The Godie of Cote d’Ivoire

The Godie of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 55,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Eastern Kru people of southern Cote d'Ivoire's Gbokle and Goh-Djiboua regions, related to the Bete and part of a wider Kru-speaking tradition of coastal seafaring and resistance to enslavement. They mostly adhere to Animism and Godié is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Godié (god)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 55,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013083
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Godié
Language Family: Kru

100%
%
Godié Speakers

Media Resources in Godié:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Godié:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Godié bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Godie 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 Godie:
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 Godie of Cote d’Ivoire

Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
readJerremiah 32:17

Pray that the God who made the heavens and the earth by the power of His outstretched arm, the One who is able to save those who are lost, will show His great love and mercy to those who are walking in darkness.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
readGenesis 50:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will forgive those who do them harm and trust God as they walk in His ways.

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
readPsalm 57:9

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who will boldly go and share the gospel with people nearby and with those far away.

Godie Across Countries (ROP3 - 103408) reported in the following countries:

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