Casely Essamuah (’03) Describes His Work for Global Christian Unity
In the most recent issue of focus, the STH alumni magazine, Dr. Casely Essamuah (’03) describes the trajectory of his life and calling thus far. Growing up as a child of a Ghanaian Methodist minister, Essamuah went on to study at Harvard and BUSTH, serve as pastor at Park Street Church and Bay Area Community Church, and finally become secretary of the Global Christian Forum in 2018. Across the stages of his journey, Essamuah has focused on fostering Christian unity and encouraging churches to move beyond their doctrinal differences. Speaking about a meeting of the Global Christian Forum focused on persecution of Christians in Pakistan, Essamuah reflected on why Christian unity is such a priority in his life. “Persecution does not differentiate between Lutheran or Baptist or Orthodox–everyone is treated the same at the point of death,” he explained. “He who unites us is more significant than that which divides us.”
Read the full article in focus here, or read the entire issue of the magazine here.