Revd Canon Rana Khan – Chair of Board
Rev’d Canon Rana Youab Khan is an Anglican priest serving as the Area Dean of Brecon in the Church in Wales. Before this role, he was the Adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury on international interreligious dialogues. Prior to moving to England, he served as a parish priest and prison chaplain in the Diocese of Lahore, Church of Pakistan, and taught Hebrew at the University of Punjab.
In addition to his pastoral work, Revd Khan holds various international responsibilities, including serving as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative at the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) in Lisbon.
He has a long-standing association with Christians Aware and, since 2024, has served as Chair of its Board.
Barbara Butler – Company and Executive Secretary
Barbara has a background in history with a special interest in Christian Socialism. When she lived in Zambia Barbara encountered real poverty for the first time. It made her realise that nothing had really changed on a world level and when she returned home she decided to get involved in bringing people together across cultures and countries, listening to each other and working together for justice and peace. In 1989 we decided to make Christians Aware an ecumenical charity from which we could help make this possible. Barbara has helped grow the charity from this time, working with others across the world including participating in many visits, working with many other charities and people of all faiths. Barbara has edited the magazine and published a range of books.
Eliam Ngoma – Office Manager
Eliam was born in Malawi. He went to Zambia as a child and was brought up there. He now lives in Leicester with his wife, Tamara, and their two daughters. He is a member of St Andrew’s Church in Leicester where he fulfils many roles. He has a deep interest in world politics and reads widely.
Eliam is always ready to answer questions and to provide resources to our members.
Bob Taylor
Bob, our Vice-Chairman, is a former HM Revenue and Customs officer, where he used to work. He is currently a minister in deepest Somerset as well as our Regional Representative for the South West. In Christians Aware, Bob also heads the Operations Group and the Finance Team as well as looking after our subscriptions and travel. Away from Christians Aware and the church, you can often find him watching figure skating competitions – we know well his ability to skate on thin ice!
Frances Pike
Frances is our Treasurer who began keeping accounts aged 10 (for the school tuck shop). Now retired, she has worked for private, public and third sector organisations in various capacities – including lecturer, HR officer, company secretary, careers adviser, and performance manager (dealing with NHS health statistics). Frances first joined Christians Aware in the last millennium when she enjoyed a visit to Sri Lanka, learning so much about the Charity’s vision.