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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Adja of Togo

The Adja of Togo, numbering approximately 287,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Gbe people whose ancestors migrated from the city of Tado on the Mono River in the 1100s-1200s to found the Aja-Tado kingdom, giving rise through later splits to the Allada, Dahomey, and Porto-Novo kingdoms and sharing origin with the Ewe and Fon. They mostly adhere to Animism and Aja (Benin) is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Aja (Benin) (ajg)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 287,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014304
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Pray for the Adja of Togo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Aja (Benin)
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Aja (Benin) Speakers

Media Resources in Aja (Benin):

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Aja (Benin):

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Aja (Benin) bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Adja 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 Adja:
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 Adja of Togo

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Aja Across Countries (ROP3 - 100074) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
AdjaPG043728AdjaBenin652,000No Longer UnreachedAja (Benin)Ethnoreligion
AdjaPG014304AdjaTogo287,000No Longer UnreachedAja (Benin)Animism

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