Chair: Bishop Deva Prasada Rao Boyineni
Immediate Past Chair: Dr Heather Major
Bishop Deva Prasada Rao Boyineni, India, was appointed chair on 24 July 2026 at the IRCA conference in Sibiu, Romania. Face-to-face and online participants were involved in this appointment. He has been in the pastoral ministry of CSI Rayalaseema Diocese since 1979 in almost all rural parishes. He worked as a director in CSI Synod for 7 years, deputed as an Ecumenical coworker to the Presbyterian Church of Korea for 3 years, elected as Bishop of Ryalseema diocese in 2013 and retired in 2019. In his retirement he continues to work with parishes in the Diocese. Prasad was key to the conference in Chennai, South India in 2002 and is one of IRCA “elders”. He is presently involved in a rural ministry named KORIND Mission in both CSI and CNI, recently extending his ministry to the Anglican Church of Kenya. He is also coordinating the mission work of MPI, a wing of the Reformed Church of America. He resides in his own house in Kurnool town with his wife Lily Elizabeth. His daughter Jerusha is a scientist at the University of Illinois, his son Shalom works as Engineer for Bosch Bangalore, and his last daughter Jael is a data analyst for an Irish company.
Dr Heather Major, Scotland, is now the immediate past chairperson for IRCA, who works as co-chair in support of Prasad. She is Canadian by birth and Scottish by association, having lived in Scotland since 2009. She has a PhD in Practical Theology, Rural Church and Mission from the University of Glasgow and a Master’s degree in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. She is passionate about both practical or contextual ministry and holistic biblical theology that uses both the Old and New Testament. In September 2023, she will begin a four year appointment as ‘Research Fellow in New Places for New People, Evangelism and Growth’ with Cliff College and the Methodist Church in Britain where she will be involved in researching, teaching, training and equipping people for local and contextual ministry.
Secretary/Treasurer
Rev Eric Skillings
Rev Eric Skillings, Canada. Eric has been secretary since 2010 and was re-appointed Secretary/Treasurer at the conference in 2026. He is married to Annette (who shares his passion for Rural Ministry), and they have two children and 3 grandchildren. Eric was born and raised on a dairy farm and grew up in the local rural church. He has been engaged in Rural Ministry in South Western Ontario in Canada for 25 years and is committed to Rural Ministry, connected to Rural Ministry across Canada and the United States. Eric enjoys meeting new folks and hearing their stories.
Communications:
Rev Dr Robyn McPhail and Rev Irena Stefanova
Contact us at [email protected]
IRCA Africa
Contact person: Mercy Kokuro
Rev Dr Mercy Kokuro is deputy founder and general overseer of Most High International Ministry, Jachie, in the Bosomtwe district under the Ashanti region of Ghana. She is also Vice Principal and Head of Academics at the College of Nursing and Midwifery in Kwapong.
Pastor Ratovohery Jean pastors an independent and evangelical church called Centre Alpha located in Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar.
Eric Adjei Amankwah is Lead Pastor of House of Prayer Assemblies of God in Ghana.
IRCA Americas
Contact person: Eric Skillings
Papa Dave Ruesink, USA, is IRCA Leadership emeritus and historian.
Rev Inba Joshua Inbarasu, USA, is minister with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and serves a small Swedish immigrant congregation in Iowa along with three other shared ministry/ co- operative parishes.
Rev Eric Skillings, Canada, is minister with the United Church of Canada in South Western Ontario.
Rev Catherine Christie, Canada, is a retired minister of the United Church of Canada (35 years in service).
IRCA Asia
Contact person: Stephen Joseph
Bishop Stephen Joseph, India, is founder with his wife Susan of the Indian Evangelical Church (IEC)
Bishop Prabhu Jebamani, India, is Bishop of Mumbai in the Church of North India
IRCA Europe
Contact person: Irena Stefanova
Rev Matt Jeffrey, UK, Chair of IRCA Europe and CEO of the Arthur Rank Centre
Rev Irena Stefanova, Bulgaria/North Macedonian, is Secretary for IRCA Europe
Rev Martin Lothar Shullerus IRCA Leadership Emeritus (Legacy Holder)
Treasurer – to be appointed
Eastern Europe Section
Contact person: Ilona Szokacs Nagy
Rev Dietrich Galter is Vice-Chair of IRCA Europe and Chair of the Eastern Europe section
Rev Szokacs Nagy Ilona, Romania, is secretary for the Eastern Europe section.
Rev Márk László Gyula, Romania, is Hungarian representative and a Transylvanian Reformed pastor.
Vas Jozsef, Romania, is youth representative.
Orthodox representative – to be appointed
IRCA Oceania
Contact person: Robyn McPhail
Wessley Manasa Vatanitawake, Fiji
Rev Myrah Topo, Solomon Islands, is a local church pastor with the Wesleyan Methodist church of Solomon Islands.
Rev Dr Robyn McPhail, Aotearoa New Zealand, attends to Communications for IRCA Leadership and guides and encourages the IRCA Oceania Working Group in growing the network and keeping well connected.
