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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bimoba of Burkina Faso

The Bimoba of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 4,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an indigenous community of Burkina Faso; a dialect subgroup of Moba (mfq) They are an Indigenous people, with Bimoba as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Moba.

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

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Moba (mfq)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 4,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012374
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

65%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Moba
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Moba Speakers

Media Resources in Moba:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Moba:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible Society of Togo✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Moba bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bimoba are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Bimoba:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Bimoba of Burkina Faso

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him and have assurance that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Bimoba (Moba) Across Countries (ROP3 - 106692) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
BimobaPG012374BimobaBurkina Faso4,700No Longer UnreachedMobaAnimism
BimobaPG014325BimobaTogo494,000No Longer UnreachedMobaAnimism

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