religion children birth_place title nationality profession name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name type alma_mater
methodist church of kenya kaburo , nkatha , mwenda , mutua miathene , meru , kenya general -rrb- secretary , world council of churches -lrb- 2004-2009 kenyan clergy samuel kobia march 20 , 1947 ruth kobia samuel kobia
 samuel kobia world council of churches massachusetts st paul 's united theological college institute of technology , mccormick theological seminary ,
samuel kobia

rev. dr. samuel kobia -lrb- born march 20 , 1947 in miathene , meru , kenya -rrb- , is a methodist clergyman and the first african to be elected general secretary -lrb- 2004 -- 2009 -rrb- of the world council of churches -lrb- wcc -rrb- , a worldwide fellowship of 349 global , regional and local churches representing a christian population of over 590 million people .
in 2010 , rev. kobia was appointed ecumenical special envoy to sudan by the all africa conference of churches -lrb- aacc -rrb- .
kobia is married to ruth , and they have two daughters , kaburo and nkatha , and two sons , mwenda and mutua .
