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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bete of Cote d’Ivoire

The Bete of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 330,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Kru people of central-western Côte d'Ivoire, concentrated around Daloa, Soubré and Gagnoa and historically organized through segmentary lineages. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Gagnoa Bété is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Gagnoa Bété (btg)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 330,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013047
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Pray for the Bete of Cote d’Ivoire

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gagnoa Bété
Language Family: Kru

100%
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Bété, Gagnoa Speakers

Media Resources in Gagnoa Bété:

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Bible Resources in Gagnoa Bété:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bete are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Bete:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Bete of Cote d’Ivoire

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
readIsaiah 26:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, the Lord will keep them in perfect peace as they trust in Him.

"For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you."
readActs 17:23

Pray that believers God sends to cross cultures will be sensitive to the spiritual needs of the people they serve, and will proclaim the truth of Christ to them in creative ways that they will understand.

Bete, Gagnoa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103133) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BetePG013047BeteCote d’Ivoire330,000Engaged yet UnreachedGagnoa BétéProtestantism

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