By the beginning of World War I, they had established two mission stations in the British colony of the Gold Coast and seven in the German territory of Togoland.

The first synod of the mission stations in May 1922, despite the division of Togoland, declared itself to be the supreme governing body of the "Ewe Church".

In 1923, Scottish missionaries began working in British Togo (Transvolta Togoland), which is the present-day Volta Region of Ghana.

The first Moderator was elected in 1922, when the Togo and Gold Coast branches of the church held their first Joint Synod.

Seth Agidi, who succeeded him, died in office after a short illness at the Ho Teaching Hospital on 10 October 2020.

[9] The church is active in education and has established numerous primary and secondary schools, and a university college.