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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Toussian of Burkina Faso

The Toussian of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 41,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolingustic group indigenous to Burkina Faso They are an Indigenous people, with Tusyan / Toussian 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 Southern Toussian.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Southern Toussian (wib)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 41,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012449
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Toussian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Toussian, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Toussian:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Southern Toussian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toussian 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 Toussian:
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 Toussian of Burkina Faso

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
readGenesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

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.

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
readIsaiah 25:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of the Lord's coming, when He will swallow up death forever and wipe away their tears.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Tusyan, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 115354) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ToussianPG014448ToussianTogo31,500Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern ToussianEthnoreligion
ToussianPG012449ToussianBurkina Faso41,500No Longer UnreachedSouthern ToussianAnimism

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