Benin
The church in Benin is still a small church. It was started by a Lutheran missionary from Iowa. He went to be with his Lord after a tragic accident at sea. The current church president is Gregoire Legbanon. He studied at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is the sole ordained pastor. The church has one student at the seminary in Togo. His name is Abona Koumbi, from the northern part of Benin. The church in Benin really needs help in training their people and the young men who would like to study at the seminary to become pastors.
Name: Benin (formerly Dahomey)
President: Thomas YAYI Boni
Population: 8,791,832
Independence: 1960
National Language: French
Other languages:
Fon, Mira, Goun, Yoruba (in the south); Nagot, Bariba, Dendi (in the north)
Literacy rate: 34.7%
47.9% males, 23.3% females
School Life Expectancy:
male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2001)
Religions: Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 42.8%, Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, other 15.5%
Life Expectancy: 59 years
male: 57.83 years
female: 60.23 years
Avg. Daily Salary: $4.10
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Benin
Rev. Gregoire Legbanon, president of the Lutheran Church in Benin at the recent conference for pastors and church leaders in Togo.