Rev. Ghassan Y. Audish
Malath Baythoon is currently serving as the senior pastor of Erbil Alliance Church in Iraq and the president of International Alliance Churches in Kurdistan, Iraq. Born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq, he originally belonged to an Orthodox Christian background. His spiritual journey took a significant turn in 1996, when he came to know the Lord as his personal savior.
Baythoon’s academic pursuits led him to earn a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from a university in Baghdad in 2000. His calling towards spiritual leadership emerged in 2003 when he took on the role of Assistant Pastor at the Alliance Church of Baghdad. In pursuit of deeper theological understanding, he moved to Seoul, South Korea, in 2006 to study for a Master of Divinity. He graduated from Torch Trinity, a theological university, in 2008.
Returning to Baghdad in 2009, Baythoon dedicated himself as a full-time assistant pastor at his local church until 2012. His personal life also flourished during this period, as he married Nour Adil, an Iraqi Canadian, in 2011. The couple is blessed with three children: Alice, Andrew, and Angelo.
In 2013, Baythoon relocated to Kurdistan, Erbil, to lead a church initially planted by his friend and cofounder. Under his leadership, the church has grown to accommodate 250 to 300 congregants. Since 2012, Baythoon and his church have been actively involved in supporting Syrian refugees in Kurdistan and Iraqi displaced people.
On November 30, 2023, he was elected as the president of the Evangelical Council in Kurdistan. This council unites 14 different local churches and various denominations under its umbrella, symbolizing a commitment to unity and diversity within the Christian Evangelical community in the region.
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Rev. Butros Ghrayeb
Minister at the Nazarene Church in Israel Since 1986. Now pastoring the church in Haifa .
He pastored many other Nazarene churches before becoming the president of the Evangelical Council in Israel on Feb 12, 2024.
He finished his theological studies from Bethlehem Bible College and his master’s degree on theology and practical ministry from N.B.C.
Rev. Butros is married and has four children and five grandchildren. His wife is his partner in ministry and life. All his children are in the ministry.
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Rev. Abdallah
Rev. Abdallah is a Pastor in North Africa. Born and raised in the south of France. Responding to the call of the Lord, he decided to leave his job as a manager in the banking sector to settle in North Africa. He has a Master’s degree in Management and Business Strategy and a degree in Theology and Mission. He has served for several years as a youth leader in the largest church in North Africa and as a project manager at the Bible Society.
He also collaborated with Youth for Christ in France as a project manager to impact and reach out to the youth and unreached people for the Move Your City event and was also a member of the steering committee of the PULSE meetings to bring together young people from different denominations to encourage them to prayer and church unity.
He is an appreciated leader in North Africa and passionate about the gospel. Rev. Abdallah serves the Lord with his wife in the region. They are parents of two young children.
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Sabu George
Sabu is a praise & lead worshiper for over 20 years from Bangalore, India and in the Middle East. A resident of Dubai for the last 2 decades, has a double bachelor’s in arts and Theology from LCU (Tampa Florida USA) Sabu handles all operational aspects of VOICE Ministries including its extensive networking with over 250+ churches in UAE and been an active part to unite the body of Christ in this nation and plays a key role as a member of the WEA MENA National Church Alliance .
Voice has pioneered many initiatives collaborating with many organizations to bringing unity in the body through conference, Seminars, Worship Concerts.
Sabu’s technical expertise and sales & marketing background is well used by the Lord to gain valuable input into VOICE’s operations. He worships at a local church in Dubai and is a guitarist and vocalist.
A former national cricket player, he is married to Soldy with 3 boys – Joshua and Jeremiah and Judah.
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Rev. Ara Badalian
Rev. Ara Badalian is the senior pastor of the National Evangelical Baptist Church in Baghdad (Iraq). He was also serving as a visiting instructor in Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) in Beirut, where he taught several courses; NT Backgrounds, NT Survey, and NT Theology, from 2012 until 2019.
Ara got his BA from the College of Administration and Economics (Baghdad University) in 1992, and MDiv from ABTS in 2012. Now he is a PhD candidate at the Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST) in Malaysia. His specialty is Comparative Theology.
He lives in Baghdad, with his family; his wife Nora, and his daughter; Aylin, and serving as the pastor of the church since July 2012 until now.
He was elected as the new president of the Association of the Iraqi National Evangelical Churches on July 10, 2023.
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Emad Maayah
Brother Emad was born in Madaba in Jordan on May 3rd, 1946. He is married to Heyam Mazahreh and has two daughters. He is the Vice President for the Middle East for the Association of the Military Christian Followship (AMC) and President of the Alliance of Evangelical conventions of Jordan and Holyland.
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Bassem holds a Bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering and has worked in that field since 1982.
Bassem Fekri
Sabu is a praise & lead worshiper for over 20 years from Bangalore, India and in the Middle East. A resident of Dubai for the last 2 decades, has a double bachelor’s in arts and Theology from LCU (Tampa Florida USA) Sabu handles all operational aspects of VOICE Ministries including its extensive networking with over 250+ churches in UAE and been an active part to unite the body of Christ in this nation and plays a key role as a member of the WEA MENA National Church Alliance .
