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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fon of Gabon

The Fon of Gabon, numbering approximately 25,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Gbe-speaking people indigenous to southern Benin and neighboring parts of Togo. They trace their origins to the Aja-Tado cultural tradition and are historically associated with the Kingdom of Dahomey, an influential West African precolonial states They are an Diaspora people, with Fon as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is African Traditional Religion. They primarily speak Fon.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Gabon
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Fon (fon)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 25,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013185
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: African Traditional Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

22%
%
African Traditional Relig… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fon
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Fon Speakers

Media Resources in Fon:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Fon:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
AKƆJIJƐYƆ̌YƆ́ Ɔ́ WÉMA✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Fon bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
readMalachi 1:11

Pray that they will worship God in spirit and truth, offering Him the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving that He desires.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
readPsalm 62:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of Jesus, remembering that He is their rock, their fortress, and their salvation.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Fon Across Countries (ROP3 - 103041) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
FonPG014343FonTogo95,500No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG013322FonGhana17,500No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG013185FonGabon25,000Unengaged and UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG012319FonBenin3,725,000Engaged yet UnreachedFonProtestantism

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