmap 2030 with four strategic priorities as follows:

Strong Evangelical Alliances

Influential Voice of Advocacy

Fruitful and Broad Collaboration

Effective Organizational Structures

The Secretary General
is a humble person
has unquestioned moral integrity
is above reproach
has a strong sense of divine calling to the SG position
is compassionate
has a satisfactory family situation
is Spirit-filled
is a servant leader
is gracious towards others
is not puffed up
has a history of spiritual discipline
shows grace to others
is a person of prayer and Bible study
has a generous spirit
has a right attitude to money
demonstrates spiritual maturity

The Secretary General is appointed by, and reports to, the WEA International Council (through its Chair and Executive Committee) — comprising representatives of regions around the world.

The WEA Search team invites nominations of suitable candidates as well as individual applications to this position.

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Applications will close by the 31st of May. Interviews will commence thereafter.

The new SG is expected to be inaugurated during the General Assembly in Seoul, Korea in October 2025.

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For questions about the role, please contact [email protected].

Over two billion Christians in the world today are represented by three world church bodies. The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is one of those, serving more than 600 million evangelicals belonging to churches that are part of 143 national Evangelical Alliances in nine regions.

Launched in London in 1846, the WEA unites evangelicals across denominations for prayer, evangelism, mission, theological education, religious freedom, human rights advocacy, relief, and engagement in a wide range of social issues. It speaks with one voice to United Nations, governments, and media in public or through behind-the-scenes diplomacy on issues of common concern to the Church. For more information, visit worldea.org.