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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Saxwe of Benin

The Saxwe of Benin, numbering approximately 499,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Benin. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Saxwe Gbe is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Benin
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Saxwe Gbe (sxw)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 499,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012347
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

72%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Saxwe Gbe
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Gbe, Saxwe Speakers

Media Resources in Saxwe Gbe:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Saxwe Gbe:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Saxwe 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 Saxwe:
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 Saxwe of Benin

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.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
readPsalm 105:1

Pray that many among them will call on the name of Jesus, develop a heart for the nations, and go to places where the gospel has not yet been received.

Saxwe-Gbe Across Countries (ROP3 - 108766) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SaxwePG012347SaxweBenin499,000No Longer UnreachedSaxwe GbeEthnoreligion

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