The Yalunka of Guinea

The Yalunka of Guinea, numbering approximately 143,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Guinea. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Yalunka is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Guinea
People Cluster: Malinke
Primary Language(s): Yalunka (yal)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 143,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013437
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yalunka
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Yalunka Speakers

Media Resources in Yalunka:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Yalunka:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Pioneer Bible Translators✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Yalunka bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Yalunka 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 Yalunka:
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 Yalunka of Guinea

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
readPsalm 25:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the merciful nature and steadfast love of God as they walk with Him daily.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
readJohn 1:12

Pray that believers will have the opportunity to clearly share the good news with the lost here, so that all people can be invited to trust in Jesus and become children of God.

Yalunka Across Countries (ROP3 - 110950) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
YalunkaYalunkaSenegal16,500Engaged yet UnreachedYalunkaFolk Islam
YalunkaYalunkaMali19,000Engaged yet UnreachedYalunkaSunni Islam
YalunkaYalunkaSierra Leone54,500Engaged yet UnreachedYalunkaFolk Islam
YalunkaYalunkaGuinea143,000Engaged yet UnreachedYalunkaFolk Islam

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