{"id":15408,"date":"2017-03-14T12:05:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T11:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15408"},"modified":"2017-05-26T10:10:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T09:10:26","slug":"samson-rev-dr-augustine-jimmy","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/samson-rev-dr-augustine-jimmy\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMSON, Rev Dr Augustine Jimmy"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clergy ma n; Founder and Director, Free Grace Fo unda tion, Inti Inc; LGA: Ns it Ibom; Bo rn: Apr 14, 195 5; Marri ed to Mrs Me rc y Austine Samso n; Education: Lott Carey Ba pti st Sec Sch, Itu , 1972-76, WASC; Univ of Ca la ba r, 1976-80, B.Sc (Po l Sc); 1984-87, M.Sc Comparat ive Po liti cs; Church of Jes us Christ Bible Coli , U.S.A, (N ig Campus), 1987-89, D.D; Haggai Inst for Advanced Leadership Training, Singapore, 1990; Vis ion Chri st ian Univ, U.S.A, (N ig Campus), 199 1-92, Ph.D, Missiology; Caree r and Work H isto r y: Teache r, Akinl a lu High Sch, Oyo State, 1980-81 (NYSC); Lecturer, Coli ofEd uc, Uyo, 198 1-83; Univ ofCRS, 1983-89; Fu ll t ime Pastora l Min, 1989- present; Civic a nd P olitical Activities : Secretary Gen, Students&#8217; Uni on Govt, Univ of Ca labar, 1975-76; Sec Gen, Grad uate Students &#8216; Assoc, Univ of Ca labar, 1984-85; Hon Mem, Const itu ent Assemb ly, 1988-89; Faculty Mem, Haggai Inst of Advanc ed Leadership Tra inin g, Singapo re, 199 1; Nat Sec, Yo uth Win g, Ch ri st ian Asscn ofNig (Yo uth CAN), 1987-95 ; State Pres, Youth Wing, CAN, 1986-96; Mem, Translator\/Reviewer, Efik Bibl e Trans lat ion Com mittee; Chapte r Pres, Pe ntecos tal Fe ll owship ofN ig (PFN), Etin an, 1993- prese nt; Chairm an, Ed ito rial Committee, AKS Pentecosta l Fellowship ofN ig; Director, Unwana Commin ity Bank, Eket; Executive Sec, Chr ista in Asscn of Nig (CAN), AKS, 1996- present; P ublications: Author of two plays sc ri pted for Te lev is ion drama produ ct ion; a Book, Being Like Chrisl, 198 1; severa l unpubl ished works; prese nted Papers at both Spiritual and Secul ar Confe rences, Workshops and Seminars; Honours, Awa rds and Recognitions : Jerusa lem Pil grims (1P), 1995; Hobbies a nd I nterests: Writ ing, Mus ic, Drama, Counse ll ing, Volley, Football, Travelling; Home: Embassy of Grace ,P.O.Box 380,Etin an,Tel: (0 85)3 41 025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[319],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15408","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-clergy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15408"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}