Voice has pioneered many initiatives collaborating with many organizations to bringing unity in the body through conference, Seminars, Worship Concerts.
Sabu’s technical expertise and sales & marketing background is well used by the Lord to gain valuable input into VOICE’s operations. He worships at a local church in Dubai and is a guitarist and vocalist.
A former national cricket player, he is married to Soldy with 3 boys – Joshua and Jeremiah and Judah.
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Rev. Elia Daoud
Born on 30th of October 1961 within a nominal Christian family. He is married to Rosa and they have four children, one deceased. He was found and saved by the Lord Jesus Christ in Kirkuk/Iraq in 1991 and became born again believer. Since then he decided to follow and serve the Lord.
In 1998, He worked with the Bible Society mission in Northern Iraq and he was active in planting new churches and participated in services. Initially, he served in the first ever established evangelical church in the city of Erbil until the day he migrated to Germany at the end of the year 2000.
He started to participate in different theological studies, attended conferences, and in 2002 he became a minister and served as a pastor in a Arabic local church in Köln/Germany. Few years later, in 2005, he served another Church in Bonn/Germany.
In 2007 he and his family were naturalized and became German citizens.
In 2008 he was ordained as a pastor for Arabic free evangelical Church in Bonn and founded new church in Germany and Europe.
He presides on the “Evangelical Alliance of Arabic Speakers in Europe”.
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Dr. Munir Salim Kakish
Born in Jordan in 1947. At age 10, he dedicated his life to Christ. Even as a young boy, Dr. Kakish felt called into the ministry.
After finishing high school, he went to America where he finished a BRE in Christian Education from Canadian Bible College, a B.A. in communications from Evangel College, and a master’s degree from Wheaton graduate school. In addition, he has earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree. In America he met his wife, Sharon.
Dr. Kakish and his wife have served in the Holy Land for 44 years. He is President of the Council of Local Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land and has served since 2007.
One of the greatest things he has been able to accomplish is formal recognition of the Council of Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land as a religious entity in Palestine. Now they can issue marriage licenses, buy property in the name of the church and they have their civil rights.
He is pastor of two active churches, one in Ramallah in the West Bank and another church in Ramla, Israel. He is also founder of RCO Ministries in the Holy Land, and he established a home for needy children in Ramallah in 1978.
Pastor Kakish very much loves the people and the work that God has given him.
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Bishop. Beda Robles
Beda is chairman of Evangelical Churches Alliance Qatar [ECAQ], founded in Feb. 2005, a multi ethnics, multinational, multi-cultural Christian groups with 160 Evangelical member churches with a growing 20,000 members. Overseer of Tribes Nation Outreach Mission Academy- Qatar and chairman of the New Covenant Church— Asia Church Planting Mission Outreach. Through his leadership, ECAQ has been an official New Alliance of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) in November 19,2019. Co-founding pastor and senior pastor of Qatar Evangelical Churches [QEC] in Doha. In 1997, undergone Korea Biblical Education by Extension. A tent maker while serving the Lord, he is an Interior Designer at AL Muftah Group of Companies in Qatar. In 2017, the Lord placed a burden to his heart-concerned of seeking lost souls and future work of the Lord’s kingdom and committed his life to full time ministry. Assists Filipino NGO’s, cares for displaced people, the needy in labor camps, deportation areas and shelter camps for runaways.
Involves at Doha DICID on Interfaith Dialogue. His passion, is building ‘relationship’ among Muslims and Christians — ‘focused on God’s love.
Studied bachelor’s degree in architecture, Major in Interior & Design in the Philippines. Representing Evangelical church, in the leadership roles of the 8 Christian Churches Steering Committee [CCSC] of the State of Qatar.
Evangelical churches hold regular Friday Worship services and other activities in various villas/houses temporary.
Beda’s deepest thank, to His Highness the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of the State of Qatar, who donated “Christian Religious Complex” to build churches for worship. His heart desire is to see the building of the Evangelical Worship Center with its regional office for the MENA Region. ‘Pilot project’ by WEA postering message of ‘Unity’ among WEA family [John 17:20,21]. He and his wife, Gloria, with 2 children & 4 grandchildren, live happily in Doha, Qatar where they have been serving the Lord since 1987.
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Pastor of the Good Shepherd Church
Creator and chair of the national network Tunisia Partnership
Eng. Rafat Samir
Rafat Samir Mussad Obid, the Chairman of the Sudan Evangelical Community Council since April 23, 2012, alongside his role as a Consultant Engineer since 2000. where he oversees construction projects as his primary income source.
In the realm of voluntary ministry, Rafat holds several positions, including Chairman of the Sudan Evangelical Community Council, Acting General Secretary of the Sudan Evangelical Alliance, and board member or consultant roles in various organizations spanning missions, media projects, and church administration for different denominations.
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