Boubakar Sanou, PhD, is associate professor of mission and intercultural leadership at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University. He is a native of Burkina Faso, a French-speaking country in West Africa, where he served as a pastor for 12 years.
He holds a BA in theology (Andrews University, 1999), a Master of Arts in pastoral studies (Newbold College, 2005), a Doctor of Ministry in global mission leadership (Andrews University, 2010), and a PhD in missiology and Christian leadership (Andrews University, 2015).