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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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1 film

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Bible Resources in Northern Kissi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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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

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

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.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
readPsalm 51:2

Pray that God will raise up believers to go and share the gospel with those in this people group who need to be washed of their iniquity and cleansed from their sins.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

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

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