Leadership

Serge-Armand Yao

Co-Regional Director for Francophone Africa

Côte d'Ivoire / Francophone Africa

Serge-Armand Yao is the academic dean for Institut Supérieur de Théologie de l’Alliance Chrétienne (Alliance Theological Institute) in Côte d’Ivoire and assistant professor of Old Testament at Université de l’Alliance Chrétienne d’Abidjan (Christian Alliance University). As a Global Proclamation Associate for Ramesh Richard, he contributes to the training of many pastors in several francophone African countries. Through his commitment to biblical and theological education, Serge-Armand Yao wants to contribute to the growth of an authentic Christianity in contemporary Africa.

In addition to pastoral and theological education, he is committed to working with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) youth fellowship of Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea-Conakry, and Gabon. He is regularly invited as a speaker to various national camps as well as to the C&MA Pan-African youth congresses. With his wife, Rita, and their three children, he also serves as a pastor for Christian and Missionary Alliance in Côte d’Ivoire.