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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Brong of Cote d’Ivoire

The Brong of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 273,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Akan people whose name derives from Abono woo, meaning pioneer of the land after their ancestors emerged from the sacred cave of Amowi, forming the first Akan state by the 12th century and later founding the Gyaaman kingdom in the late 1400s. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Abron is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Abron (abr)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 273,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013062
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Pray for the Brong 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: Abron
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
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Abron Speakers

Media Resources in Abron:

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Bible Resources in Abron:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Brong 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 Brong:
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 Brong of Cote d’Ivoire

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 any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
readPsalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Brong Across Countries (ROP3 - 101675) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BrongPG013281BrongGhana1,780,000No Longer UnreachedAbronProtestantism
BrongPG013062BrongCote d’Ivoire273,000Engaged yet UnreachedAbronProtestantism

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