A Brief History of the Church in

Togo

Overview

In the 1980s, a few dozen Togolese people joined the Church while living abroad. It was not until the mid-1990s, however, that a man named Dieudonné Attiogbe brought those who had returned to Togo into contact with each other. As a result of their efforts, the first Church group in Togo was officially organized in 1997. With encouragement and support from Saints in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the group developed into a branch by 1999. The next year, the Church gained legal recognition from Togo’s government.

The first district in Togo was organized in Lomé in 2009; just four years later, it became a stake. “Where rapid growth sometimes comes at the cost of maturity and depth, that is not the case in Lomé,” Elder Terence M. Vinson of the Africa West Area Presidency observed at the time. Saints in Togo heeded the scriptural call for Zion to “strengthen [its] stakes and enlarge [its] borders” (Moroni 10:31), and as a result, a second stake was organized in 2017.

Quick Facts

• Official Name: Togolese Republic/République togolaise

• Capital: Lomé

• Largest City: Lomé

• Official Languages: French

• Land Area: 56,785 km² (21,925 mi²)

• Church Area: Africa West

• Missions: 1 (Part of the Benin Cotonou Mission)

• Congregations: 17