Staff Profiles

Bishop Gerry Seale, B.Th., MA, DD

Gerry Seale is an ordained minister with more than 34 years experience in full-time ministry in the Caribbean. Since 1993 he has been EAC's General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer. Previously he served as a missionary pastor in Dominica (1973-80) before returning to his native Barbados where he managed Agapé Christian Supplies (1980-84), served as Executive Secretary of the Barbados Christian Council (1984-87), and then as Presiding Bishop of the Barbados District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies (1986-93).

Gerry has given volunteer service with Youth for Christ, the Dominica Auxiliary of the Bible Society in the West Indies, the Caribbean Christian Writers' Guild, the Barbados Evangelical Association, the AD2000 & Beyond Movement, March for Jesus and the Board of Governors of the Bible Society in the East Caribbean. He was a Barbados Government appointee to the Child Care Board and the Committee for National Reconciliation.

As EAC's General Secretary, Gerry serves on the International Leadership Team of the World Evangelical Alliance. He currently also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Queen's College Board, a member of the Board of Governors of Wycliffe Caribbean Bible Translators and chair of World Evangelical Alliance's Task Force on HIV.

Gerry's extensive service was recognised when he was presented on October 24th 2007 during CONECAR with the 2007 Distinguished Gold Award for Excellence in Ministry by Kingdom Investments Unlimited International.

Gerry received training at the Assemblies of God Bible College in the UK, the Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity, Faith Theological Seminary in the USA, Haggai Institute in Singapore, Global Trainers Training in the Philippines, and Global University in the USA. On June 25, 2004 the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology conferred on him the Doctor of Divinity honoris causa in recognition of his ministry throughout the region. In October 2008 Gerry was elected to the Global University Chapter of the Delta Epsilon Tau International Honour Society.

Gerry and his wife, Cyla (from Dominica), have been married since 1979 and have three daughters and four grandchildren.

Rev. Emerson L. Boyce

Rev. Emerson L. Boyce serves as Executive Director of EAC’s Commission on Evangelism and Missions. He is an ordained minister with over 28 years experience working as a missionary to St. Lucia, pastor in Barbados, and Administrative Officer and Executive Director of Missions with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies.

Emerson is passionate to see the Church in the Caribbean work together to fulfill the Biblical mandate of discipling the nations for Jesus Christ, transforming and moving people to Christian values. He directs the Caribbean Global Missions Association, is an executive member of the Global Leadership Team of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Missions Commission, and a member of the Religious Conference Management Association. Emerson has received training from the West Indies School of Theology in Trinidad, Haggai Institute in Singapore, and Global Trainers Training in the Philippines. He and his wife Jennifer, and their daughter, Lyzette, make their home in Trinidad.

Mrs. Lucyla Seale

Cyla Seale was born in the village of Riviere Cyrique in Dominica. She came to Christ at 16 under the ministry of the man she later married. She was educated in Dominica at the Morne Jaune School and later in Roseau. She married Rev. Gerry Seale in 1979 and they relocated to Barbados in 1980 where they still live. Cyla takes care of a lot of the tedious office work, e.g. stuffing envelopes, going to the post office and bank, paying bills, etc. Since marriage Cyla and Gerry have ministered together – in a Christian bookstore, in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies, and now in EAC. She is an indispensable, tireless labourer in EAC’s ministry. She and Gerry have three daughters and two grandsons.