BENIN

Benin, a French-speaking African country, is not only the birthplace of voodoo idols, but also one of the countries with the worst worship of voodoo idols in the world. Especially in some rural and remote areas. Voodoo often involves belief in mystical forces and the spirit world, with people believing that voodoo practitioners have special abilities that can affect various things in life.

Rev. Bokovi Corneille, originally from our daughter church ROLCC in Awoutekondji, Togo, and his wife were sent to Benin as missionary and church planting surveyors in June of 2001. Through many months of prayers and fasting, they finally established a church in Cotonou, Benin in October. Rev. Bokovi Corneille has a great burden for evangelism, and in the past few years has planted other churches, but the initial expansion was very difficult. After 5 years of hard work, the first branch church was established in Dogbo. Then with God providing breakthroughs and grace, they led coworkers to actively spread the gospel to other regions and planted new meeting places. They continue their efforts to bring the message of the gospel to the people of Benin and lead more people to Christ. They also sent pastors to Burkina Faso in 2009 and again sent pastors to Niger in 2018 to start more churches, so that the gospel can actively and widely spread to people in nearby countries, and lead more people to know the one true God. Praise the Lord for his abundant grace for keeping their new church construction completed successfully under the global spread of the epidemic. By 2024, 28 branches have been established. Thank God for His abundant grace. May God use them to be a blessing to the region and greatly demonstrate the glory of God.