Cephas Narh Omenyo

Omenyo was commissioned into the ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in June 1985 at Teshie and ordained in 1987 at the Unity Congregation, Tamale.

Omenyo was appointed Lecturer in the Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana in October 1995. He was promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer in 2001, Associate Professor in 2006 and Full Professor in 2013. Omenyo was appointed Professor Extraordinary by the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, for an initial period of three years (1 October 2015 to 30 September 2018). He has written more than 56 scholarly works including three books.

Omenyo has held several guest professorships including the following universities: Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana (September 2008–August 2009); Central and Eastern European Institute for Mission Studies (CIMS) and Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest, Hungary (2008), and University of Basel, Switzerland (November 2015). He was the Occupant of John A. Mackay Chair of World Christianity, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton (September 2007–May 2008).

Omenyo was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in August 2016.^[4][5]

On 17 August 2018, Omenyo became indisposed and the position of Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana was declared vacant by the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church. On 23 August 2018 Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, immediate past President of the Trinity Theological Seminary, was elected to succeed Omenyo as the 18th Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at the end of the 18th General Assembly in Akropong-Akuapem.^[3]

Omenyo is married to Rosekel, a teacher and librarian. They have two sons and a daughter.^[1]