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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fon of Togo

The Fon of Togo, numbering approximately 96,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are 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 mostly adhere to African Traditional Religion and Fon is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Fon (fon)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 96,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014343
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Pray for the Fon of Togo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: African Traditional Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

65%
%
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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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Fon 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 Fon:
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 Fon of Togo

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.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

The LORD bless you and keep you.
readNumbers 6:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

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

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
FonPG012319FonBenin3,735,000Engaged yet UnreachedFonProtestantism
FonPG013185FonGabon25,000Unengaged and UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG013322FonGhana18,000No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG014343FonTogo96,000No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion

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