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The Bainouk of Senegal

The Bainouk of Senegal, numbering approximately 42,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to Senegal as well as to parts of Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. They mostly adhere to Animism and Bainouk-Gunyaamolo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Senegal
People Cluster: Atlantic
Primary Language(s): Bainouk-Gunyaamolo (bcz)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 42,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014219
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Pray for the Bainouk of Senegal

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

84%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bainouk-Gunyaamolo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

85%
%
Bainouk-Gunyaamolo Speakers

Media Resources in Bainouk-Gunyaamolo:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Bainouk-Gunyaamolo:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bainouk 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 Bainouk:
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 Bainouk of Senegal

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Bainouk Across Countries (ROP3 - 101019) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BainoukPG013226BainoukGambia3,000Unengaged and UnreachedBainouk-GunyaamoloFolk Islam
BainoukPG014219BainoukSenegal42,000Engaged yet UnreachedBainouk-GunyaamoloAnimism

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