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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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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:

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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

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
readPsalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BainoukPG014219BainoukSenegal42,000Engaged yet UnreachedBainouk-GunyaamoloAnimism
BainoukPG013226BainoukGambia3,000Unengaged and UnreachedBainouk-GunyaamoloFolk Islam

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