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

Daniel

His relatives ask him why his God is not healing him completely, but Daniel and his wife have set their minds on Jesus.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
December 01 2020, 7:34 pm | Comments 0

Bawa

One of the twins had been sick often in the past few weeks. I wondered if the sickness had turned deadly.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
October 01 2020, 7:36 pm | Comments 0

Ministry under Lockdown

While we certainly wish this pandemic would soon end, we praise God for the opportunities for service He has given us.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
September 01 2020, 5:32 pm | Comments 0

The Warning Dream

Suddenly Paul realized that he was not alone in caring for and watching over his children. Someone infinitely stronger was there with him, and he didn’t need to feel inadequate.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
August 01 2020, 1:26 pm | Comments 0

The Name Game

No matter what your name is on this earth, whether it has a special meaning or not, when Jesus comes to take us home, He will give us a new name. I’m sure it will have a very special meaning, and it will be beautiful!

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
July 01 2020, 1:02 pm | Comments 0

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