Cephas Narh Omenyo is a Ghanaian theologian and academic who was the 17th Moderator of the

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from August 2016 to August 2018.

Early life

Omenyo was born to Cephas Tettey Mate Omenyo and Felicia Namo Omenyo. He is the fifth among 10 children (seven male and three female).

Education

Omenyo had his basic and secondary education at the Presbyterian Primary, Middle and Secondary schools at Bechem in the Brong Ahafo Region respectively. He completed his sixth-form education in Science at the Sunyani Secondary School. Omenyo started his theological education at the then Trinity College (now Trinity Theological Seminary) from 1982 to 1985. He graduated from the

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with BA degree in Sociology and the Study of Religions. He obtained his M.Phil. (Study of Religions) from the University of Ghana in 1994 and his Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 2002.

Career

Omenyo was commissioned into the ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in June 1985 at Teshie and ordained in 1987 at the Unity Congregation, Tamale. Omenyo was appointed Lecturer in the Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana in October 1995. He was promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer in 2001, Associate Professor in 2006 and Full Professor in 2013. Omenyo was appointed Professor Extraordinary by the

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, South Africa, for an initial period of three years (1 October 2015 to 30 September 2018). He has written more than 56 scholarly works including three books. Omenyo has held several guest professorships including the following universities: Department of Theology and Religious Studies,

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, Botswana (September 2008–August 2009); Central and Eastern European Institute for Mission Studies (CIMS) and Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary,

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, Hungary (2008), and

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, Switzerland (November 2015). He was the Occupant of John A. Mackay Chair of World Christianity, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton (September 2007–May 2008).

Moderator

Omenyo was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in August 2016. On 17 August 2018, Omenyo became indisposed and the position of Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana was declared vacant by the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church. On 23 August 2018

Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante also known as J.O.Y. Mante (born 9 November 1957) is a Ghanaian theologian and Presbyterian minister who currently serves as the 18th Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), equival ...

, immediate past President of the Trinity Theological Seminary, was elected to succeed Omenyo as the 18th Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at the end of the 18th General Assembly in Akropong-Akuapem.

Personal life

Omenyo is married to Rosekel, a teacher and librarian. They have two sons and a daughter.

References

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