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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lobi of Burkina Faso

The Lobi of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 738,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a West African ethnic group indigenous to the Cascades region of southwestern Burkina Faso and the Zanzan district of northeastern Cote d'Ivoire They are an Indigenous people, with Lobi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Lobi.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Lobi

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Lobi (lob)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 738,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012419
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

65%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lobi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Lobi Speakers

Media Resources in Lobi:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Lobi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1984 Bible Society of Burkina Faso✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Lobi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lobi 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 Lobi:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Lobi of Burkina Faso

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
readIsaiah 55:6

Pray that the lost will seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
readJohn 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Lobi Across Countries (ROP3 - 105811) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
LobiPG012419LobiBurkina Faso738,000Engaged yet UnreachedLobiAnimism
LobiPG013106LobiCote d’Ivoire349,000No Longer UnreachedLobiAnimism
LobiPG013353LobiGhana10,000Engaged yet UnreachedLobiAnimism

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