Michael Cassidy, is a South African Christian leader, evangelist,[1] writer[2][3] and founder of Africa Enterprise, known for his initiatives at ecumenism, and reconciliation on personal, church and political levels.
[4] He was born on 24 September 1936 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Charles Stewart Cassidy and Mary Reading.
Michael Cassidy converted to Christianity in 1954 at the Harringay Arena in the United Kingdom during a Billy Graham crusade.
He attended Fuller Theological Seminary in 1963 completing a Bachelor of Divinity and the Azusa Pacific University in California in 1993.
At Nelson Mandela's request Michael Cassidy networked with other religious leaders to press for reconciliation before South Africa's election in 1994 and after.