Dora Dumbuya

{{short description|Christian evangelist preacher from Sierra Leonean}}

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|name = Mammy Dumbuya

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|nationality = Sierra Leonean

|order = Senior pastor of Jesus is Lord Ministries Church

|term_start = 1989

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|birth_place = Sierra Leone

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|spouse = Colonel Kahota M.S. Dumbuya (until his execution in 1992)

|profession = Pastor, Christian Evangelist Preacher

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|residence = Freetown, Sierra Leone

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Sister Dora Dumbuya commonly known as Mammy Dumbuya is a Sierra Leonean Christian evangelist preacher and the owner and senior pastor of Jesus is Lord Ministries Church, a large evangelist Christian church located in the capital of Freetown, Sierra Leone.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jesus-Is-Lord-Ministries-Sierra-Leone/480997168585832|title=Jesus Is Lord Ministries -Sierra Leone|website=Facebook.com|accessdate=22 August 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/hsydique-1197145/ |title = Jesus is Lord Ministries |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140226162426/http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/hsydique-1197145/ |archive-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TL1q6BiISt8C&q=mammy+dumbuya+sierra+leone&pg=PT1497|title=The Rough Guide to West Africa|first=Richard|last=Trillo|date=16 June 2008|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781405380706|accessdate=22 August 2017|via=Google Books}}

Mammy Dumbuya is known in Sierra Leone and her church service and preaching have thousands of followers.Rashid Dumbuya, [http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/65451 "Is Pastor Mammy Dora Dumbuya a victim of ‘sexism’ in the Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone?"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224163213/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/65451 |date=February 24, 2014 }}, Sierra Express Media, 19 February 2014, retrieved 21 February 2014

She is the widow of former Sierra Leonean senior military officer Colonel K.M.S. Dumbuya, who was executed in December 1992 under the NPRC military junta government.Joseph Sherman, [http://www.salonemonitor.net/profile-of-colonel-kahota-m-s-dumbuya-victim-of-maada-bios-murderous-machine-part-3/ "Profile of Colonel Kahota M.S. Dumbuya, Victim of Maada Bio’s Murderous Machine (Part 3)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222214129/http://www.salonemonitor.net/profile-of-colonel-kahota-m-s-dumbuya-victim-of-maada-bios-murderous-machine-part-3/ |date=2014-02-22 }}, The Salone Monitor, 21 August 2012, retrieved 21 February 2014

In April 2007, Sierra Leone president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah honoured Dumbuya with one of Sierra Leone's highest awards, during a military parade at State House in Freetown in celebration of Sierra Leone's 46th anniversary of independence.Sayoh Kamara, [http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=4&num=5355&printer=1 "Kabbah Recognises Deserving Men & Women in Sierra Leone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225224346/http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=4&num=5355&printer=1 |date=2014-02-25 }}, Awareness Times Newspaper, 30 April 2007, retrieved 21 February 2014

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