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The Mossi of Burkina Faso

The Mossi of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 8,445,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the dominant Gur-speaking ethnic group of Burkina Faso, concentrated on the central plateau. They speak Mooré and trace their heritage to the historic Mossi Kingdoms that have shaped the country's political and cultural identity for centuries. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Mossi 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): Mossi (mos)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 8,445,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012424
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mossi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Moore Speakers

Media Resources in Mossi:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Mossi:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
1998 Protestant Version ✓ ✓ ✓
1998 Roman Catholic Version ✓ ✓ ✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Mossi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mossi 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 Mossi:
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 Mossi 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.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Mossi Across Countries (ROP3 - 106781) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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9 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Mossi PG012424 Mossi Burkina Faso 8,445,000 No Longer Unreached Mossi Sunni Islam
Mossi PG013113 Mossi Cote d’Ivoire 3,425,000 Engaged yet Unreached Mossi Ethnoreligion
Mossi PG013360 Mossi Ghana 532,000 No Longer Unreached Mossi Ethnoreligion
Mossi PG013606 Mossi Niger 271,000 Unengaged and Unreached Mossi Ethnoreligion
Mossi PG013561 Mossi Mali 121,000 Unengaged and Unreached Mossi Animism
Mossi PG012343 Mossi Benin 59,000 Unengaged and Unreached Mossi Folk Islam
Mossi PG014414 Mossi Togo 47,000 Unengaged and Unreached Mossi Ethnoreligion
Mossi PG047647 Mossi United States 1,100 No Longer Unreached Mossi Sunni Islam
Mossi PG047453 Mossi Canada 425 No Longer Unreached Mossi Sunni Islam

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