Founder and Coordinators
Mercy Amba Ewudziwa was born to Revd. and Mrs Yamoah at Asamankese, Ghana, in 1933 during the harvest season. She was educated in Methodist Schools at Asamankese, Achinakrom, Effiduase and Mmofraturo, Kumasi. She went to Achimota School and then to Kumasi College of Technology for teacher training. She studied Theology at the University of Ghana and Cambridge University, UK. She is a certified teacher who has taught in several schools in Ghana and Nigeria. In 1968, she married Modupe Oduyoye, a Nigerian Christian publisher.
Mercy is the first woman in Africa to obtain a University degree in Theology and with this training, she taught at several Universities in Africa – Ibadan, Cape Town and Nairobi. She has served as a visiting Professor in the Netherlands, South Africa and the USA. In the USA, she also taught classes and gave talks in institutions such as San Francisco Theological Seminary, Union Theological Seminary, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and many other Theological institutions as a commencement speaker.
West African Region
Regional Coordinator: West Africa
Joyce Boham
Coordinator: Ghana
Hajia Fatimatu Sulemanu
Coordinator: Nigeria
Mrs Gloria Ayantayo
Coordinator: Cameroon
Rev Dr Tabe Jennet otob Epse Benoni-Wang
Research Coordinator: Nigeria
Mrs Oba Eduviere Osamemen Osaze
Research Coordinator: Cameroon
Rev Marceline Lambiv Yele
Research Coordinator: Ghana
Very Rev Dr Mark S. Aidoo
Research Coordinator: Ghana
Rev Dr Mrs Grace Sintim Adasi
East African Region
Coordinator: East Africa
Prof Esther Mombo
Coordinator: Kenya
Dr Telesia Musili
Executive Member: Kenya
Rev Catherine Njagi
Circle Secretary: Kenya
Dr Edith Kayeli
Executive Member: Kenya
The Rev Lydia Chemei
Circle Secretary: Rwanda
Rev Mukamakuza Therese
Circle Treasurer: Kenya
Rev Pauline Wanjiru Njiru
Executive Member: Kenya
Dr Mary Wanjiku Kahura
Circle Treasurer: Rwanda
Rev Berthe Nyiransabimana
Head of Research: Kenya
Rev Bishop Dr Angeline Savala
Executive Member: Kenya
The Rev Schola Kiilu
Circle Coordinator: Rwanda
Rev Dr Muke Nagaju
 Southern Africa Region
Circle Coordinator: South Africa
Rev. Dr. Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde
Circle Coordinator: Zambia
Theresa Nanyangwe
Circle Coordinator: Tanzania
Faith Lugazia
Circle Coordinator: South Africa
Dr. Funlola Olojede
Circle Coordinator: Malawi
Gertrude Kapuma
Circle Coordinator: Botswana
Ms. Malebogo Kgalemang
Circle Coordinator: Zimbabwe
Dr. Sophia Chirongoma
Circle Coordinator: Mozambique
Zelda Cossa
Circle Coordinator: Lesotho
Paul Leshota