Hink and Kaylene Smidderks are serving across Africa, with a primary focus on West Africa, and are based in Lomé, Togo. Hink serves as director of leadership development, overseeing the training and equipping of new leaders for ordination and church leadership. Kaylene leads communication efforts for the Africa Area through social media and print publications. Both are learning French and engaging deeply with West African culture.
Pray For
- progress in French-language learning
- safety while traveling throughout Africa
- curriculum-development teams as they create new courses
- growth and strengthening of social and video media teams
- establishment of redemptive relationships with church leaders and unchurched friends
Recent Newsletters
Meet Claude
We thought Claude was just our taxi driver. We had no idea he would become one of the most important people in our ministry. At first, we had no connection with him beyond his being our taxi driver. But we noticed Claude spoke excellent English and was always kind and...
From Selling Apples to Planting Churches
When Brother Elvis set out to sell apples on a street in Edea, he never imagined that day would change his life forever. It was November 2023 when Pastor Walters and his evangelism team met Elvis during an outreach. Someone handed Elvis a gospel tract, and Pastor...
Wind of Revival!
“Every knee shall bow … and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord …” (Philippians 2:10-11). A great “wind of revival” is blowing in Togo! In the country’s central area, people are experiencing God’s mighty power through a ministry of evangelism and prayer....
A Vision to Reach New People Groups
The vision is being fulfilled. The Wesley Missionary Institute (WMI) outside Lomé, Togo, was created for the purpose of training Africans to be missionaries among unreached people groups. This vision is being fulfilled as graduates have planted churches in new areas...