Sunday Coffie Mbang (; 26 August 1936 – 16 May 2023) was a Nigerian, prelate of
Methodist Church Nigeria
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. He served as President of the World Methodist Council and National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria.
Early life and education
Sunday Mbang was born in Idua Eket,
Eket Local Government Area of
Akwa Ibom State of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
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on 26 August 1936.
He was born into very humble and
Christian
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family.
Mbang studied in the Effoi Group School,
Salvation Army
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School, Akai-Ubium, Government School, Eket,
Methodist Boys’ High School, Oron, Teacher's College, Uzuakoli, Trinity Theological College, Umuahia,
University of Ibadan,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
, Israel and
Harvard University, USA.
Ministry
Mbang became a minister in 1961. He went through theological education and training in
Nigeria and overseas. He became a Pastor and Minister of Religion in 1962 in Methodist Church Nigeria and rose through the ranks to be elected into the Episcopal rank, Bishop of Tinubu,
Lagos State in 1979 and later was elevated to the position of Patriarch/Prelate, the administrative and pastoral head and leader of the entire
Methodist Church
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family in Nigeria in 1984, a position he held for twenty-two years. For many of his working years as teacher, evangelist and pastor, he held a number of positions outside that of Methodist Church Nigeria, namely; the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria,
the co-chairman of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, and the Vice and Chairperson of the World Methodist Council for many years.
Death
Sunday Mbang died on 16 May 2023, at the age of 86.
Awards and recognition
*World Methodist Council Peace Award
*Commander of the Order of Niger (CON)
*Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Baptist Seminary, Ogbomosho, Oyo State
*Honorary Doctor of Divinity from the
University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Enugu State
References
External links
Life And Times of Prelate Sunday MbangGovernor Sanwo-olu attends 85th birthday celebration of His Eminence, Dr. Sunday Mbang, the prelate emeritus of the Methodist Church of Nigeria on Sunday, August 29, 2021
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1936 births
2023 deaths
Harvard Divinity School alumni
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
University of Ibadan alumni
People from Akwa Ibom State
Nigerian Methodists