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The Chala of Ghana

The Chala of Ghana, numbering approximately 5,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chala-speaking people, also called Bogoŋ, living in scattered communities around Odomi, Ago, Keri and Kabiti in Ghana's Oti Region, with patrilineal inheritance and chiefly leadership. They mostly adhere to Animism and Chala is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Chala

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ghana
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Chala (cll)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 5,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014334
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Pray for the Chala of Ghana

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chala
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

70%
%
Chala Speakers

Media Resources in Chala:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Chala:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Chala 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 Chala:
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 Chala of Ghana

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
readHebrew 4:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will boldly draw near to God as they approach Him in prayer, receive His mercy, and find grace for help in their time of need.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Chala Across Countries (ROP3 - 114964) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
ChalaPG014334ChalaGhana5,000No Longer UnreachedChalaAnimism

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