Baptist Ministries of Togo works in partnership with several Baptist churches in Northern Togo, which are affiliated with each other. The work is an indigenous work led by Togolese pastors. Some of the churches are independent and some are under the direction of local missionaries.
Our part is to encourage and support the pastors through prayer and by helping with funding. Besides helping with special projects and buildings, we give an amount to each pastor. Pastoral funds are used for family, housing and medical needs and to help needy people in their congregations. This enables the pastors to continue with the ministry since the people are not able to support their pastors fully.
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Funds donated to Baptist Ministries of Togo are used for Pastoral Support, Construction Projects, Village Outreach, and miscellaneous Special Projects,
Sato is a young pastor who became a believer a few years ago along with two of his brothers when Pastor Moussa led Bible studies in their home village of Soumdina. The three brothers became active witnesses about their new faith to family members and neighbors. Pastor Moussa helped them start the church in Soumdina, and Sato became the pastor after attending the Bible Institute in Kara. After meeting in the shade of the local school for some time, they were able to put up a temporary, mud brick building. Now, with the help of our Mission, a beautiful, permanent church is complete (view construction photos). A day of celebration was held on May 26, 2018 as the building was dedicated and Pastor Sato was ordained. Many people attended the service, including local pastors, village chiefs from the area, and many friends
Sato’s wife is Hodalo, and they have two daughters and a son, Viviane, Carine and Paul. They also usually are caring for nieces and nephews in their home.
People gather in front of the original Soumdina church
Loy and Terri are able to attend the dedication and ordination ceremony
Sato's mentors address the crowd and pray over Sato
Newly ordained Pastor Sato speaks to the congregation
The many guests visit and eat lunch together after the ceremony
Moussa became a believer when he was a young man through the testimony of an
American missionary and a Togolese pastor. He attended the local Bible
Institute in Kara where he lived and, along with the missionary, helped found
the church in Tomdé, a suburb of Kara. He has served as the pastor of the
Tomdé church since its creation in 1995, although he was working under the Togolese pastor for several years. In April of 2010 Moussa was ordained and the church became independent.
He is active in leading evangelistic teams to outlying villages and has started churches in the villages of Soumdina, Gningbanda, and Piladjoua. He is also helping with starting of the church in Tcheou, as well as leading two other churches started by missionaries.
He is married to Pyalo, who is also involved in the ministry, and they have two children, Jeanette and Jonathan.
Moussa preaching in French with a Kabiyé interpreter
Youth choir singing in the Tomdé church
Congregation visiting after the Sunday morning service
The children's class at Tomdé
Moussa's wife, Pyalo, teaching the children
Philippe became a believer while attending a local church in Kara and later came to attend Moussa’s church in Tomdé. He received his pastors training at the Bible Institute in Kara, under the teaching of an American missionary and a Togolese pastor. A few years ago, Philippe became the pastor of his own church in Feign, a suburb of Kara, which he started with a Bible study under the trees in the neighborhood. With the help of the missionary, he put up a church building and a house nearby for his family. He continues to work under the direction of the missionary.
He is a good teacher of the Word and his congregation has grown. He is often asked to teach in various churches in the area. He has started churches in two villages, Tchandida, where Tchaa is pastor now, and Kpèlèdè.
He is married to Tchilalo. They have three daughters, Esther, Rachel, and Grace, and a little son, Divin.
The church building in Feign before the enclosing wall was built
The congregation gathers outside the Feign church
The congregation singing at the Feign church
Philippe preaching in French with a Kabiyé interpreter
Philippe's wife, Tchilalo, teaching the children
Atiyodi has been serving as the pastor of the church in Lama Bou since the fall of 2019. He became a believer in 2007 and was baptized in Moussa's church in Tomdé two years later. When Moussa preached in French, Atiyodi helped interpret into the local Kabiye language and was a member of the evangelistic team that went out from Tomdé to the outlying villages. He helped missionary Jon with the church in Tchandida and worked there for several years and also with the founding of the church in Kpaha. He led the Kpaha church until his calling to Lama Bou. He loves the Lord and is willing to serve Him in any way.
Atiyodi attended the Bible Institute in Kara, under the teaching of Jon and Moussa, and finished the three year course in 2011. Before that he attended the University, but later left to attend a technical school where he received a BT degree in electronics. He also has expertise as a mason. He was married to Mazalo last year. She is coordinating the Malaria Program in Soumdina.
The steep path leading to the Lama Bou church
The beautiful church sits on a mountain top
The Lama Bou congregation in 2016
Joseph is teaching the children
Members departing after the service
Pastor Koffi became a Christian in 2001. He had gone to the town of Kara to attend school as a teenager and was searching for some kind of supernatural power to help him become more intelligent so he could excel in school. Koffi was invited to a youth meeting where Pastor Moussa was preaching about giving yourself to Jesus, who would give you wisdom and knowledge. Koffi wondered if that might be the supernatural power he was seeking, and after talking with Moussa he learned that Jesus would give him more than that. He would give forgiveness of sins and eternal life, so Koffi believed in Christ.
He served at the church in Tomdé for several years and then attended the Bible Institute in Kara from 2009 to 2012. After that, he helped to start the church in the village of Piladjoua, where he taught until he went to the West African Baptist Academic School of Theology (WABAST) in Lomé in 2014. After graduating from the seminary, he returned to Kara and has been teaching in the Baptist churches and having discussions with the other pastors about how to contribute to the growth of the churches. Since January, 2018, he has been pastoring the Piladjoua church and working on a Masters in theology at WABAST. He is married to Nini, who is a teacher in one of the outlying villages.
Koffi, Nini, and fellow seminary students at WABAST
Koffi and Nini's home in Kara
The church building in the village of Piladjoua
Koffi preaching on a Sunday morning
Koffi with Kodjo and Sylvestre, who teach when Koffi is away
Bamazi was born and raised in Ghana, and became a believer in 1983 in the Baptist church in Kpalime. He returned to Togo where his family had come from originally. Eventually he attended the Bible Institute in Kara, under the teaching of a Togolese pastor, Paul. In 2006 he moved to Lama Bou where he became pastor of the new church there. He served that church until this year, 2018, when he retired.
Bamazi has also been preaching and teaching on the Radio station in Kara 2-3 times a week and will continue with that ministry.
Batcho has been involved with our work in Togo since the beginning of the mission. He serves as our administrator in Kara, receiving the funds we send, disbursing them as we direct him, visiting the various churches and villages, encouraging the pastors, and sending progress reports periodically.
He is a principal in a middle school and was a teacher for many years before that. He became a Christian as an adult through the ministry of an American missionary in Kara and has served as an elder in Moussa's church. He is a faithful and honest helper, and we depend on him for many things. His wife is Lucie, and he has four daughters, Ella, Olivia, Doreen and Daniela.