GIDEON PARA-MALLAM is the president and CEO of The Gideon & Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation (TP-MPF). He holds an MA in communications from Wheaton College, Illinois, USA and was awarded a honorary doctorate in missiology and social engagement from JETS, Jos, Nigeria. He engages in peacebuilding work between Christians and Muslims, and advocates for the persecuted church. He is an ordained minister and has been involved in leadership with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) for over thirty years and the Lausanne Movement for over twenty years.