{"id":15903,"date":"2017-03-16T09:21:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T08:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15903"},"modified":"2018-04-10T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T15:16:10","slug":"mbang-his-eminence-sunday-coffie","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mbang-his-eminence-sunday-coffie\/","title":{"rendered":"MBANG, His Eminence, (Dr.) Sunday Coffie"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, THM, Ph.D; clergyman, administrator; b: August 26, 1936; ht: Idua, Eket, so: Akwa Ibom; m: Enobong Essien; nc: three s; ed: Effoi Group School, Eket; St. Michael&#8217;s School, Aba; Salvation Army School, Akai, Eket; Government School, Eket; Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Oron; Methodist Higher Elementary College, Uzuakoli 1956; Trinity College, Umuahia. 1958; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Ibadan, 1971; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1975; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1975-78. cr: Teacher, Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Oron; Probational Minister, Methodist Church, Ete, Egwanga (now Ikot Abasi); Tutor\/Chaplain, Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Oron; Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, 1978- 79; Chaplain, Patriarch, Methodist Church of Nigeria and Bishop of Tinubu, 1979-84; Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria; mm: standing committee. Christian Council of Nigeria and Christian Association of Nigeria; presd: Head of Methodist Churches, Africa; Trustee, Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan; trustee. Widows&#8217; Association of Nigeria; Trustee, Young Women&#8217;s Christian Association of Nigeria; President, Christian Association of Nigeria; v-p: World Methodist Council of Churches, hd: Doctor of Divinity, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2006; publ: The Changing World and the Unchanging God; The future of the Church and Christianity in Nigeria; The Agony of the Ethical Prophets and the Nigerian Response; Introduction of the Study of the Phenomenon of Israelites\/Apocalypticism, hob: table tennis, singing, off: Wesley House, 21\/22 Marina, Lagos, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,319],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15903","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-clergy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15903","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23416,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15903\/revisions\/23416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15903"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}