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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Susu of Senegal

The Susu of Senegal, numbering approximately 58,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Mande-speaking ethnic group living primarily in Guinea and northwestern Sierra Leone They are an Diaspora people, with Susu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Susu people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Susu.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Senegal
People Cluster: Susu
Primary Language(s): Susu (sus)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 58,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014265
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

50%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Susu
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Susu Speakers

Media Resources in Susu:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Susu:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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 Susu:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Susu of Senegal

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 there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
readJames 1:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will ask God for wisdom when they lack it, trusting that He will generously give it to them.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
readPsalm 51:2

Pray that God will raise up believers to go and share the gospel with those in this people group who need to be washed of their iniquity and cleansed from their sins.

Susu Across Countries (ROP3 - 109634) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SusuPG013431SusuGuinea2,800,000Engaged yet UnreachedSusuFolk Islam
SusuPG014296SusuSierra Leone216,000Engaged yet UnreachedSusuSunni Islam
SusuPG014265SusuSenegal58,000Unengaged and UnreachedSusuSunni Islam
SusuPG013475SusuGuinea-Bissau6,600Engaged yet UnreachedSusuFolk Islam

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

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