Gurma of Ghana (PGID: PG013333)

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The Gurma of Ghana

The Gurma of Ghana, numbering approximately 1,695,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Gur-speaking people whose ancestors migrated from the Gambaga Scarp of northeastern Ghana, some founding the first Mossi kingdom at Tenkodogo while others pressed on to establish the Fada N'Gourma kingdom They are an Indigenous people, with Gurma (Gourma) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Gourmanchéma is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ghana
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Gourmanchéma (gux)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,695,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013333

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gourmanchéma
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Gourmanchéma Speakers

Media Resources in Gourmanchéma:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Gourmanchéma:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
2003 Alliance Biblique du Burkina Faso	✓	✓	✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Gourmanchéma bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gurma 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 Gurma:

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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 Gurma of Ghana

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 5:10

Pray that God will remove obstacles to the gospel so that many will see the hope He offers through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son, and be transformed from being enemies to being His friends.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Gurma Across Countries (ROP3 - 103587) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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6 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country ▼	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG014357	Gurma	Togo	325,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gourmanchéma	Ethnoreligion
PG013816	Gurma	Nigeria	47,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Gourmanchéma	Animism
PG013599	Gurma	Niger	90,000	No Longer Unreached	Gourmanchéma	Ethnoreligion
PG013333	Gurma	Ghana	1,695,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Gourmanchéma	Ethnoreligion
PG012402	Gurma	Burkina Faso	1,250,000	No Longer Unreached	Gourmanchéma	Ethnoreligion
PG012326	Gurma	Benin	145,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Gourmanchéma	Animism

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