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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:

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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

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
readPsalm 96:2

Pray that gospel resources will reach this generation so that they will receive the good news and sing to the LORD, bless His name, and tell of His salvation each day.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
readMatthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
readJohn 1:12

Pray that believers will have the opportunity to clearly share the good news with the lost here, so that all people can be invited to trust in Jesus and become children of God.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bondoukou KulangoPG013058Bondoukou KulangoCote d’Ivoire295,000Engaged yet UnreachedBondoukou KulangoAnimism
Bondoukou KulangoPG013276Bondoukou KulangoGhana45,500Engaged yet UnreachedBondoukou KulangoNeo-Pentecostalism

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