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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Vagala of Ghana

The Vagala of Ghana, numbering approximately 18,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ghana. They mostly adhere to Animism and Vagla is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ghana
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Vagla (vag)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 18,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013384
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

55%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vagla
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Vagla Speakers

Media Resources in Vagla:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Vagla:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1977 Bible League Intl.✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Vagla bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Vagala are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Vagala:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Vagala of Ghana

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:5

While there are many who do not yet praise God, pray that He will work in their lives, advance the gospel among them, and bring many to saving faith in Christ.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
readEphesians 6:10

Ask God to strengthen believers with His mighty power so that as they cross cultures to share the gospel, they will stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.

Vagala Across Countries (ROP3 - 110480) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
VagalaPG013384VagalaGhana18,500No Longer UnreachedVaglaAnimism

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