Lomé, Togo

École Supérieure Baptiste de Théologie

This African-led seminary, located in Lome, the capital of Togo, is the denominational school for Baptist churches throughout Francophone Western Africa. ESBTAO is a formal theological site which confers License Degrees (the equivalent of a U.S. Bachelor's Degree) and is beginning a Master's Degree program as well as a satellite school in Benin.

Approximately 150-180 students are enrolled at ESBTAO. These students are sent by churches in Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, and other nearby countries. The students train for a variety of roles, including pastoral ministry, missionary service, teaching in Bible Institutes, and assisting Bible translation projects throughout Western Africa. Every year the school graduates approximately 10 students in theological disciplines and up to 30 students in various ministry programs.

TLI sends three 2-person teams per year and is always seeking volunteer instructors with a passion to serve the churches of West Africa through training indigenous leaders. Instructors must develop their own courses, basing them upon a catalog description from the school, and deliver them in a two-week modular format.

Director Dr. Sylvain Allaboe and his staff are making progress toward building an entirely African faculty capable of fulfilling all their teaching needs. They are identifying and then assisting gifted students to complete Master's and Doctoral degrees so they can return to teach at ESBTAO. TLI comes alongside the African staff by sending capable and godly instructors to teach six courses annually through three short-term trips. In this way, TLI is working together with ESBTAO to help them fulfill their short and long-term goals.

DATES

April 15-24, 2024

LOCATION

École Supérieure Baptiste de Théologie
Lomé, Togo

CURRICULUM

Biblical Anthropology
Old Testament Study: Psalms

I love the goal of international, Christ-exalting, theological famine relief. And I love the way God has raised up Training Leaders Int’l to meet that need with real-live, Spirit-filled, human teachers, on the ground, face-to-face with pastors and Christian leaders who have little or no opportunity for in-depth theological training. May the Word of the Lord run and be glorified!

John Piper / Desiring God

You know when go to study theology, you're filled with all kinds ... you're given all kinds of tools and of course knowledge to understand God's word and to proclaim it to the church. That's kind of like a buffet, and when you have theological training, you get a buffet. And when you have a buffet, you get really full. And one of the things I noticed in the US is a lot of people come to theological training already pretty full. Whereas our students here in Vietnam, they come to theological training pretty hungry and in real need of the knowledge of the word and skills to understand it and proclaim it and apply it to the church and proclaim the gospel

Daniel Owens / TLI Global Partner - Hanoi Bible College

Short-Term

Lomé, Togo

October, 2025

Short-Term

Lomé, Togo

May, 2026

Short-Term

Lomé, Togo

October, 2026