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The Ewe of Benin

The Ewe of Benin, numbering approximately 103,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Ewe ethnolinguistic community of southern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa. They speak Éwé, a Gbe language, and trace their heritage to the historic Ewe settlements between the Volta and Mono river systems. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Ewe is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Benin
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Ewe (ewe)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 103,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012317
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

73%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ewe
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Éwé Speakers

Media Resources in Ewe:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ewe:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Ghana - 2010 Bible Society of Ghana✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ewe 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 Ewe:
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Pray specifically for the Ewe of Benin

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that those who don't know the good news of peace and salvation through Jesus Christ will have an opportunity to receive it. Pray that it will bring hope and healing to their souls.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

Ewe Across Countries (ROP3 - 102974) reported in the following countries:

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EwePG050366EweUnited States3,400No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG014342EweTogo2,080,000No Longer UnreachedEweProtestantism
EwePG013779EweNigeria705,000No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG013487EweLiberia29,500No Longer UnreachedEweRoman Catholicism
EwePG013318EweGhana3,115,000No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG013074EweCote d’Ivoire21,000No Longer UnreachedEweFolk Islam
EwePG012395EweBurkina Faso48,500Engaged yet UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG012317EweBenin103,000Unengaged and UnreachedEweEthnoreligion

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

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