Dora Dumbuya

Mammy Dumbuya
Senior pastor of Jesus is Lord Ministries Church
Assumed office
1989
Personal details
Born Sierra Leone
Nationality Sierra Leonean
Spouse(s) Colonel Kahota M.S. Dumbuya (until his execution in 1992)
Residence Freetown, Sierra Leone
Profession Pastor, Christian Evangelist Preacher
Religion Christianity (Evangelicalism)

Sister Dora Dumbuya commonly known as Mammy Dumbuya is a Sierra Leonean Christian evangelist preacher and the owner and senior pastor of Jesus is Lord Ministries Church, a large evangelist christian church located in the capital Freetown, Sierra Leone.[1]

Mammy Dumbuya is widely known in Sierra Leone and her church service and preaching have thousands of followers.[2]

She is the widow of former Sierra Leonean senior military officer Colonel K.M.S. Dumbuya, who was executed in December 1992 under the NPRC military junta government.[3]

In April 2007, Sierra Leone president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah honoured Dumbuya with one of Sierra Leone's highest awards, during a military parade at State House in Freetown in celebration of Sierra Leone's 46th anniversary of independence.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Richard Trillo, The Rough Guide to West Africa Penguin, 2008, ISBN 9781405380706
  2. ↑ Rashid Dumbuya, "Is Pastor Mammy Dora Dumbuya a victim of ‘sexism’ in the Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone?", Sierra Express Media, 19 February 2014, retrieved 21 February 2014
  3. ↑ Joseph Sherman, "Profile of Colonel Kahota M.S. Dumbuya, Victim of Maada Bio’s Murderous Machine (Part 3)", The Salone Monitor, 21 August 2012, retrieved 21 February 2014
  4. ↑ Sayoh Kamara, "Kabbah Recognises Deserving Men & Women in Sierra Leone", Awareness Times Newspaper, 30 April 2007, retrieved 21 February 2014

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