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The Gurma of Burkina Faso

The Gurma of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 1,220,000 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an indigenous community of Burkina Faso; a dialect subgroup of Gourmanchéma (gux) and can also be known as Gourmanche.
They are an Indigenous people, with Gurma (Gourma) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African.
Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion.
They primarily speak Gourmanchéma.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Gurma are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Gurma 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.

No longer Unreached

The Gurma 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.

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