The Tsogo of Gabon

The Tsogo of Gabon, numbering approximately 66,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnocultural group of central-southern Gabon, known for their deep forest-based traditions, matrilineal initiation societies, and a long history of resistance to French colonial rule. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Tsogo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Gabon
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Tsogo (tsv)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 66,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013216
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tsogo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Tsogo Speakers

Media Resources in Tsogo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Tsogo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1983 Bible Society of Gabon✓

1 entry

Or check out the Tsogo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tsogo are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Tsogo:
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Pray specifically for the Tsogo of Gabon

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:19-20

Pray that God will use His creation – the “things that have been made” – to spark a fresh and passionate curiosity among them to draw near to the Maker and that, as they seek Him, He will make a way for them to hear the gospel and receive it with joy.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
readPsalm 89:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will declare and record His faithfulness and love to be passed on from generation to generation.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Mitsogo, Tsogo Across Countries (ROP3 - 106675) reported in the following countries:

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