{"id":9476,"date":"2014-11-25T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=9476"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:51:01","slug":"musa-mambula-speaking-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2014\/musa-mambula-speaking-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Musa Mambula Speaking Tour to Extend into Mid-January"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Musa Mambula, National Spiritual Advisor to Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nigerian Brethren church leader Musa Mambula has begun a speaking tour in the Pennsylvania area, giving presentations at a variety of Church of the Brethren congregations. His list of speaking engagements extends through December and into January. His presentations focus on the persecution of Christians by Boko Haram terrorists in northern Nigeria and the church\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

Mambula is a writer, educator, and current National Spiritual Advisor for Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). He is a 1983 graduate of Bethany Theological Seminary at its former location in Oakbrook, Ill., and in 2007 was a fellow at the Young Center at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. He received his doctorate degree in education from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, in 1995.<\/p>\n

Helping to plan and publicize his speaking schedule is Don Fitzkee, chair elect of the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board and director of Development for COBYS Family Services.<\/p>\n

Musa Mambula\u2019s upcoming speaking engagements or attendance at Church of the Brethren congregations (this list may not be comprehensive):<\/p>\n

Nov. 30:<\/span><\/p>\n

Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Church of the Brethren<\/strong>, 8:15 a.m. early worship followed by Sunday school at 9:15 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Mount Wilson Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in Lebanon, Pa., 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Dec. 3:<\/span><\/p>\n

Mechanic Grove Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in Quarryville, Pa., 5:30 p.m. fellowship meal followed by a Sharing Session<\/p>\n

Dec. 7:<\/span><\/p>\n

Mountville (Pa.) Church of the Brethren<\/strong>, 10:15 a.m. worship followed by a fellowship meal and a Sharing Session<\/p>\n

Dec. 10:<\/span><\/p>\n

Knobsville Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in McConnelsburg, Pa., 7:30 p.m. Information and Sharing Session<\/p>\n

Dec. 14:<\/span><\/p>\n

University Baptist and Brethren Church<\/strong> in State College, Pa., 9:30 a.m. worship followed by Sunday school forum at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

Dec. 21:<\/span><\/p>\n

Union Bridge (Md.) Church of the Brethren<\/strong>, 9:20 a.m. Sunday school followed by worship at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Dec. 28:<\/span><\/p>\n

Buffalo Valley Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in Mifflinburg, Pa., 8 a.m. early worship with a second worship service at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Bermudian Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in East Berlin, Pa., 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Jan. 4, 2015:<\/span><\/p>\n

Middle Creek Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in Lititz, Pa., 9 a.m. Sunday school followed by worship at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

Atlantic Northeast District Special Evening Service<\/strong> hosted by Hempfield Church of the Brethren in Manheim, Pa., 7 p.m. on the theme \u201cA Call to Support Our Nigerian Brothers and Sisters\u201d<\/p>\n

Jan. 5-9, 2015:<\/span><\/p>\n

Trip to Bethany Theological Seminary<\/strong> (details to be announced)<\/p>\n

Jan. 11, 2015:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ephrata (Pa.) Church of the Brethren<\/strong>, 8:30 a.m. traditional worship followed by Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and contemporary worship at 10:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

Indian Creek Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in Harleysville, Pa., 5 p.m. Information and Sharing Session followed by a special service at 7 p.m. to be arranged by Atlantic Northeast District<\/p>\n

Jan. 18, 2015:<\/span><\/p>\n

New Fairview Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in York, Pa.<\/p>\n

Coventry Church of the Brethren<\/strong> in Pottstown, Pa., 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Mambula also has received some media attention, including a report from his presentation at Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brethren. The article titled \u201cNigerian church leader asks Elizabethtown church: we need your prayers, and your support, against terrorists\u201d is published by Lancaster Online at http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/features\/faith_values\/nigerian-church-leader-asks-elizabethtown-church-we-need-your-prayers\/article_b65dbf2a-703d-11e4-b46d-b7eca7c26c54.html<\/a>  .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigerian Brethren church leader Musa Mambula has begun a speaking tour in the Pennsylvania area, giving presentations at a variety of Church of the Brethren congregations. His list of speaking engagements extends through December and into January. His presentations focus on the persecution of Christians by Boko Haram terrorists in northern Nigeria and the church\u2019s response. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,1396,13,1263],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-9476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ekklesiyar-yanuwa-a-nigeria","tag-musa-mambula","tag-nigeria","tag-peace"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26783,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions\/26783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9476"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=9476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}