The Bondoukou Kulango of Cote d’Ivoire

The Bondoukou Kulango of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 295,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a branch of the Kulango people, an ethnic group of northeastern Ivory Coast and parts of Ghana. They mostly adhere to Animism and Bondoukou Kulango is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Bondoukou Kulango (kzc)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 295,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013058
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

92%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bondoukou Kulango
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kulango, Bondoukou Speakers

Media Resources in Bondoukou Kulango:

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Bible Resources in Bondoukou Kulango:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bondoukou Kulango 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 Bondoukou Kulango:
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 Bondoukou Kulango of Cote d’Ivoire

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
readHebrew 4:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will boldly draw near to God as they approach Him in prayer, receive His mercy, and find grace for help in their time of need.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Kulango, Bondoukou Across Countries (ROP3 - 101591) reported in the following countries:

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