Jerry Pillay | |
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General Secretary, the United Presbyterian Church of South Africa | |
Church | Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa |
Other post(s) | President, the World Communion of Reformed Churches General Secretary, World Council of Churches from January 2023 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 (age 58–59) South Africa |
Denomination | Calvinist |
Alma mater | University of Durban-Westville University of Cape Town |
Jerry Pillay is the current (since 2023) General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. He is a Reformed pastor, member of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, former professor of theology at the University of Pretoria where he heads the Department of History and Ecclesiology and was Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion.[1] He was elected president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) in 2010 and, in June 2022, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC),[2] to take office on 1 January 2023.[3]
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