{"id":18191,"date":"2017-03-29T15:39:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T14:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18191"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:07:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:07:29","slug":"ugwu-emmanuel-afam","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ugwu-emmanuel-afam\/","title":{"rendered":"UGWU, Emmanuel Afam"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: State of Origin: Local Government Area: Udi Contact Address: Contact Telephone: Tuesday (Orie) 2Ist March, 1950 Enugu St. Barthlomew&#8217;s Anglican Church. Enugu 234(042) 251071,2348033349360 <~\\ Venerable Emmanuel Afam Ugwu PhD is a learned theologian, a humble priest of God and a man with pastoral heart. Dr Ugwu has had a long time in the full time committed service to the Lord and the Church. His unassuming character, intelligence and approach to the people have been among the qualities that have endeared him to his parishioners. Education \u2022 Central School. Ngwo \u2022 Colliery Secondary School. Ngwo WASC \u2022 Trinity (Union) Theological College Umuahia Dip Th. (WAATI). Dip. Th (Trinity) \u2022 Robinson College. University of Cambridge England, BA(Hons) M.A. \u2022 St. George's College. Jerusalem Cert. In Biblical Studies. Priestly Ministry Venerable Dr Ugvvu is a man of prayer, a powerful preacher, an organised and Cambridge-trained Administrator whose humility and virtues are both magnetic and infectious. For over two decades in the Lord's vineyard. Archdeacon Ugwu has ministered in the following places \u2022 All Saints Parish G.R.A Enugu 1978 1981 \u2022 Christ Church Uwani Enugu 1981- October 1981 \u2022 St. Matthew's Church Mgbuji Parish Ehamufu 1984 1989 \u2022 St Cyprian's Parish .Abakpa Nike 1987 1989 \u2022 Holy Trinity Akwu Achi 1989 1990 \u2022 St Mary's Parish Ngwo 1991 1994 \u2022 St Cyprian's Church Parish Abakpa Nike 1995 1997 ( 2nd Missionary Journey) \u2022 St Paul's Parish Amankwo Ngwo 1997 \u2022 St Mary's Church Enugu Ngwo 1998 \u2022 All Saints Parish G.R.A. Enugu 1999 2002 ( 2nd Missionary Journey) \u2022 St Barth's Church Asata Enugu Extra-Parochial Ministry and Service to the Nation Has served also in various committees ofthe Federal and State Governments on a number of times including \u2022 Member, Education Authority ofthe Enugu North Local Government 1980 \u2022 Member. Education Authority of Udi Local Government Area. 1998 \u2022 Enugu Central Local Government Area. 2005 \u2022 A member of Federal Government Delegation to Israel. 2002 \u2022 Chairman. Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board. Enugu State 2005 Dr. Ugvvu is one ofthe most devoted priests who do not lobby for position nor reject posting to any place. He is prepared to serve anywhere as a mark of his fulfilment of his Vow of Canonical Obedience Honours and Preferments \u2022 Created a Canon in 1988 Collated Archdeacon 1994 \u2022 Justice of the Peace JP \u2022 Awarded Barrel Boulton Memorial Prize for the Best Graduating Student. Dr. Venerable Emmanuel Afam Ugvvu is widely travelled and has spoken on a number of seminars and workshops, with children. His advice to the Youths is \"discover yourself, whoyou are and build on il \".\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[319],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18191","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-clergy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18191","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18191"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}