Benin

Missionaries: Randy & Carolyn Adams and Steven & Kristen Andrus
The United Pentecostal Church of Benin is an outgrowth of the UPC of Ghana.  The first resident UPCI missionaries to Benin arrived in 1988.  Although the church is presently without a resident missionary, Missionary Randy Adams oversees the work from nearby Togo. There are 2,450 constituents, 24 licensed ministers, and 49 churches and preaching points.
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo
Size:
 110,620 sq. km. (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania)
Elevation varies from sea level to 658 meters
Population:
7,250,000 (approximately)
   * 0-14 years: 46.8%
   * 15-64 years: 51%
   * 65+ years: 2.2%
Average age: 17 years
Life expectancy: 51 years
HIV / AIDS: 1.9%
Religion:
Indigenous beliefs 50%
Christian 30%
Muslim 20%
Language:
French (official)
Fon & Yoruba (southern Benin)
Tribal languages (at least 6 major ones in the north)
Government:
Republic: transition from Marxism-Leninism to multiparty democracy took place from December 1989 to April 1991
Capital:
Porto-Novo (official capital)
Cotonou (seat of government)
Independence:
1 August 1960 (from France)

For more information, please visit the
CIA World Factbook
or the
BBC Country Profile