Benin Cotonou Mission

Benin Cotonou Mission

About Benin

BENIN
Jan. 1, 2012: Est. population, 8,792,000; Members, 676; Branches 3; Missions 1; Percent LDS,.003, or one in 351,680; Africa West Area.
In 1998 Claude P. Toze, a citizen of Benin, met Mathias Eguko, a Nigerian member of the Church living in the capital of Cotonou.EgukosharedwithTozethemissionarydiscussionsandacopyoftheBookofMormoninFrench. Sacrament meetings were first held at Eguko's home and later at the home of Bryan Ermatinger, an employee of the United States Embassy. Inthemeantime, warerupted intheDemocratic Republic oftheCongo inAugust 1998andallnon-Congolese missionarieswereevacuatedfromthatcountry. Amongtheevacuatedwasamissionarycouple,NormandandSharon Langevin. They were re-assigned toneighboring Benin for onemonth inSeptember 1998. Itwas herethattheLangevins taught the final discussions to and baptized Claude P. Toze on 4 October 1998. Toze was the first citizen of Benin to be baptized.
The FirstPresidency and Quorum of the Twelve assigned Benin to the Ivory Coast Abidjan Mission on 21 January 1999. Demoine A. andJoyce Findlay were thefirstofseveral missionary couples assigned tosupportChurch members inboth
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TogoandBeninandworkforlegalizationoftheChurchinthosetwocountries. TheylivedinTogoandperiodicallyvisited Benin.
On 23 January 2001, Verne and Kathleen Davis become the first missionary couple assigned to live in Benin full time. They continued thework begun previously bytheFindlays togain legalization oftheChurch inBenin, and they also gave support to Churchmembers meeting in the capital of Cotonou.
The BYUSingers toured Benin inMay 2001 andwere soimpressed with themembers thatthey donated blue tiesand bluedressestobewornwhenlegalrecognitioncame. On7March2003,afteryearsofworkingwithgovernmentofficials, theChurchfinallyreceivedlegalrecognition. ThatSundaythebluetiesanddresseswerewornincelebration.Thefollowing month four young missionaries, Reid Schellhous, Brandon ]. Smith, Jean-Boscoh Kouassi, and Ambroise Gbahouo, were assigned to Benin.
Membership onJan. 1,2011, was 201. The Benin Cotonou Mission was created bythedivision oftheIvory Coast Abidjan Mission onJuly 1,2011.Themission iscomprised ofthecountries ofBenin andTogo.

Missionary Blogs

	Elder Devin Black www.mymission.com/elderdevinblack	2024
	Elder Kayden Blake www.mymission.com/elderkaydenblake	2024
	Elder Benjamin Broadbent www.mymission.com/elderbenjaminbroadbent	2024
	Elder Dallin Peck www.mymission.com/elderdallinpeck	2024
	Elder Matthew Allison www.mymission.com/eldermatthewallison	2023
	Elder Nathan Wyatt Moody www.mymission.com/eldernathanwyatt	2023
	Elder Parker Rogers www.mymission.com/elderparkerrogers2	2023
	Elder Conner Prusse www.mymission.com/elderconnerprusse	2022
	Elder Spencer Davis www.mymission.com/elderspencerdavis	2021
	Elder Ben Freedman www.mymission.com/elderbefreedman	2021
	Elder Connor Holland www.mymission.com/elderconnorholland	2021
	Elder Tacoma Parkinson www.mymission.com/eldertacomaparkinson	2021
	Elder Caden Albrecht www.mymission.com/eldercadenalbrecht	2020
	Elder Davis Amis www.mymission.com/elderdavisamis	2020
	Elder Cannon Collins www.mymission.com/eldercannoncollins	2020
	Elder Cannon Collins www.mymission.com/eldercannoncollins1	2020
	Elder Iain Lumsden www.mymission.com/elderiainlumsden	2020
	Elder Daniel Bell www.mymission.com/elderdanielbell	2019
	Elder Kasen Lentz www.mymission.com/elderkasenlentz	2019
	Elder Trevor Park www.mymission.com/eldertrevorpark	2019
	Elder Haden Poulson www.mymission.com/elderhadenpoulson	2019
	Elder Alexander Joel Schofield www.mymission.com/elderalexanderjoelschofield	2019
	Elder Cole Alexander www.mymission.com/eldercolealexander	2018
	Elder Lealand Blum www.mymission.com/elderlealandblum	2018
	Elder Ethan Vincent www.mymission.com/elderethangvincent	2018
	Elder Ben Warr www.mymission.com/elderbenwarr	2018
	Elder Gavin Harris elderharrisafricanadventures.blogspot.com	2017
	Elder Eric Neubert www.mymission.com/elderericneubert	2017
	Elder Trenton Roundy www.mymission.com/eldertrentonroundy	2017
	Elder Alex Magre elderalexmagre.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Benjamin Archer beninbenincotonou.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Brian Phillips elderbrianphillips.weebly.com	2016
	Elder Christopher Jorgensen elderchrisjorgensen.weebly.com	2016
	Elder Eric Walls elderericwalls.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Issac Gonzales elderissacgonzales.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Nicholas Baker elderbakerblog.wordpress.com	2016
	Elder Riley Larson rileyinafrica.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Roger Kanda elderkandaroger.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Tanner Ellison thellison.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Alexandre Ribera alexandreribera.weebly.com	2015
	Elder Cheston Gray chestonsmission.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Donaldson Izekor donaldsonizekor.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Jacob Peterson travelsinafrica.tumblr.com	2015
	Elder Joseph Allred elderjdallred.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Preston Jenkins elderprestonrileyjenkins.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Trevor Oliverson eldertrevoroliverson.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Corey Kimzey eldercoreykimzey.blogspot.com	2014
	Elder Matthew Rybin eldermatthewrybin.blogspot.com	2014
	Elder Trevor Hawkins eldertrevorhawkins.blogspot.com	2014
	Sister Randriantsoa Rizia www.mymission.com/sisterrandriantsoarizia	2014
	Elder Ethan Christensen togotobenin.blogspot.com	2013
	Elder Hunter Gundersen elderhuntergundersen.blogspot.com	2013
	Elder Zachary Hansen missionsite.net/elderzacharyhansen	2013

Mission Groups

1.	Benin Cotonou Mission 2011-2014 Facebook Group
2.	Cotonou, Benin LDS Mission (Togo/Benin) Group
3.	Nigeria/Benin/Congo/Kenya Mission Moms (LDS) Group

Address

Quartier Cadjehoun # 1158
Block F
01 BP 3323 Cotonou
Benin
229-21-308-423

Mission President

D. Martin Goury

Region

Africa

Church Statistics

Benin

Members: 1898
Congregations: 14
Missions: 1
Family History Centers: 1

Languages

Fon, French, Yoruba

Population

9.1 Million