The Attie of Cote d’Ivoire

The Attie of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 859,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Akan people of Cote d'Ivoire numbering some 790,000, whose ancestors migrated west from Ghana to join kin like the Baoule and Agni, traditionally organized into autonomous villages that united into confederations when threatened. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Attié is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Attié (ati)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 859,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013039
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Attié
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Attié Speakers

Media Resources in Attié:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Attié:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Attie 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 Attie:
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 Attie of Cote d’Ivoire

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that God will remove obstacles to the gospel so that many will see the hope He offers through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son, and be transformed from being enemies to being His friends.

Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
readPsalm 25:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the merciful nature and steadfast love of God as they walk with Him daily.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Attie Across Countries (ROP3 - 100608) reported in the following countries:

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