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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mossi of Ghana

The Mossi of Ghana, numbering approximately 532,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the dominant Gur-speaking ethnic group of Burkina Faso, concentrated on the central plateau. They speak Mooré and trace their heritage to the historic Mossi Kingdoms that have shaped the country's political and cultural identity for centuries. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Mossi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ghana
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Mossi (mos)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 532,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013360
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

44%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mossi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Moore Speakers

Media Resources in Mossi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Mossi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1998 Protestant Version✓✓✓
1998 Roman Catholic Version✓✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Mossi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mossi 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 Mossi:
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 Mossi of Ghana

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
readPsalm 22:26

Pray that the lost will feel a deep hunger for God, be drawn to Him in their affliction, and find lasting satisfaction and salvation in Him alone.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
readJames 1:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will consider it pure joy when they face trials of many kinds, trusting in God's promise that the testing of their faith produces perseverance.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Mossi Across Countries (ROP3 - 106781) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MossiPG047453MossiCanada425No Longer UnreachedMossiSunni Islam
MossiPG047647MossiUnited States1,100No Longer UnreachedMossiSunni Islam
MossiPG014414MossiTogo47,000Unengaged and UnreachedMossiEthnoreligion
MossiPG012343MossiBenin59,000Unengaged and UnreachedMossiFolk Islam
MossiPG013561MossiMali120,000Unengaged and UnreachedMossiAnimism
MossiPG013606MossiNiger270,000Unengaged and UnreachedMossiEthnoreligion
MossiPG013360MossiGhana532,000No Longer UnreachedMossiEthnoreligion
MossiPG013113MossiCote d’Ivoire3,420,000Engaged yet UnreachedMossiEthnoreligion
MossiPG012424MossiBurkina Faso8,435,000No Longer UnreachedMossiSunni Islam

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

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