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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Northern Teke of Gabon

The Northern Teke of Gabon, numbering approximately 141,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu people whose Anziku, or Tio, kingdom rivaled the Kingdom of Kongo from the fourteenth century until becoming a French protectorate in 1883, with a minority settled in Gabon's Haut-Ogooue province. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Teke-Tege is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Gabon
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Teke-Tege (teg)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 141,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013205
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Teke-Tege
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
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Teke-Tege Speakers

Media Resources in Teke-Tege:

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Bible Resources in Teke-Tege:

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Northern Teke:
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Pray specifically for the Northern Teke of Gabon

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
readPsalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:19-20

Ask God to bring people among this group to faith in Jesus who will be obedient to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded.

Teke, Northern Across Countries (ROP3 - 107463) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northern TekePG013205Northern TekeGabon141,000Unengaged and UnreachedTeke-TegeProtestantism
Northern TekePG013009Northern TekeCongo103,000Engaged yet UnreachedTeke-TegeProtestantism

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