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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Gurma of Ghana

The Gurma of Ghana, numbering approximately 1,695,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are 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 mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Gourmanchéma is their primary language.

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

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

100%
%
Gourmanchéma Speakers

Media Resources in Gourmanchéma:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Gourmanchéma:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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:
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 Gurma of Ghana

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.
readPsalm 15:1-2

Ask God to send believers who will go and, with integrity, walk blamelessly and do what is right, speaking truth about the Lord with those who need to learn about His redemption plan.

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

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GurmaPG012326GurmaBenin145,000Unengaged and UnreachedGourmanchémaAnimism
GurmaPG012402GurmaBurkina Faso1,250,000No Longer UnreachedGourmanchémaEthnoreligion
GurmaPG013333GurmaGhana1,695,000Engaged yet UnreachedGourmanchémaEthnoreligion
GurmaPG013599GurmaNiger90,000No Longer UnreachedGourmanchémaEthnoreligion
GurmaPG013816GurmaNigeria47,500Engaged yet UnreachedGourmanchémaAnimism
GurmaPG014357GurmaTogo325,000Engaged yet UnreachedGourmanchémaEthnoreligion

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