We are Wijneke and Alexandre Kanri. In 2011, we married in Togo, where Alexandre was librarian and also pastor of our church here, the 'Church of Grace in Christ in Togo' (L'Eglise de la Grace en Christ du Togo, EGCT)... During our first 5 years in Togo, we welcomed Neline (now 9 years old) and Niek (almost 8 years old) into our family. In 2016, we returned to NL/BE for Alexandre to study Theology at the Institut Biblique in Brussels. Since December 2020 we are back in Togo where we now serve the EGCT as missionaries. We are affiliated with the English missionary organisationUFM Worldwide

Since April 2018, we have officially joined the English missionary organisation UFM. Thanks to financial support from NL, England, and Belgium Alexandre is now able to serve the church full-time. He is an elder in the congregation of Agbonou-Kpotamé, organises study days for his fellow EGCT elders and teaches at the church's Bible Institute.

In addition to teaching students, Alexandre is also busy further developing the Bible Institute. The fact that he obtained his Master's degree in Theology last December 2025 will help in this regard. This allows the Bible Institute to teach bachelor’s degree level courses to future Bible school students.  In addition to his work within the EGCT, he is also the national director of the organisation Acts29, an international network that supports church plant initiatives. Wijneke is busy with the household, providing further education to Neline and Niek, and welcoming the many visitors to their home. Since our churches have a major new construction project, she is also busy with fundraising and PR for the new Institut Biblique Tyrannus.

• We serve the small denomination EGCT (The Church of Grace in Christ of Togo). We pray that, with God's help, we may help this church to grow up in its Head, our Lord Jesus Christ.

  Alexandre is committed to the further development of the Bible Institute (Institut Biblique Tyrannus) of the EGCT.

  By installing an “On Demand printer”, we look forward to being able to print good Christian books locally, at an affordable price for the Togolese, in order to combat the widespread “theological famine”.

  Alexandre mentors, teaches and evaluates a group of potential church planters in collaboration with the organisation ‘Actes29’. In this way, we hope to stimulate new church planting initiatives.