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The World Evangelical Alliance has appointed Advocate Botrus Mansour as its new secretary general and chief executive officer, marking the first time an Arab Christian leader will head the global body representing more than 600 million Evangelicals in over 148 countries.

Mansour, an Arab-Israeli of Palestinian heritage from Nazareth, will formally assume office at the WEA’s upcoming General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, scheduled for Oct. 27–31, 2025. The gathering, held under the theme “The Gospel for Everyone by 2033,” will be the first global assembly since 2019, when the WEA last met in Indonesia.

The appointment concludes a six-month international search process that began with 25 applicants and narrowed to three finalists before Mansour was selected by a majority

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