Speakers' Bios
Nana Yaw Offei Awuku
Global Director for Generations
Nana Yaw Offei Awuku serves as the global director for generations. In this role he leads the Lausanne Younger Leaders Generation initiative (YLGen). He was previously the Lausanne regional director for English, Portuguese, and Spanish-speaking Africa (EPSA) for over five years until September 2016.
Nana was on staff with Scripture Union Ghana for over 20 years till 2017 and served on the senior management team as the director for field ministries. His primary ministry foci are evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development.
Nana is trained professionally as a chemical engineer and organization development consultant. He graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Massachusetts, US) with an MA in evangelism and world mission, and is currently a PhD candidate with Biola University. Nana is married to Beth, and they have three children: Christy-Joy, Eben-Joy, and Laura-Joy.
Jurie Kriel
Jurie Kriel is the Lausanne Movemeent’s global director for collaboration and a catalyst for the Lausanne Cities Network. He is innovating 5twelve City Church in Austin, Texas, and also leads nxtMove.global, gathering global leaders to help catalyze a turnaround in the trajectory of Christianity in the next generation. Learn more about Jurie at https://www.juriekriel.com.