Development of Seventh-day Adventist Work
The territory of Benin constitutes the Benin Mission, which is part of the Sahel Union Mission and thus part of the Africa-Indian Ocean Division.
The country, then known as Dahomey (its name was changed to Benin in 1975), was first entered by an SDA in 1957 when Georges Vaysse, a European colporteur, canvassed there for about two years.
As a result of his efforts, two men accepted the SDA message.
In 1963 the West African Union asked H. Kempf, president of the Ivory Coast Mission, to make a tour of Dahomey and Togo to explore the possibilities of establishing permanent work there.
In 1964, while working in Togo, he visited Dahomey and won converts. The Togo-Dahomey Mission was established the same year.
Work progressed gradually. In 1986 Benin became an organized mission. At the end of 1992 there were 1 church, 10 companies, and 551 members.
