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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ewe of Togo

The Ewe of Togo, numbering approximately 2,080,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Ewe ethnolinguistic community of southern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa. They speak Éwé, a Gbe language, and trace their heritage to the historic Ewe settlements between the Volta and Mono river systems. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ewe is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Ewe (ewe)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,080,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014342
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

87%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ewe
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Éwé Speakers

Media Resources in Ewe:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ewe:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Ghana - 2010 Bible Society of Ghana✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ewe bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ewe 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 Ewe:
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 Ewe of Togo

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many."
readMark 14:23-24

Pray for those who may have heard the gospel but have not yet submitted their lives to Christ, that they will finally see the sacrifice which He made for them and surrender their lives to Him.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
readPsalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
readHebrews 10:38

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will live by faith and not shrink back from their hope in Christ.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Ewe Across Countries (ROP3 - 102974) reported in the following countries:

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
EwePG012317EweBenin103,000Unengaged and UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG012395EweBurkina Faso48,500Engaged yet UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG013074EweCote d’Ivoire21,000No Longer UnreachedEweFolk Islam
EwePG013318EweGhana3,115,000No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG013487EweLiberia29,500No Longer UnreachedEweRoman Catholicism
EwePG013779EweNigeria705,000No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion
EwePG014342EweTogo2,080,000No Longer UnreachedEweProtestantism
EwePG050366EweUnited States3,400No Longer UnreachedEweEthnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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