Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith
Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith is an Anglican Bishop in Ghana:[1] He is the current Bishop of Asante Mampong and Archbishop elect for the Church of the Internal Province of Ghana, the Province of West Africa.[2]
Rt Rev Cyril Ben-Smith was born on 21st of February 1964. Parents- Venerable Andrew and Mrs Augustina Ben-Smith.
ORDAINED AND CONSECRATED AS BISHOP> 22ND MAY 2011 BY MOST REVD. DR JUSTICE O. AKROFI, ARCHBISHOP CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF WEST AFRICA.
Enthroned as Diocesan Bishop of Asante Mampong on 30th November 2014
Date of Ordination: Diaconate
18th December 1988 to the Diaconate Ghana, by the Rt. Rev’d. Edmund Kojo Yeboah, BD, AKC, MA, Anglican Bishop of Kumasi.
Date of Ordination: Priesthood
13th August 1989 to the Priesthood at St. Justin’s Anglican Church, Nkawie, Ghana, by the Rt. Rev’d. Edmund Kojo Yeboah, Anglican Bishop of Kumasi.
Marital Status: Married to Christina with three children, Nana Adjoa, Paula and Robert.
Appointed Honorary Canon by the Rt. Revd. Dr Daniel Yinka Sarfo, Bishop of Kumasi and Installed Honorary Canon
| Educational Background
Basic Primary Education, Middle School Leaving Certificate. General Certificate of Education: Ordinary and Advanced levels. Licentiate in Theology with Distinction. Master of Arts in Religion Majored in Philosophy of Religion, Apologetics, Comparative religions. Master of Philosophy Research. Majored in Sociology of Religion, New Religious Movements Doctor of Philosophy
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St. Anne’s Primary School, Ashanti New Town, Kumasi,1969-1976 Osei Tutu Senior High School, Akropong-Ashanti, 1977-1984 St. Nicholas Seminary, Cape Coast Ghana, 1985-1988. Asia United Theological University, Seoul, 1990-1992. University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2001-2004 Manchester University, United Kingdom 2007-2010 |
| Professional Academic Experience-
Principal Centre for Theological Studies in Kumasi 2011-2014 |
Vice Dean, St Nicholas Seminary, 2007-2010
Academic Dean, St Nicholas Seminary 2004-2009
Chairman of Academic Board, St. Nicholas Seminary, 2004-2010
Visiting Scholar, Selly Oak College, University of Birmingham, 2007-2008.
Part time lecturer in Philosophy, Apologetics and Missiology at Christian Service University College, Kumasi, 1993-1998
Awards and Honours
ST LUKE’S COLLEGE FOUNDATION SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM 2007-2010
ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM, 2006-2010.
ST AUGUSTINE’S FOUNDATION SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM, 2006-2010.
SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM 2006-2009.
CLEAVER CHURCH SCHOLAR UNITED KINGDOM 2000-2002
| Professional Teaching Career
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Apologetics, World Religions, New Religious Movements, Philosophical Theology and Missiology. 1993-PRESENT Current research interests include research in the area of missionary strategies in our contemporary world in the light of Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm shifts. Visiting lecturer and Tutor for postgraduate students, Queens Foundation for Theological Education, Birmingham. 2007. External Examiner, Cliff College, Derbyshire, UK 2010. Professional Experience Chairman of Council of St. Monica’s College of Education, Asante Mampong 2017 to Present Chairman of Council Anglican University College of Technology, Ghana, 2012- 2014. Member of Council, Anglican University College of Technology, 2014 to Present Bishop in Charge of Human Resources and Development Desk, Church of the Province of West Africa 2011- PRESENT Chairman of Council Ejuraman Anglican Senior High School , Ejura, 2014-Present Chairman of Board of Governors, Mampong Babies Home, 2011-Present Chairman of St. Monica’s Senior High Schools, 2017 to Present. Member of Board of Trustees, St. Nicholas Seminary, Cape Coast 2011-Present Member of Board of Anglican Hostel, 2011-Present Member of Board of Midwifery Training School 2017 to 2019 Vocations Director and member of Ordinand’s Advisory Board of the Anglican Diocese of Kumasi 2007-Present. Member of the Central Regional Prison chaplaincy committee, Cape Coast. Ex-Officio Member of the Governing Council of St. Nicholas Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana Member of the Finance, Building committee’s of St. Nicholas Seminary, Cape Coast. Fundraising Director of St. Nicholas Seminary 2003-2007 Alumni Relations Director, St. Nicholas Seminary2004-2009 Secretary of the Board of Governors of St. Nicholas Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana 2004-2009 District Chairman of Bekwai Archdeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of Kumasi, Ghana. This district contains thirty congregations in the Adansi and Amansie Districts, 1993-1999 Member of the Diocesan Standing Committee responsible for the implementation of Synod Decisions, 1994-1999. Member of the Diocesan Bishop’s Nominating Committee, 1995-1999. Research Experience Master of Arts Thesis: A Study of the Theological and Traditional Foundations of the African Independent Church Movements: A Case for Dialogue, 1991. Master of Philosophy Dissertation: Prosperity Gospel in an African Context, 2004. Doctor of Philosophy Research Dissertation: Mission from a Colonial to a Post-Colonial Era: The Case of the Anglican Church in Ghana.
1989-1990 Parish Priest- Responsible for the spiritual and moral |
| Parochial Work Experience
Curate, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, North Suntreso, 1988. Responsible for outstations, Tanoso and Ohwimase Churches. Parish Priest, St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Jachie, Ashanti. Responsible for Adunku, Nuaso and Apinkra Churches Parish Priest, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Obuasi, Ashanti 1992-1999 Responsible for the pastoral, administrative and educational development of a church in a predominantly mining town in a rural setting. Responsible for the implantation of new churches at New Edubiase, Akaporisu, Bongobri and Manso Churches. |
| Parish priest and Acting Archdeacon of Mampong Archdeaconry and St. Michael’s and All Angels Parish,1999-2000 |
| Parish Priest, St. James Anglican Church, Elmina, 2003-2010. |
| Parochial Work Experience Overseas
Honorary Assistant Priest Cathedral Church of St. James and St. Nicholas Seoul, Korea, 1989-1991. Honorary Assistant Priest St. Germain’s Church, Roath,Cardiff, UK, 2000-2001 Assisting Priest, Church of the Ascension, Lavenda Hill, London, UK, 2001-2002. Assisting Priest, North Lambeth Parish and Circuit, Kennington, London. 2007-2009. |
| Research Experience
Master of Arts Thesis: A Study of the Theological and Traditional Foundations of the African Independent Church Movements: A Case for Dialogue, 1991. Master of Philosophy Dissertation: Prosperity Gospel in an African Context, 2004. Dissertation Examination: Professor Kevin Ward. Supervisor: Professor Paul Ballard Doctor of Philosophy Research Dissertation: Mission from a Colonial to a Post-Colonial Era: The Case of the Anglican Church in Ghana. Dissertation Examination: External Examiners: Professor David Maxwell and Professor David Dunn-Wilson. Supervisor : Professor Timothy Yates |
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