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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.

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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

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them
readMatthew 4:24

Pray that the truth about the Lord will spread throughout the land so that many will have an opportunity to receive the good news and put their faith in Him.

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
read1 Peter 3:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live in harmony with one another, showing sympathy, love, compassion, and humility.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

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

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic 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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