Reverend Rifaat Fikry, the MECC Associate Secretary General, Is Elected for a Second Term As President of the Dialogue Council of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile

On Tuesday 25 April 2023, the Evangelical Synod of the Nile elected Reverend Rifaat Fikry, the Associate Secretary General at of the Middle East Council of Churches, as President of the Dialogue Council for a second term, starting from 2023 and ending in 2027.

Reverend Rifaat Fikry Said, was born on 20/6/1969

He received a bachelor degree in Theological Sciences from the Evangelical College of Theology in 1994, and a bachelor degree in Media from Cairo University in 2004.

He will soon present his master’s thesis at the Institute of African Studies and Research - Cairo University - Department of Politics and Economics, under the title “The Theology of Liberation and its Impact on the Liberation of South Africa”.

He is Lecturer in international and local conferences on citizenship and human rights.

He is a writer of many weekly articles in Egyptian newspapers and websites.

He is also the author of many books, most notably: the Book of Violence Against Women, the Book of Christianity and Violence, the Book from an Evangelical Priest to the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, the Book of Religious Reform between East and West, and the Book of Tolerance, the Absent Virtue.

He was the head of the Media Council of the Evangelical Church 2012-2016.

He was Vice President of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile 2017-2018

He chaired the Evangelical Synod of the Nile 2018-2019

He is also the Associate Secretary General at the Middle East Council of Churches

Head of the Information Committee at the Egypt Council of Churches

He was Pastor of the Evangelical Church in Abu Hammad – Al Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, 1997-2000, and Pastor of the Evangelical Church in Ard Sharif - Shubra, Egypt, 2000-2015.