Casely Essamuah (Th.D Boston University) is the Global Missions and Compassionate Outreach Pastor at the Bay Area Community Church in Annapolis, Maryland. Originally from Ghana, he is an ordained minister of the Methodist Church Ghana. He was editor of Communities of Faith in Africa and the African Diaspora, a book in honor of Trinity’s Dr. Tite Tiénou (Wipf & Stock Pub, 2014).