{"id":10782,"date":"2026-06-24T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/?p=10782"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:11:53","slug":"evangelical-alliance-of-kenya-elects-bishop-dr-calisto-odede-as-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/news\/evangelical-alliance-of-kenya-elects-bishop-dr-calisto-odede-as-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"L'Alliance \u00e9vang\u00e9lique du Kenya \u00e9lit l'\u00e9v\u00eaque Dr. Calisto Odede comme pr\u00e9sident"},"content":{"rendered":"

L'Alliance \u00e9vang\u00e9lique du Kenya (EAK) a entam\u00e9 un nouveau chapitre de son parcours de leadership suite \u00e0 l'\u00e9lection unanime de l'\u00e9v\u00eaque Dr Calisto Odede comme pr\u00e9sident lors de l'assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale annuelle de 2026, qui s'est tenue le 19 juin 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il succ\u00e8de \u00e0 l'\u00e9v\u00eaque Philip Kitoto, dont le mandat est marqu\u00e9 par un leadership fid\u00e8le, un attachement \u00e0 l'unit\u00e9 biblique et le renforcement constant de la voix \u00e9vang\u00e9lique au Kenya. Son action est largement reconnue pour avoir favoris\u00e9 la coh\u00e9sion au sein de l'Alliance et approfondi la collaboration avec l'ensemble du mouvement \u00e9vang\u00e9lique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L'assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale annuelle a \u00e9galement confirm\u00e9 la r\u00e9\u00e9lection de Mgr Langat au poste de vice-pr\u00e9sident et l'\u00e9lection de la r\u00e9v\u00e9rende Lydia Besseling Wanjiah au poste de tr\u00e9sori\u00e8re honoraire, succ\u00e9dant ainsi au r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Ambrose Nyangao. L'Alliance a exprim\u00e9 sa profonde gratitude \u00e0 Mgr Kitoto et au r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Nyangao pour leur d\u00e9vouement, leur leadership exemplaire et leur contribution durable \u00e0 la croissance et au renforcement de l'EAK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u2019\u00e9v\u00eaque Odede acc\u00e8de \u00e0 ce poste fort d\u2019une vie pastorale marqu\u00e9e par des d\u00e9cennies de convictions \u00e9vang\u00e9liques, de pr\u00e9dication biblique et d\u2019engagement missionnaire international. Il est \u00e9v\u00eaque pr\u00e9sident de Christ Is The Answer Ministries (CITAM) et chancelier de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 chr\u00e9tienne panafricaine (PAC). Il a \u00e9galement occup\u00e9 des postes cl\u00e9s au sein de FOCUS Kenya, de l\u2019International Fellowship of Evangelical Students et de l\u2019\u00c9glise baptiste de Nairobi. Il est intervenu lors de grands rassemblements internationaux, notamment Lausanne III, la Convention de Keswick, Urbana et Mission Korea, o\u00f9 son minist\u00e8re a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 fa\u00e7onner la pens\u00e9e et la mission \u00e9vang\u00e9liques \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle mondiale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sa formation universitaire s'\u00e9tend sur diff\u00e9rents continents\u00a0: une licence en \u00e9ducation de l'universit\u00e9 Kenyatta au Kenya, une licence en \u00e9tudes bibliques de l'universit\u00e9 internationale Trinity aux \u00c9tats-Unis, une ma\u00eetrise en \u00e9tudes missiologiques de l'universit\u00e9 internationale Bethany \u00e0 Singapour et un doctorat en th\u00e9ologie de l'universit\u00e9 de Stellenbosch en Afrique du Sud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019Alliance accueille son leadership \u00e0 un moment qui exige une conviction profonde, un service humble et un ancrage solide dans l\u2019autorit\u00e9 des \u00c9critures, la seigneurie de J\u00e9sus-Christ et l\u2019urgence de la Grande Mission. EAK r\u00e9affirme son engagement \u00e0 prier pour et \u00e0 soutenir l\u2019\u00e9v\u00eaque Dr Odede, l\u2019\u00e9v\u00eaque Langat, la r\u00e9v\u00e9rende Lydia Besseling Wanjiah, le secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, le r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Kepha Nyandega, et l\u2019ensemble de l\u2019\u00e9quipe dirigeante, dans leur service unifi\u00e9 sous la conduite de Dieu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u2019Alliance aborde ce nouveau chapitre avec gratitude pour le pass\u00e9, foi pour le pr\u00e9sent et conviction pour l\u2019avenir, confiante que le Seigneur qui a soutenu son \u00c9glise pendant des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations continuera de la b\u00e2tir et de faire progresser son royaume au Kenya et au-del\u00e0.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK) has begun a new chapter in its leadership journey following the unanimous election of Bishop Dr. Calisto Odede as Chairman at the 2026 Annual General Meeting, held on 19th June 2026. He succeeds Bishop Philip Kitoto, whose tenure is remembered for faithful leadership, a commitment to biblical unity, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10798,"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10782\/revisions\/10798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}