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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

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.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

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

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
FonPG014343FonTogo96,000No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG013322FonGhana18,000No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG013185FonGabon25,000Unengaged and UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG012319FonBenin3,730,000Engaged yet UnreachedFonProtestantism

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