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.

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The Bible Seed

“Sister, we praise God that you have found Christ. But let me tell you, your journey is not quite over yet!”

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February 01 2020, 1:46 pm | Comments 0

Seraphine

Seraphine’s faith is strong, and she is determined to follow Jesus. But Satan’s traps are often subtle.

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December 01 2019, 10:24 pm | Comments 0

Our Neighborhood

If Christianity is just about going to church on Sunday morning, then why bother?

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
November 01 2019, 1:30 pm | Comments 0

Interruption or Individual?

For them there was no such thing as an unimportant visit, phone call or encounter. I saw an interruption, but they saw a person, and no matter what this person had to say, it was important.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
October 01 2019, 3:04 pm | Comments 0

Mathias

Deliverance can happen in many ways. Sometimes it happens through a power encounter. In this case, however, God showed us that He is strongest when we are weak.

By: Ulrike & Toussaint Baur-Kouato
September 01 2019, 7:02 pm | Comments 0

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