{"id":129121,"date":"2026-06-30T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?p=129121"},"modified":"2026-07-14T23:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:40:29","slug":"new-leaders-new-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/new-leaders-new-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"New leaders, new gifts for the global church\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mennonite World Conference has appointed&nbsp;new staff&nbsp;to succeed&nbsp;leaders who are moving on to other roles or retiring. \u201cEach leader who serves MWC&nbsp;has&nbsp;gifts&nbsp;to&nbsp;bless our global communion,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;C\u00e9sar&nbsp;Garc\u00eda, MWC general secretary.&nbsp;\u201cI am&nbsp;pleased&nbsp;to announce some new leaders&nbsp;on&nbsp;the MWC staff team. I also thank Jeanette and Ron for the gifts they have shared in these roles before.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commissions&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nelson Okanya&nbsp;<\/strong>has been appointed&nbsp;<strong>Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/commissions\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/commissions\/\">Commissions<\/a><\/strong>, succeeding&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Ron&nbsp;Byler who&nbsp;retired&nbsp;from this&nbsp;role&nbsp;at the end of May.&nbsp;Nelson&nbsp;Okanya&nbsp;began his new role on 1\u202fMay&nbsp;2026 and will oversee the four MWC commissions in&nbsp;their&nbsp;planning, program implementation and resource creation.&nbsp;He will also oversee the MWC Networks and Creation Care Working Group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nelson&nbsp;Okanya&nbsp;is an executive and leadership coach with a&nbsp;deep&nbsp;passion for the church, Anabaptist&nbsp;principles&nbsp;and our worldwide community. He&nbsp;is&nbsp;experienced in cross-cultural engagement, fostering global partnerships and developing serving leaders. He served as president of Eastern Mennonite Missions for more than seven years. Prior to that, he served as president of the nonprofit division of the Center for Serving&nbsp;Leadership, as pastor of an intercultural Mennonite church in Maryland and interim associate pastor at James Street Mennonite Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania,&nbsp;USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This role is not Nelson&nbsp;Okanya\u2019s first with MWC;&nbsp;he&nbsp;served as chair of Global Mission Fellowship&nbsp;(2018\u20132025).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nelson&nbsp;Okanya&nbsp;grew up in Kenya and moved to the United States when he was 25 years old. He&nbsp;holds a Master of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA,&nbsp;and a doctorate&nbsp;in intercultural studies&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;School of Mission and Theology&nbsp;at&nbsp;Fuller&nbsp;Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nelson&nbsp;and his wife,&nbsp;Pastor&nbsp;Carmen&nbsp;Horst Okanya, along with their two sons, live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,&nbsp;USA.&nbsp;They are members of James Street Mennonite Church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operations&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Effective 1\u202fJune\u202f2026,&nbsp;<strong>Mark Baboolal<\/strong>&nbsp;serves as MWC\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Director of Operations<\/strong>, succeeding Jeanette Bissoon who enters retirement at the end of June&nbsp;2026. The role oversees MWC\u2019s operations and internal infrastructure and supports the implementation of key strategic&nbsp;objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark&nbsp;Baboolal&nbsp;brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in operations, finance, strategic planning and digital transformation in the financial services,&nbsp;technology&nbsp;and manufacturing industries as well as in the government sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He holds a Master of Business Administration from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat excites me most about joining MWC is the opportunity to continue my family legacy of church building and extending God\u2019s kingdom across the globe during the increasingly challenging world dynamics,\u201d Mark Baboolal says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI look forward to working with all team members as we aspire to achieve our shared vision and mission,\u201d&nbsp;he&nbsp;says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark\u00a0Baboolal\u00a0attends Waterloo Mennonite\u00a0Brethren Church\u00a0in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and has in the past volunteered on the parking, board of directors and\u00a0special events team at\u00a0Creekside Church and Grace Mennonite Brethren Church.\u00a0He and his wife are based in Waterloo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regional representative&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gomes Jo\u00e3o de Miranda<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined&nbsp;MWC\u2019s&nbsp;Communion Building team as&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/contact-us\/regional-representatives\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/contact-us\/regional-representatives\/\">Regional Representative&nbsp;for Centra\/West Africa,<\/a><\/strong> replacing Siaka Traor\u00e9&nbsp;who&nbsp;now serves as&nbsp;continental adviser for the MWC Officers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomes&nbsp;de Miranda&nbsp;is an information technology professor&nbsp;at the&nbsp;University of Luanda (UNIL)&nbsp;in Angola.&nbsp;He&nbsp;supports Angolan students and researchers at universities across Europe,&nbsp;mainly in&nbsp;England, Northern&nbsp;Ireland&nbsp;and Scotland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has served as&nbsp;executive secretary&nbsp;of Inter-Mennonite Community of Angolan churches (CIMA)&nbsp;(2020\u20132025)&nbsp;and as&nbsp;secretary&nbsp;of&nbsp;the international central council&nbsp;of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission (AIMM)&nbsp;(2024\u20132026).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomes&nbsp;de Miranda&nbsp;speaks a variety of languages including Portuguese, French, Russian, English&nbsp;and Lingala.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am&nbsp;looking forward&nbsp;to&nbsp;experience unity in the Christian faith in the diversity of customs and traditions of its members. This opportunity is&nbsp;really exciting&nbsp;as I will be able to learn more about the&nbsp;different ways&nbsp;of serving the Lord and share testimonies that strengthen our faith&nbsp;in a communal way,\u201d Gomes de Miranda says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomes is based in Angola with his wife Nsamba de Miranda&nbsp;and&nbsp;attend the&nbsp;central parish&nbsp;of&nbsp;Hoji&nbsp;ya&nbsp;Henda&nbsp;Church.&nbsp;They have four children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag has-link-color wp-elements-4795dccc25dd561b10d5c166c095ced0 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-gray-color has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/commissions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Commissions<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/regional-representatives\/\" rel=\"tag\">regional representatives<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/staff\/\" rel=\"tag\">staff<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3123dc635a14f65582d03e1e07f3a224 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200\">Update 2026-07-14: correction to church affiliation information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mennonite World Conference has appointed&nbsp;new staff&nbsp;to succeed&nbsp;leaders who are moving on to other roles or retiring. \u201cEach leader who serves MWC&nbsp;has&nbsp;gifts&nbsp;to&nbsp;bless our global communion,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;C\u00e9sar&nbsp;Garc\u00eda, MWC general secretary.&nbsp;\u201cI am&nbsp;pleased&nbsp;to announce some new leaders&nbsp;on&nbsp;the MWC staff team. I also thank Jeanette and Ron for the gifts they have shared in these roles before.\u201d&nbsp; Commissions&nbsp; Nelson Okanya&nbsp;has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":129107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1182],"tags":[1550,277,1610],"network":[],"eventcategory":[],"class_list":["post-129121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worship-resources","tag-commissions","tag-regional-representatives","tag-staff"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New leaders, new gifts for the global church\u00a0 - Mennonite World Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/new-leaders-new-gifts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New leaders, new gifts for the global church\u00a0 - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mennonite World Conference has appointed&nbsp;new staff&nbsp;to succeed&nbsp;leaders who are moving on to other roles or retiring. \u201cEach leader who serves MWC&nbsp;has&nbsp;gifts&nbsp;to&nbsp;bless our global communion,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;C\u00e9sar&nbsp;Garc\u00eda, MWC general secretary.&nbsp;\u201cI am&nbsp;pleased&nbsp;to announce some new leaders&nbsp;on&nbsp;the MWC staff team. 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