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The Ashanti of Ghana

The Ashanti of Ghana, numbering approximately 5,555,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Akan, one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa, indigenous to the present-day countries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Akan is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ghana
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Akan (aka)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 5,555,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013268
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Pray for the Ashanti of Ghana

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Akan
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Akan Speakers

Media Resources in Akan:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Akan:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1964 Bible Society of Ghana✓
2012 Bible Society of Ghana✓✓✓
1964 Bible Society of Ghana✓✓
Asante-Twi Bible With Deutero-Canons✓
1982 Bible Society of Ghana✓

5 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Akan bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ashanti 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 Ashanti:
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 Ashanti of Ghana

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet."
readMatthew 5:13

Pray that the lost will have the opportunity to hear a Christian witness of how the gospel can bring hope and that they will put their faith in Christ.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Akan Across Countries (ROP3 - 100179) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AkanPG050390AkanCanada27,000No Longer UnreachedAkanEthnoreligion
AshantiPG013038AshantiCote d’Ivoire450,000Engaged yet UnreachedAkanProtestantism
AshantiPG013268AshantiGhana5,555,000No Longer UnreachedAkanEthnoreligion
AshantiPG013477AshantiLiberia64,000No Longer UnreachedAkanRoman Catholicism
AshantiPG014306AshantiTogo96,000Engaged yet UnreachedAkanAfrican Traditional Religion
AshantiPG000609AshantiUnited Kingdom28,000Unengaged and UnreachedAkanProtestantism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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