KABOLI

Missionary Serving In Kaboli (Togo Republic) And His Family

Kaboli is a city in the Republic of Togo. The origin of the people of Kaboli is traceable to Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The village of Kaboli was founded by a hunter named ODE AMAOU.

The Location:

The name Kaboli is used to label some tribes and also used for the principal city. Kaboli is located in the middle belt of Republic of Togo. It shares boundary with Republic of Benin in the North-West. The spoken language is Ife, also called Ana. It sounds like Yoruba but it has been diluted with other languages, to the extent that it takes an extra-ordinary effort on the part of a Yoruba man to understand what is being said.

The Commencement of the work

We entered Republic of Togo in the year 1994 to start our work, but in the year 1999 we moved our work to Kaboli, in pursuit of two things we had in mind- Church Planting and Training. Research has shown to us that they understand our Yoruba language, it is us who may not understand theirs. This leads us to commission a team of men to start the work. After an open air crusade, the missionary started a follow up, discipleship and Church Planting activity. A local Church started in Kaboli and the Church’s work has reached Balanka, Bigina II, Perekete, Adoi, Asula, Gubi, Nturu and Kantanko.


Missionary At Kaboli (Togo Republic) With Two Brethren

The Nature Of The Work

1. Training:- We have a discipleship training for the Franco-phone fields and the Church in Togo. This has drawn many people from Lome, Kpalime, etc.
2. Discipleship:- Building of leaders and Planting Churches has been of great impact on the land of Kaboli and among other tribes like Ajaas, Kabiyes, Lambas, Tambarimas, Idegbu, e.t.c. The work is so evident that they have raised a servant of the Lord and they have sent him out for the work of missions.

The Challenges

The first challenge is insufficient labourers for the work. This has not given enough strength that is required for us to run the work.

The second challenge is youth’s migration to the urban cities after their studies. This reduces the strength of the Church as we know that youths are the strength of the Church.