Rev Frank Chikane
Apostolic Faith Mission
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Rev Frank Chikane is the Moderator of the Commission of International Affairs at the World Council of Churches. He is the current Moderator of the Commission of International Affairs at the World Council of Churches.
Reverend Frank Chikane is an emeritus pastor of the Apostolic Faith Mission of SA (AFM), former president of the AFM International, and chairs the board of the AFM Theological College (AFMTC).
He is the Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Public & Development Management (P&DM) at the University of the Witwatersrand, he is the chairperson of the following boards: Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH), DHL Global Forwarding SA (Pty) Ltd. He is a trustee and member of the board at Kagiso Capital. He has been a member of the board: at Scio-Bono Discovery Centre Centre and city power Johannesburg (as chairperson).
He is a former member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC), Deputy President of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Deputy President of the Soweto Civic Association (SCA), a Commissioner of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Director General in the Presidency, Secretary of the Cabinet, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and Director of the Institute for Contextual Theology (ICT).
He was involved in the development and promotion of the African Renaissance vision which gave birth to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). He also participated in conflict resolution processes in South Africa, Lesotho, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe.
Reverend Chikane has published three books: No Life of My Own (revised, 2012); Eight Days in September (2012) and The Things That Could Not be Said (2013), he has written a variety of articles for different publications.