Institute for Global Engagement

The Institute for Global Engagement (IGE)

In 2000, Bob Seiple "and Margaret Ann Seiple—known as the "godparents" at IGE—felt called as Christians to steward a lifetime of experiences and relationships from all over the world. This feeling took particular form through their experience with the State Department, where Bob served as the first-ever U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from 1998 to 2000. The Seiples were concerned that religious freedom was something everyone talked about but no one really knew how to operationalize, and that Christians were too often part of the problem. They founded IGE to address these issues and to "make Christ visible and Christians relevant.""

IGE "sponsors two educational divisions focused on the role of religion in public life worldwide. First, the Council on Faith & International Affairs equips international affairs professionals of any faith or none. The Council’s major programs—a groundbreaking journal called The Review of Faith & International Affairs, a website (cfia.org), conferences and lectures, task forces, and fellowships—foster a pluralistic forum where people of different faiths and worldviews, from the scholar to the practitioner, can constructively discuss religion’s impact on the world today.

"Second, the Global Engagement Network equips Christians—from the pew to the professional—to live out their faith with cultural sensitivity and civic responsibility worldwide. The Network’s major programs include the annual Global Leadership Forum; leadership development programs; a blog (globalcolonnade.org); a forthcoming web-portal (globalchristian.org); and will soon expand to include additional Christian education programs and cultural engagement initiatives."


 * President, Chris Seiple

Directors
Accessed January 2009:


 * Nicole Bibbins Sedaca
 * Mark Christenson
 * Rana Siu Inboden
 * John Jenkins
 * Chris Seiple
 * Nancy Traina

Staff
Accessed January 2009:


 * Chris Seiple
 * Paul Manuel
 * Dennis Hoover
 * Meagan Carner
 * Jared Daugherty
 * Hien Vu
 * James Frank

Experts Panel
Accessed January 2009:


 * Akbar Ahmed
 * Stephen Bailey
 * Tim Dean
 * Tim Dearborn
 * Michael Hillyard
 * Alan MacDonald
 * Ruth Melkonian-Hoover
 * Daniel Philpott
 * Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Contact

 * Web: http://www.globalengage.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Foreign Policy Research Institute
 * International Center for Religion and Diplomacy - Partner
 * Monique Beadle
 * Dennis Hoover - Vice President for Research and Publications
 * Rebecca Yael Weissburg - Former Assistant to President
 * Joshua T. White