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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ewe of Togo

The Ewe of Togo, numbering approximately 2,075,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Ewe ethnolinguistic community of southern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa. They speak Éwé, a Gbe language, and trace their heritage to the historic Ewe settlements between the Volta and Mono river systems. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ewe is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Ewe (ewe)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,075,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014342
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Pray for the Ewe of Togo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

87%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ewe
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Éwé Speakers

Media Resources in Ewe:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ewe:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Ghana - 2010 Bible Society of Ghana✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ewe bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ewe 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 Ewe:
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 Ewe of Togo

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
readPsalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Ewe Across Countries (ROP3 - 102974) reported in the following countries:

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EwePG013318EweGhana3,115,000No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG014342EweTogo2,075,000No Longer UnreachedEweProtestantism
EwePG013779EweNigeria704,000No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG012317EweBenin103,000Unengaged and UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG012395EweBurkina Faso48,500Engaged yet UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG013487EweLiberia29,500No Longer UnreachedEweRoman Catholicism
EwePG013074EweCote d’Ivoire21,000No Longer UnreachedEweFolk Islam
EwePG050366EweUnited States3,400No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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