At the 2004 Forum for World Evangelization, The Lausanne Movement introduced the concept of regionalizing the work of the Movement by appointing International Deputy Directors (IDD). Each IDD represents a geographical region of the world; regions that are often very diverse culturally and language-wise.
Lausanne’s International Director, Lindsay Brown, gives overall leadership to the IDD’s and also continues to be an active evangelist. With the support and encouragement of his wife, Ann, he has been developing the Fellowship of Evangelists in the Universities of Europe (FEUER) over the past four years. FEUR now includes over 40 evangelists in 18 countries.
Lindsay’s desire is to see effective witness bearing to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in every sphere of the communities of the world. His encouragement to the IDD’s is to constantly look for ways in which to develop this in a sensitive and culturally relevant way. Each IDD has responsibility for their particular region and seeks to bring leadership, vision, networking and general oversight with regard to world evangelization. The IDDs are volunteers and have a primary ministry alongside of Lausanne responsibilities.
The following is a brief introduction to our IDDs:
Caribbean – Las Newman (29 Countries)
Dr. Las Newman is President of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology (CGST) in Kingston, Jamaica. He has spent over thirty years working with students in the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). He has served in many other ministry capacities in Jamaica and throughout the Caribbean, including being Organizing Secretary and later Chairman for Jamaica’s National Leadership Prayer Breakfast for over 25 years, Chairman of Open Air Campaigners (Jamaica), and Chairman of Langham Partnership Caribbean Council. As he gives leadership to the Lausanne network in the Caribbean he is supported by his wife Margaret and children Minke, Anneke and Johnathan.
EPSA – Nana Yaw Offei Awuku (27 English, Portuguese, and Spanish speaking countries in Africa)
Nana Yaw Offei Awuku lives in Ghana with his wife, Beth, and two children Christie-Joy and Eben-Joy, where he works as Director of Field Ministries, Scripture Union Ghana and is a Member of the Scripture Union Ghana Senior Management Team. In 2010 he served as the Ghana Country Secretary for the Cape Town 2010 Participant Selection process and has been involved with Lausanne Younger Leaders in West Africa. Nana Yaw is passionately committed to a life ministry of Bible Teaching, Missions and Development of Younger Leaders and wants to see the Church in Africa take its strategic position in the 21st Century Global Missions Mandate.
Eurasia – Anatole Glukhovskyy (12 countries)
Dr. Anatole Glukhovskyy is the President of the Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary and has seen God working mightily across Eurasia. Through the clear proclamation of the Word of God many former Soviet leaders have been converted and now serve in local churches. Anatole’s passion is to see the Word of God preached in all countries of Eurasia regardless of the political or economical situation. He also wants to see evangelical churches united by the Great Commandment and Great Commission of our Lord and Savior. He believes The Cape Town Commitment should become the blue print for action on world evangelization.
Europe – Currently Vacant (44 countries)
Francophone Africa - Emmanuel Ndikumana (24 Countries)
Rev. Emmanuel Ndikumana is from Burundi and is married to Asele, with four children (two teenagers and two infants). His vision for Francophone Africa is to see The Lausanne Covenant and The Cape Town Commitment known and adhered to by as many churches as possible across the region.
Latin America – Marcos Amado (20 Countries)
For more than 20 years Rev. Marcos Amado worked, alongside his wife, Rosângela, among Muslims. They initially lived in North Africa and later in Southern Spain. While in Spain, Marcos became the International Director of PM Internacional, a Latin American mission agency that trained and deployed Latino workers to different parts of the Muslim world. He is presently taking the first steps to start a Missiological Centre in São Paulo, Brazil and is the Missions Pastor of Morumbi Baptist Church.
MENA - Andrea Zaki (18 Countries in the Middle East and North Africa)
Dr. Andrea Zaki is a respected senior leader in the region and brings great wisdom and counsel to The Lausanne Movement.
North America – Tom Lin (Canada & USA)
Mr. Tom Lin is married to Karen and they have two young daughters. Tom serves as Vice President of Missions at InterVarsity and is the Director of the Urbana Student Missions Conference. He also currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Wycliffe Bible Translators/USA Board. He pioneered student work and served as IFES Country Director in Mongolia for four years. Tom is a graduate of Harvard University and Fuller Seminary.
North East Asia - David Ro (6 Countries)
Mr. David Ro is involved with urban church planting and leadership training in East Asia and has a vision for influencing the future leaders of the region. He is married with a young family.
South Asia – Ivan Satyavrata (9 Countries)
Dr. Ivan Satyavrata is a Senior Pastor and Chairman of the AG Church and Mission in Kolkata. The outreach of the church includes a daily feeding program for 10,000 people and a schooling system that serves over 8,000 needy children across East India. Ivan serves on a number of Boards of Christian organizations and is strongly supported by his wife, Sheila, and sons, Rahul and Rohan. Ivan’s vision for the region is to see The Cape Town Commitment lived out across the Region through a deeper purity and unity in the body of Christ, greater clarity in understanding the Gospel of Christ and stronger commitment to the mission of Christ.
South East Asia – Philip Chang (10 Countries)
Mr. Philip Chang has a ministry to people of other faiths and brings international understanding to The Lausanne Movement. He is presently the Chairman of Interserve Malaysia and also serves on the boards of various Christian organizations and secular companies. With over 20 years as a stockbroker and investment banking experience in several countries, he has a keen interest in mobilizing professionals and business people into cross-cultural work. He also has a passion for member care. His vision for the region is to promote greater networking with Christian leaders and thus, encourage deeper understanding and adoption of The Cape Town Commitment as a strategic blueprint for further action.
South Pacific – Daniel Willis (29 Countries)
Each of these leaders has a strong commitment to bearing witness to the wonder of the Gospel as revealed in Jesus Christ. Together they seek to bring intimate local knowledge to the international leadership of the Movement so that the task of the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world is strongly informed from the grass-roots.
