Thomas Schirrmacher, author, pastor, and scholar, is Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance after having previously been responsible for theology and education within the alliance for a long period. He has four earned doctorates, ranging from studies in missiology and ecumenism, to cultural anthropology and ethics, and comparative sociology of religion. He founded the Martin Bucer Seminary (Bonn, Germany) and has taught and lectured on several continents, including in the advanced programme on “Human Rights and Religious Freedom” at Regent’s Park College, Oxford University. He is also Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom. He is married and interacts directly with many global leaders in other religious traditions.