Malcolm Coby

Bishop Malcolm Winslow Coby is a native of Muskogee, Oklahoma. For thirty-six years he was married to his high school sweetheart, Missionary Annie Coby, until her transition to be with the Lord. He later married Missionary Lady Reva Coby a retired Certified Case Manager for a Community Action Recovery program and helped many women and their children reunite. They have a blended family of six children, nineteen grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren.

He received the B.S. in Education and the Master of Education from the University of Central Oklahoma in Special Education (Developmental and Learning Disabilities) and the Ph.D. in Education from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma (Emotional Disturbance). His college teaching career included Southwestern Oklahoma State University, University of Science and Arts and University of Central Oklahoma where He rose to the rank of full professor in 1990. He is the first African American to hold that academic rank in the College of Education in the history of the university and retired in 1997.

He pastors the Victory Temple Church of God in Christ World Ministry Center in Oklahoma City. He is the prelate of the Oklahoma Southeast Jurisdiction. On the international level, He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for All Saints Bible College. He was elected to the General Board in the 2021 General Assembly. He is the first Bishop from Oklahoma to serve at the executive level.