B enin

Agathe Affougnon and Euloge Akpo are AA’s national leaders for Benin.  Agathe coordinates the Christian Lawyers Association of Benin (“Association des Juristes Chrétiens du Bénin – AJCB”). Their members have been meeting together since about 2003. They have attended various Advocates Africa and Advocates International conferences since 2002.

Their principle activities are to help the church leaders and other brothers and sisters in Christ to understand a bit about the law, and to bring the Gospel into the judicial setting.

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice. In 1992 the then President declared Voodoo to be an official religion in Benin and it was declared that 10 January is to be a public holiday each year, to celebrate Voodoo. This has given an official force to Voodoo. It has been a big obstacle to advancement of the Gospel in this country.