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The Ga of Benin

The Ga of Benin, numbering approximately 15,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnic community belonging to the Ga-Dagbe group of Kwa peoples indigenous to the Greater Accra region of Ghana. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ga is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Benin
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Ga (gaa)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 15,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012324
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Pray for the Ga of Benin

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ga
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ga Speakers

Media Resources in Ga:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Ga:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ga 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.

Next steps for the Ga:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Ga of Benin

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Ga Across Countries (ROP3 - 103095) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
GaPG012324GaBenin15,000Engaged yet UnreachedGaProtestantism
GaPG013324GaGhana734,000No Longer UnreachedGaEthnoreligion
GaPG014348GaTogo57,500No Longer UnreachedGaEthnoreligion
GaPG050367GaUnited States100No Longer UnreachedGaEthnoreligion

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