Our African Board

Celestin Musekura

Celestin Musekura

President and Founder

Rev. Celestin Musekura, is the President and Founder of the African Leadership And Reconciliation Ministries (ALARM, Inc.), a growing ministry with 35 African national staff training church leaders and community leaders in Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia in areas of leaders, conflict resolution, and tribal reconciliation. He is an ordained Baptist minister who was born and raised in Rwanda. He received a Bachelor of Theology at Kenya Highlands Bible College in Kenya, a Master of Divinity at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) in Kenya, a Master of Sacred Theology and a Ph.D. in theological studies at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas. His doctoral research was on contemporary models of forgiveness and he specializes in communal forgiveness.

In addition to his theological studies, Celestin has done more studies in Conflict Resolution, Mediation, and Reconciliation at the Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia (USA) and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (USA). His pastoral and Christian leadership ministries include six years of pasturing in Rwanda and serving in administration with the Association des Eglises Baptistes du Rwanda (AEBR). He served on the international and continental level as the Africa Regional Director for MAP International (Nairobi, Kenya), the Director for MAP-Reconciliation Ministries, and the Associate Director for SIM-Urban Ministries Support Group (Nairobi, Kenya). He co-founded the Sudan Evangelical Alliance (SEA) to help the persecuted churches in the southern Sudan to be united in their suffering and in their outreach to their nation. Celestin has served as an Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary and Criswell College in Dallas, Texas.

Celestin is married to Bernadette and they have four children: Providence (23), Prudence (20), Samuel (18), and Emmanuel (14). They make their temporal home in Dallas, Texas where they serve in the ALARM US office.

Mrs. Rosemary Khamati

Rosemary is the Finance and Administration Manager-World Relief-Sudan. She is married to Anthony and has four lovely daughters, Prudence (19), Amanda (18) and twins, Vanessa and Vallerie ((14). She has a Bachelor’s of Education degree, is a member of Business Executives (MBE) and is currently pursuing a Msc. Degree in Leadership studies from Azusa Pacific University-California. She serves as Chair-Board of Governors and a board member in Musingu High School. Previously she served at MAP (Medical Assistance Program) as the Executive Assistant to Regional Director and rose up the ranks to the post of Personnel Manager. At World Relief she first served as Office Manager before rising to her present post.

Bishop Dr. Rev. Elie A Buchonyori

Dr. Elie Buconyori is the Bishop of the Free Methodist church of Burundi and Kenya which he established in 1986. He is the Vice Chancellor of Hope Africa University. Before he became a Bishop he worked as a Managing Director of Christian Learning Materials Centre in Nairobi 1991-1997. The Executive Secretary of AEA Commission on Theological and Christian Education. He serves as a Company member in Daystar University and is a member of the Free Methodist World Conference. He has a B Rel from Kenya Highland Bible College, M.Div, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology and a PhD from Trinity International University. He has published Cognitive styles and the development of reasoning among younger African studies in Christian Higher Education (1991) – PhD Dissertation, The Education task of the Church. (French and English) and You can Improve your Teaching 1994 (French and English). Elie and his wife Joy have four children, Irakoze (son), Nisengwe (daughter), Tazira (son) and Ngabore (son).

Stephen R Bamoleke

Rev. Stephen R Bamoleke is the President and Founder of SHACMA (Shalom Church and Ministries in Africa) a ministry with focus on Church planting Discipleship/Leadership Development and Social Transformation in Uganda, Easter Congo and Northern Rwanda. He previously served as the Regional Director of ALARM, President of the Baptist Churches in Eastern Congo. Executive Secretary for Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission with AEA, Coordinator of Ethics, Church and Society Department (ESD) with AEA, General Secretary of the Baptist Church and a teacher in a Bible Institute. Stephen is involved in Church planting and pastors, Member of GNN Uganda National Committee and Member of Advocates International. He has a Masters of Divinity (M.Div), a Bachelor of Theology (B, Th) and is a teacher by profession (Dip. Ed). Stephen and his wife Siriaka have three children, one daughter (Patricia) and two sons (John and Joseph).

Dr Peter Okaalet

He is the African Director of Medical Assistance Programme (MAP International), a Christian non-governmental organization. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya but is originally from Uganda. Dr Okaalet is a medical doctor who also has a Master’s degree in Theology (M Th) and Divinity (M Div). He previously served as the Regional Director of Eastern Africa at MAP and also worked as a doctor at Nairobi Evangelical School of Theology (NEGST). He is married to Sarah and they have four children.

Harrison G. Olan’g

Harrison was born and raised in the northern part of Tanzania on the shores of Lake Victoria in the Mara Region where he obtained his early education. Harrison holds a PhD from Brunel University (UK), M.Div. from the Nairobi Evangelical School of Theology, BA from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor, USA and Diploma of Theology from the International Baptist Theological Seminary of Eastern Africa (IBTSEA).

Dr Olan’g served as pastor in charge of Baptist work in the Mara region, 1977-1981, Projects Coordinator for the Baptist Convention of Tanzania/CCT 1979-1981, Projects Coordinator and Manager of the Sponsor Relations Department for World Vision Int., Tanzania office, 1981-1986

He joined IBTSEA now Mount Meru University) in 1991, as Lecturer cum Registrar, and became the Principal in 1994 prior to becoming the Vice Chancellor in 2002 to date.