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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Brong of Ghana

The Brong of Ghana, numbering approximately 1,780,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Akan people of central Ghana and northeastern Cote d'Ivoire's Gyaaman kingdom, credited by tradition with founding the first Akan state at Bono Manso and originating pan-Akan customs like adinkra symbols. 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: Ghana
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Abron (abr)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,780,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013281
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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%
%
Abron Speakers

Media Resources in Abron:

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Bible Resources in Abron:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Brong 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 Brong:
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 Brong of Ghana

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
readJob 1:20-22

Pray that those who mourn will worship God in the midst of their suffering and loss, recognizing He is the source of all good things and that He is worthy of their praise and trust.

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
readPsalm 34:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see themselves as God sees them, with radiant faces and hearts that have been cleansed of all shame.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
read2 Corinthians 5:21

Pray that Christians will cross cultures and share the hope of Christ, and that many will trust the One who took their sins and offers them His righteousness.

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

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2 people groups

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

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