EFAC Leadership

EFAC LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The EFAC Executive Committee is elected from among the constituents of the international Council. Currently, it has eight members, including the Interim General Secretary.

THE RT REV STEPHEN HALE
Chairman of the Executive Committee is Chair of EFAC Australia. Stephen was previously the Bishop of the Eastern Region in the Diocese of Melbourne. He is passionate about church growth and reaching out to those outside the church community. Stephen is married to Karen and has two adult children, James and Kate.

THE RT REV SAMUEL EZEOFOR
leads EFAC-Nigeria, is bishop of the diocese of Ogbaru, Church of Nigeria. He has a doctorate from the University of Ibadan (2000) and is married to Chinyere Huldah and they have four children.

THE RT REV SETH NDAYIRUKIYE
is from Burundi. He is the bishop of the diocese of Matana, and is called to preach the word of God, witness to His power, and pray for His disciples. Seth is Chair of the Evangelism and Chaplaincy Commission in the House of Bishops, Vice-Chair of Burundi Bible Society Council, and former member of ECGI-Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative/Anglican Witness of the Anglican Communion. He is married to Reverend Yvette and has four boys and a seven-year-old daughter, Didia.

STEPHEN HOFMEYR Q.C
is a barrister, arbitrator and part-time judge based in England specialising in international commercial law. He is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England, treasurer of the Church of England Evangelical Council, a representative of CEEC on the EFAC Council and an EFAC Trustee. He is married to Audrey and has triplets. He has a particular interest in equipping Christians to be effective evangelists.

THE RT. REV’D KEITH SINCLAIR
 is the Chair of the EFAC Board of Trustees. He retired as Bishop of Birkenhead in England in 2021, and was National Director of the Church of England Evangelical Council for two years. Previously he served as a vicar in Coventry and Aston in Birmingham and as a solicitor in Birmingham before ordination. He lives in Manchester and is an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Manchester. Keith is passionate about evangelism, justice, and renewal, which is fully in keeping with the goals of EFAC. He is married to Rosie and has three children.

GENERAL SECRETARY ( INTERIM)

THE RT REV HENRY SCRIVEN
Bishop Henry Scriven is married to Catherine and they have two married children.

Ordained in 1975, after parish ministry in England, and a mission partner in Argentina and Spain, he served as Suffragan Bishop in Europe and Assistant Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. He served as Latin America Mission Director for the Church Mission Society and formerly served on the boards of SAMS USA, SOMA USA, Anglican for Life, New Wineskins, ICS, Overseas Bishoprics Fund, South Atlantic Council, CMS Latin America Forum, CMJ.

TREASURER

MICHAEL HALL
is the Treasurer of EFAC.  A qualified accountant, he has worked in finance for forty years in London and Frankfurt.  He has been the Treasurer of All Souls Langham Place for more than ten years and is trustee and treasurer of other charities including Lapis Lazuli Schools, that provides education at its school in Kabul, Afghanistan, to over 600 girls and boys. Born in Yorkshire, he now lives in Camden Town with his wife, Natalie, who is a magistrate and school governor. Together they have three adult children. 

COUNCIL

The EFAC international Council, ideally, consists of two delegates from each existing EFAC country group, but also includes non-voting representatives from EFAC chapters in formation.

    • Australia: Bp Stephen Hale Rev Richard Trist
    • England: Bp Keith Sinclair Stephen Hofmeyr, QC
    • New Zealand: Rev Dave Clancey Rev Mark Hood
    • Nigeria: Bp Henry Okeke Bp Rufus Adepoju
    • Scotland: Rev Dave McCarthy
    • Wales: Cn Alan Chadwick Rev Jim Griffiths
    • USA: Rev Zac Neubauer Rev Dr Philip Wainwright

LEADERS OF EFAC GROUPS IN FORMATION

    • Canada: TBA
    • Kenya: Bp Sampson Mwaluda, others TBA
    • S Africa: TBA
    • Tanzania: Bp Raphael Haule
    • Uganda: Bp Dunstan Bukenya
    • Burundi: Bp Seth Ndayirukiye
    • Congo: Bp Titre Andegeorges
    • Madagascar: Bp Gilbert Ratelosan
    • Malawi: Bp Brighton Malasa
    • Mozambique: Rev Anold Gezani
    • North India: Rev Vijay Kumar
    • Rwanda: Bp Sam Mugisha
    • Ireland: TBA

Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, and South Sudan are in process of electing representatives.

TRUSTEES

EFAC Global, the body that serves the regional chapters of EFAC, is a British charity and, as such, has trustees including Bp Keith Sinclair and Stephen Hofmeyr, QC.

REVD DR RICHARD JEREMY GUY HOVIL (JEM)

Jem was ordained in London in 1995. He moved with his family to Kampala in 2000, working with the Education Department of the Church of Uganda. (His doctoral studies were on theological education in that Church.) While in Uganda he also worked for a UK charity supporting pastor training initiatives in various majority world contexts, a work that took him to Cape Town where he lived from 2007. He returned to the UK in 2013 and leads BUILD Partners, serving the East African ‘BUILD’ church leadership development programme. He has been a mission partner of BCMS/Crosslinks since 2000. He is married to Lucy and they have three children.

THE VENERABLE GREG PRIOR

Greg is Archdeacon of Croydon in the Diocese of Southwark. Born and raised in South Africa, Greg is a proud African. Trained at George Whitfield Theological College in Cape Town and served for several years in the Church of England in South Africa (now REACH SA) before coming to England with his wife Judith and their three children.   Before taking up his current post, Greg served as Vicar of Wandsworth in London for 18 years. He continues to have a heart for Africa and is passionate about strengthening the church though faithful Bible teaching, one to one discipleship and evangelism.

JANE PATTERSON

Jane has been a consultant surgeon, is a member of the Joint Colleges Intercollegiate Board in General Surgery and also works as a Medical Examiner. She is a member of General Synod of the Church of England and has served on the Crown Nominations Commission, is the Secretary of the Evangelical Group on General Synod (EGGS) and a member of the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC). She has previously been a trustee of two Anglican church plants now part of AMiE.  She is single and lives in Sheffield where she is a member of Christ Church Fulwood.

ANNA DE CASTRO

Anna is a Children’s, Youth and Families’ Worker in Sheffield and is passionate about teaching the Bible and sharing the gospel with children and young people. She is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England, and a member of the Church of England Evangelical Council. Anna is married to Mendes, who she met during her time studying Theology at George Whitefield College in Cape Town, and they have two lovely girls, Gabriella and Lucia.

REV CHARLIE SKRINE

Charlie started as the new Rector of All Souls, Langham Place 2 years ago.  Prior to taking up the post at All Souls, he was Associate Rector at St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, where he spent 10 years in Student Ministry. He’s been on General Synod for the last 7 years and involved with CEEC as an elected representative from the Evangelical Group on General Synod.
Charlie is married to Claire; they have two boys. 

EFAC Director of Publishing

JULIA CAMERON

Bringing over 25 years of experience to the table, much of it in international publishing with OMF International, IFES and the Lausanne Movement, Julia works to provide good theological resources to EFACters around the world. To know more about Julia’s personal writing, visit her website at www.dictumpress.com.. Julia worships at St-Ebbe’s, Oxford, where she serves on the church council and helps with post-graduate work.