Mamadou Philippe Karambiri
Born
Mamadou Karambiri

(1947-03-07) March 7, 1947
Tougan, Burkina Faso
Alma materToulouse 1 University Capitole
Occupation(s)Gospel preacher, pastor, leader of International Evangelism Center - African Interior Mission
SpouseHortense Palm
ChildrenSarah, Samuel, Anne Daniella and David

Mamadou Philippe Karambiri is a Burkinabè evangelical charismatic Pastor, born March 7, 1947, in Tougan. He is the president of the International Evangelism Center - African Interior Mission which he founded in 1987. He was knighted by the National Order of Burkina Faso in 2005 and in 2007 he received a honoris causa doctorate in Divinity from the Logos Christian University of Florida in the United States.

Biography

Karambiri was born on March 7, 1947, in Tougan in a Muslim family.[1] During a meeting with young French evangelical missionaries and after witnessing the appearance of Jesus Christ, while preparing his State doctorate in financial economics in Toulouse in February 1975, he experienced a new birth.[2][3][3] In an interview granted in December 2015, he gives details of this spiritual turning point. He underlines that the important thing is not first to change religion, but to discover who Jesus Christ is, and to enter into relation with him.[4] After his conversion and during his stay in France as a student, he attended the "Assembly of God of Toulouse" church. Back in Burkina Faso, he was Director of Promotion at the National Office of Foreign Trade, then Commercial Director of Faso Fani and finally Director General of SO.VOL.COM.[5]

Ministry

In 1985, he started a prayer group with his family which reached 500 people in 1987.[6] That same year, he founded the International Evangelism Center - African Interior Mission in Ouagadougou.[7][2] In January 1990, he resigned from his secular duties to become Pastor full time.[8]

Personal life

He marries Marie Sophie Tou, a state nurse on duty in pediatrics at the Yalgado Ouédraogo Hospital.[9] They have four children, two girls and two boys. His wife died on March 10, 2008. Since then, he remarried on May 29, 2010, with Hortense Palm,[5] who occupies a pastoral ministry in the church.[10]

Awards

In 2005, he was made a knight of the national order of Burkina Faso.[2] In 2007, he received a honoris causa doctorate in Divinity from the Logos Christian University of Florida in the United States.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Guy Serge Aka, Action de grâce: le pasteur Karambiri célèbre ses 40 ans de ministère, fasozine.com, Burkina Faso, March 9, 2017
  2. 1 2 3 Céline Hoyeau, Dix voix qui comptent sur la planète évangélique, la-croix.com, France, October 8, 2010
  3. 1 2 Sidwaya, Pasteur Mamadou Philippe Karambiri : « Aucun des événements passés au Burkina ne m’a surpris », Burkina Faso, lefaso.net, September 30, 2004
  4. ↑ Dixit: "To Muslims as to Christians, I say, "We are not talking about religion, we are talking about life changing. We are not talking about a system, we are talking about the risen Jesus Christ and the Spirit of life". Mamadou Karambiri, extract from an interview with Sébastien Fath (CNRS), published on Mamadou Karambiri, ex-musulman devenu « apôtre » au Burkina Faso regardsprotestants.com, March 4, 2016
  5. 1 2 3 Ali Traore, Un Burkinabè parmi les dix voix sur la planète évangélique, lefaso.net, Burkina Faso, October 31, 2011
  6. ↑ Sandra Fancello, Les aventuriers du pentecôtisme ghanéen: nation, conversion et délivrance en Afrique de l'Ouest, KARTHALA Editions, France, 2006, p. 213
  7. ↑ Valerie Tianhoun, PASTEUR MAMADOU PHILIPPE KARAMBIRI, FONDATEUR DU CIE : « Si Pâques est négligée, ce sera grave pour les chrétiens », lepays.bf, Burkina Faso, March 30, 2018
  8. ↑ Aimée Florentine Kaboré, Pasteur Mamadou Philippe Karambiri : 30 ans au service du Christ, lefaso.net, Burkina Faso, March 19, 2007
  9. ↑ S.D., Centre international d’évangélisation : Le Pasteur Mamadou Karambiri perd son épouse, lefaso.net, Burkina Faso, 12 mars 2008
  10. ↑ Aminata Ouédraogo, Pasteur Hortense KARAMBIRI : « Etre Pasteur au même titre que mon époux est une grâce », lefaso.net, Burkina Faso, March 18, 2013

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