Bekele Shanko is the global vice presiden for Global Church Moments at Campus Crusade for Christ International (Cru), working in over 150 countries to build movements of multiplying churches and faith communities. A native of Ethiopia, he has served as Cru’s National Director of Ethiopia and Regional Director of Southern and Eastern Africa. Bekele is the President of GACX and leads the church planting focus for Finishing the Task.
This is the age of the church planting movement, while it may have been birthed in South America and sparked in Asia – it has now taken root in Africa.
Leaders of five organizations had initiated GACX in September 2011.