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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Cebaara Senufo of Cote d’Ivoire

The Cebaara Senufo of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 1,940,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a language of Côte d'Ivoire, north, around Korhogo They are an Indigenous people, with Senufo as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Cebaara Senoufo is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Senufo, Cebaara

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Cebaara Senoufo (sef)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,940,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013131
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cebaara Senoufo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Sénoufo, Cebaara Speakers

Media Resources in Cebaara Senoufo:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Cebaara Senoufo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible Society of Cote d'Ivoire✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Cebaara Senoufo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Cebaara Senufo 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 Cebaara Senufo:
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 Cebaara Senufo of Cote d’Ivoire

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Senufo, Cebaara Across Countries (ROP3 - 109516) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Cebaara SenufoPG013131Cebaara SenufoCote d’Ivoire1,940,000Engaged yet UnreachedCebaara SenoufoEthnoreligion

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