BISHOP DOYÉ TEIDO AGAMA

Right Reverend Doyé Agama is a Charismatic Bishop with continuing links into the Historical Streams of Church Life, and is a keen observer of the African Diaspora and African Church History. He has been involved at various times in Community Development and regeneration work since 1975, when he worked as a PA to the Reverend Canon Martin Wright (now retired) who at the time was Dean of the Port Harcourt Christian Council's Community Project; part of rehabilitation efforts following the Nigerian Civil War. After working in Stage, Film and TV, he later trained for ICT.

Bishop Doyé came to ordained ministry late in life having been involved in volunteer roles over several years, at the same time as holding various roles in ICT, from technical to Project Management and as a Consultant to the offshore Oil Industry, Governments and the Emergency Services. Still involved in Strategic Management Training and other Continuing Professional Development for staff and volunteers in charity and community related fields; Bishop now has oversight of more than 50 newly planted Black and Asian Christian Majority Churches and Projects in the UK, in addition to his many other responsibilities.

Bishop Doyé Agama is a Trustee of Churches Together in England (CTE) and is also the Deputy Moderator of CTE’s Forum. Bishop Agama is the Founding President of the International Christian Friends of Magen David Adom. He is a Member of the Court of Lancaster University, and Member of the Council of Manchester Cathedral. He is a Board Member and visiting Lecturer for Luther King House Educational Trust; Project Director of the Black Churches Mapping Project, Member of the National Reference Group for Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs, Member of the Greater Manchester Faith Leader’s Forum, and Co-President of the Manchester Council of Christians and Jews.

He is also a Member of the Joint College of African American Pentecostal Bishops, Founding Bishop of the Apostolic Order of St Hadrian of Canterbury, Dean of St Hadrian’s College, Presiding Bishop of the Apostolic Pastoral Association, Member of the International Advisory Council of Dream Africa, Co-Chair of the Global Day of Reconciliation, Member of the North West (UK) Forum of Faiths, Chair of Operation Black Vote in Manchester. He is a President of Greater Manchester Churches Together (GMCT), a Member of the General Council of GMCT and a Member of the GMCT Strategic Sub-Group with Greater Manchester Police (GMP). He is Senior Pastor of Christian Way of Life Churches, (formerly called Strongtower Christian Missions). He is a visiting Lecturer, Covenant Bible College in addition to a number of other commitments.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATES, MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS

A former Telecommunications Consultant, Bishop Agama has a wide range of technical accreditations, certifications, academic qualifications and awards, including earned and honorary degrees.

FAMILY

Bishop Agama was born in Shirley, Southampton, England in the mid 1950s. He has been married to Rev (Mrs) Helen Agama for 28 years, they have 5 children and 3 grandchildren; and have helped incubate community outreach projects reaching thousands of young people in Greater Manchester UK, including Strongtower Community Services (2003).

His hobbies include walking, visiting historic churches and reading good books. He can be contacted by email at doye[at]hotmail.com.

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