Hilliard Dogbe

**Hilliard Kwashie Dela Dogbe** (dɔgebo bebiri la April 5, 1970) e la a Ghanaian clergyman ane bishop na be a African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (A.M.E. Zion Church). Pampana o tona la Bishop ko a Western West Africa Episcopal District, naŋ taa Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana ane Togo.

## Nyɔvore piiluu ane sakuuri yɛlɛ
Dogbe da taa la dɔgebo a Accra, Ghana, ko Presiding Elder Emile Doe Dogbe-Gakpetor ane Mrs. Catherine Efua Dogbe-Gakpetor a 5 April 1970.  O da nyɛ la Khristo sagedeebo yi Bishop W. A. Hilliard a da leɛ popuoro ko a Bishops Cecil Bishop ane Ruben Lee Speaks naŋ be a A.M.E. Zion Church.

Dogbe da gaaɛ Accra Academy kyaare a o sɛkondare ane a  University of Ghana, be ka o a baare a o undergraduate karemmo. O paaŋ da taa la nikitɔɔre karemmo sakuu gyamaa mine, a da nyɛ a o Master of Arts degree naŋ be Practical Theology (Christian Education) yineŋ Princeton Theological Seminary naŋ be Princeton, New Jersey, ane a Master of Theology kyaare Pastoral Care ane Counseling yineŋ Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon naŋ be Accra, Ghana. O paaŋ da gaaɛ nimitɔɔre to zanne Doctor ko Philosophy (PhD) degree naŋ pukyaare Practical Theology neŋ tɛɛtɛɛloŋ ko Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. O dissertation yelzu la; *The Living Well: An Ecclesial Response to Alcoholism in Ghana.*

## Career

### Ministry ane Leadership
A toma poɔŋ, Dogbe da taaɛ wederoŋ a A.M.E. Zion Church, te paale neŋ wederoŋ toma kyaare Pastor a Charge of Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church naŋ be a Mamprobi. Meŋ la paale, o meŋ da toŋɛɛ toma naŋ e a Chief of Staff ane Protocol ko a Bishop Seth Lartey.

Dogbe's meŋ da la toŋɛɛ Acting Presiding Elder ko a  Accra Central District ane a pastor kyaare yele naŋ pukyaare A.M.E. Zion Church societies, te seŋ a Aggrey Memorial Society naŋ be a  Mamprobi, Bishop Speaks Society naŋ be a Accra New Town, Ebenezer Society naŋ be a New Sempe, ane Little Rock Society naŋ be a New Achimota. O meŋ da toŋɛɛ administrative toma nimizie mine, te seŋ Chairman ko a District Finance Board naŋ be a Accra Central District ane Chairman ko a Accra New Town Local Council of Churches naŋ paale a Christian Council of Ghana. A 2016, Dogbe da la a nyɛ a nuneɛ iribu a da e a Presiding Bishop ko a African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ko a Western West Africa Episcopal District. O da eɛ a 104th presiding bishop ko a church yi a piiluu yi a 1821 ane a Ghana nendɛndɛŋ soba naŋ nyɛ iribu a naŋ toŋ a toma na.

### Academic pursuits
Dogbe da taa la toma a academia, naŋ maale pukyaare development ko ministers ane leadership enhancement programs. O da toŋɛɛ Adjunct Lecturer a Pastoral Care ane Counseling ko a Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana. O meŋ da taa la wederoŋ naŋ e Adjunct Instructor a Congregation ane Community Care Leadership a Luther Seminary naŋ be a St. Paul, Minnesota. Dogbe Meŋ da eɛ karema sonsonna a Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon ane a A.M.E. Zion Institute of Theology ane Conference Studies a Ghana.

### Boards ane affiliations
Dogbe e la mɛmba ko a  Society naŋ kyaare Pastoral Theology, an international professional organization kyaare pastoral theologians naŋ be  Decatur, Georgia. Pampana o tona la Chairperson toma a Governing Council a Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana. O Meŋ da eɛ a  mɛmba ko  Governing Council ko Livingstone College na be North Carolina, USA, a da e a advisory board ko a  Bible Society of Ghana. Neŋ a lɛ zaa, o a taa la a wederoŋ naŋ e executive committee ko a Christian Council of Ghana.

### Christian Council appointment
Yi a yuoni zaa kpaaroŋ ba naŋ da boɔle Christian Council of Ghana naŋ da taa eebo a April 19, 2023, Dogbe da taa la iruuŋ a da e a new Chairman ko a a council. O a leɛrɛɛ Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, naŋ da toŋ toma naŋ e chairman yuomo ayi.

## Duoruu De-emmo ane De-wulibu
Dogbe da sɛgɛɛ gama. A dɛndɛŋ soba, yelzu naŋ e *Alcoholism in the African Family: A Christian Perspective*, da taa deteroo yi a Woeli Publishing Services naŋ be a Ghana. O gama ayi soba, *The Church and Alcoholism in Ghana: A Practical Theological Interpretation*, da taa la deteroo yi Print Logistics a Ghana. O meŋ da eɛ de-wulibu gyamaa, te paale a ana yelzu naŋ e *Congregational Response to Alcoholism*, *The Trinity and Ecclesial Identity*, *The Place of the Family in Contemporary Christian Educatio*n ane *Overcoming Challenges of Ministry in the New Millennium*.

## Meŋɛ Nyɔvooroŋ
Dogbe kulee Cynthia Serwaa Dogbe, ka ba dɔge bidɔba bayi.

## Sommo Yizie