Dr Benard Etta is a visionary leader with an apostolic mandate for the nations. He came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in 1984 under the true Church of God, A charismatic Pentecostal denomination that introduced him to the things of God. He later joined the Full Gospel Mission Cameroon, where he served for several years as a church planter and revivalist.
He accepted the call of God and stepped into full-time ministry in 1995 under the Full Gospel Mission. He traveled to Nigeria in 1996, where he spent three years learning and serving the body of Christ in different capacities.
Through his life and ministry, uncountable souls have come to the kingdom of God, and several dynamic ministers of the gospel-raised in Cameroon and beyond.
Dr Benard Etta is currently the President of Nation Builders International, a multidimensional resource organization with the vision to extend the influence of the Kingdom of God into all sectors and spheres of strategic importance.
He is equally the founder of Global Faith Coalition, a Multi-Cultural, mission-minded commission made up of believers and ministers from around the world to restore the faith once delivered to the saints and equip the church for the 21st-century kingdom engagements.
He holds a doctorate in Human Resource Development from Life Leadership Institute/ University USA and a Doctor of Divinity and Leadership from the Academy of Universal Global Peace, USA. He has authored more than 60 books on diverse subjects of strategic importance.
Dr Benard Etta has a great passion for the less privileged. He coordinated the Nation Builders Football Association for several years, a sports vision aimed at reorienting recalcitrant youths. He organizes humanitarian outreaches for widows, orphans, the unemployed, and the homeless. In 2003, due to his many humanitarian outreaches, a popular Cameroonian newspaper (The Cameroon Post International) nominated him as the "3rd most influential Anglophone Cameroonian."
In 2013, he received the Black Essence Award for his Ministerial and leadership impact by the Black Essence Foundation USA. His mentorship, conferences, and books are a source of inspiration, motivation, preparation activation, challenge, and transformation to many in Africa and the world. He is married to Luminary Helen Etta, a co-labourer and partner in life and ministry. They have four children—Joel, Destiny, Caleb, and Praise Etta.
Dr.Benard Etta is Married to Luminary Helen Etta; he is the father of two sons and one daughter. The world is his parish, and everywhere is his pulpit.