Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato

Serving the Otammari people of Benin. Short-term Missionary since 1999.

Ulrike grew up in an Adventist home in Southern Germany. After spending a year as a Student Missionary in Rwanda, she felt the desire to be a missionary to Africa steadily growing in her heart. A few years later, God called her to the Otammari Project in Northern Benin, where she has served in various roles since January 1999.

Toussaint grew up in an evangelical family with an animist background. He befriended the AFM team in 1999 and was baptized in 2000. In 2007, Ulrike and Toussaint married. They are now working together to serve the Otammari people.

Ulrike is working closely with several local evangelists. Together they develop materials and strategies to evangelize this animistic people group. While the local evangelists reach out to Otammari villages and plant churches, Ulrike leads the weekly training session where the team meets to study the Bible, discuss different topics and challenges in the villages and develop more Bible studies. Ulrike is also active in the Natitingou church, serving as the treasurer and director of children’s ministries.

Toussaint ministers to the people in their neighborhood, mentoring several boys and young men as well as counseling their parents in various situations.

In the future, the team plans to extend their outreach to other similar people groups with no Adventist presence in the same area.

Frontier Stories

Breaking the Cycle

he started praying that God would help her to forget the pain from the past, overcome the bitterness and embrace Seraphine as her sister in Christ. And Jesus transformed her heart!

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
June 01 2019, 8:05 pm | Comments 0

The Battle for Katayinka

In the dream I was fishing with some friends, and we were attacked by a snake. While the others ran away, I faced the snake and fought it.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
May 01 2019, 6:11 pm | Comments 0

Swimming to Church

So next time you sit in your car to go to church, pause a moment and think how it would be if you had to swim across a river to get there!

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
April 01 2019, 5:52 pm | Comments 0

Depending on the Lord

Please pray with us for this couple and for the lady’s complete recovery.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
January 01 2019, 9:17 am | Comments 0

Evariste

For me, Evariste is evidence that it is always worth investing in young people. Even if at some point they take a different road, and you lose sight of them, God never does, and He brings back His precious children.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
December 01 2018, 8:23 am | Comments 0

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