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Eglise Evangélique Mennonite du Burkina Faso (EEMBF)

In the 1970's a devastating drought cut a withering swath of destruction all across Africa just below the Sahara Desert. Amidst this suffering MCC was called upon to send water development teams to the region. Once on the scene, Mennonite personnel discovered a band of ethnic groups along the border between Burkina Faso and Mali who were without any Christian presence or witness. Appraised of this situation, AIMM decided to investigate and in 1978 placed a pioneering team of missionaries with the avowed intent of establishing a missionary presence and witness among each of these isolated groups. Finding heavily Islamized groups of people, the AIMM missionaries were prepared to wait, if necessary, for their first converts. To their joy, they were able to baptize their first believer in 1980 just two years after their arrival.

The Mennonite Church of Burkina Faso was formally organized in 1993. The church headquarters are located in Orodara in the Kenedougou Province. Currently the Church lists a membership of 180 people.

CURRENT EEMBF OFFICERS:
* COULIBALY Abdias - president
* TRAORE Siaka - vice president
* OUEDRAOGO Raphael - treasurer
* TRAORE Madou - assistant treasurer
* DAKUO Felix - secretary
* TRAORE Fabe - assistant secretary
* TRAORE Benjamin - auditor

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