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The Komono of Burkina Faso

The Komono of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 7,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an autochthonous Gur people of Burkina Faso's Cascades Region near the Ivorian border, holding ritual authority over the land as hosts to later-arriving peoples through institutions like the massa king and folonderye earth priests. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Khisa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Khisa (kqm)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 7,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012413
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

77%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Khisa
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

56%
%
Khisa Speakers

Media Resources in Khisa:

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Bible Resources in Khisa:

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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

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Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
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If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
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Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Khisa Across Countries (ROP3 - 104945) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Komono (Khisa)PG014380Komono (Khisa)Cote d’Ivoire10,500Engaged yet UnreachedKhisaFolk Islam
KomonoPG012413KomonoBurkina Faso7,900Unengaged and UnreachedKhisaFolk Islam

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