In these exclusive interviews for Woven Together, we meet Sharp Okorie Ugwuocha, engineer and Pastor of RCCG House of Praise Dundee and his wife Nnenna, a biomedical research scientist.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) was founded in Nigeria in 1952 and has become one of the fastest-growing churches in the world, with over 32,000 parishes in over 180 countries. The House of Praise is one of these parishes. It came to Dundee in 2010 as an off-shoot of the Fountain of Love RCCG Church in Aberdeen. Originally in rented space in a cinema, it moved to proper premises at 145 Kingsway East when it took over the former St Vincent de Paul RC Church. The building is now fondly known as the Praise Centre.
Sharp Okorie Ugwuocha
Sharp Okorie Ugwuocha has been the Pastor of RCCG House of Praise Dundee since its inception. Together with his family of musicians and the church congregation, he has been involved in several community development projects in Dundee, which he discusses in this interview.
He is also an engineer and inventor, having taken a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria and an MSc in Engineering from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
He is an experienced mechanical design and manufacturing engineer who has served as team leader on several equipment design and manufacture projects in the UK, stretching from oil and gas field equipment to pharmaceutical equipment and cold-chain thermal equipment. He has a number of patents registered in Europe and USA for his engineering designs.
He is currently developing a innovative form of Autonomous Temperature Controlling equipment to be used by Glaxo Smith Kline and Siemens for bulk transportation of bio-pharma and medical products.
Nnenna Ugwuocha
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Mrs Nnenna Ugwuocha is a Research and Development Scientist at Abbott, UK. She is also a pastor at RCCG House of Praise. She has also led different community development projects in Dundee such as Fun Science for children and many more.
