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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kissi of Guinea

The Kissi of Guinea, numbering approximately 653,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Guinea They are an Indigenous people, with Kissi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Atlantic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Northern Kissi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Guinea
People Cluster: Atlantic
Primary Language(s): Northern Kissi (kqs)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 653,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013412
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

52%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Kissi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kissi, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Kissi:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Northern Kissi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Northern Kissi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kissi 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 Kissi:
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 Kissi of Guinea

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.
readMatthew 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.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

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.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Kissi Across Countries (ROP3 - 105051) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KissiPG013412KissiGuinea653,000No Longer UnreachedNorthern KissiSunni Islam
Northern KissiPG014292Northern KissiSierra Leone72,500Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern KissiAnimism

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