They've appointed Dr. Daniel Bourdanne (boor danay) to succeed Lindsay Brown in mid 2007. He's been serving as IFES Regional Secretary for French-speaking Africa with a vision for bringing theological academics and local churches together.
Since 1990, he has served IFES as traveling secretary in West Africa, then as Literature Secretary and since 1995 he has been the Regional Secretary, responsible to oversee IFES ministry throughout the region which encompasses 20 French-speaking countries.
Bourdanne will begin his term in mid 2007 after confirmation by the IFES General Committee at World Assembly in Canada next July.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is one of the original founding members of the IFES, which consists of student Christian movements in approximately 150 countries.
