The Ashanti of United Kingdom

The Ashanti of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 28,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Akan, one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa, indigenous to the present-day countries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Akan is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Akan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Akan (aka)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 28,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000609
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

85%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Akan
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

90%
%
Akan Speakers

Media Resources in Akan:

Films:
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4 films

Bible Resources in Akan:

Or check out the Akan bible at Bible.com

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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 Ashanti:
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Pray specifically for the Ashanti of United Kingdom

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Akan Across Countries (ROP3 - 100179) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AkanAkanCanada27,000No Longer UnreachedAkanEthnoreligion
AshantiAshantiUnited Kingdom28,000Unengaged and UnreachedAkanProtestantism
AshantiAshantiLiberia64,000No Longer UnreachedAkanRoman Catholicism
AshantiAshantiTogo96,000Engaged yet UnreachedAkanAfrican Traditional Religion
AshantiAshantiCote d’Ivoire450,000Engaged yet UnreachedAkanProtestantism
AshantiAshantiGhana5,555,000No Longer UnreachedAkanEthnoreligion

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