Welcome to the West Africa Partnership Website. The West Africa Partnership exists to connect the church in the United States with the church in West Africa for the purpose of building relationships, training pastors, and planting new churches. Since its inception in 2001 the West African Partnership (WAP) has grown to include cooperative work among US and W. African churches in Senegal, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Gambia. Our mission is to see over one hundred new Presbyterian and Reformed churches planted in predominantly Muslim areas by the year 2013.
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Voodoo Chief in Togo Accepts Christ
I arrived in Atakpame on June 11, 2009 and have since been in my station. Atakpame is the fifth largest city in Togo by population of 65,000. It is a city in the plateau region of Togo. We started our church planting activities in a suburb called Agonou and Atchrimi which is about 6 km from Atakpame. The Ife and Fon people are predominant and are voodoo worshippers. In carrying out the vision and goals of Presbyterian Community of Togo, we begin to share the gospel with people who formerly are Voodoo worshippers. Within a month 18 people surrendered their lives to Christ and each time we meet for fellowship our new convert will bring their relatives to the meeting to the point where the chief of the town one night decided to attend our meeting by curiosity. That night the chief of the town gave his life to Christ and decided to leave behind the …
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Published on 11/19/2009 by Jim Weaver
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