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The Fon of Togo

The Fon of Togo, numbering approximately 96,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Gbe-speaking people indigenous to southern Benin and neighboring parts of Togo. They trace their origins to the Aja-Tado cultural tradition and are historically associated with the Kingdom of Dahomey, an influential West African precolonial states. They mostly adhere to African Traditional Religion and Fon is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Fon (fon)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 96,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014343
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Pray for the Fon of Togo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: African Traditional Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

65%
%
African Traditional Relig… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fon
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Fon Speakers

Media Resources in Fon:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Fon:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
AKƆJIJƐYƆ̌YƆ́ Ɔ́ WÉMA✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Fon bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Fon 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 Fon:
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 Fon of Togo

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
readEphesians 5:8

Pray that those who are lost will turn from the darkness they are walking in and embrace the light, becoming children of light who bear fruit in every good work.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Fon Across Countries (ROP3 - 103041) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
FonPG012319FonBenin3,735,000Engaged yet UnreachedFonProtestantism
FonPG013185FonGabon25,000Unengaged and UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG013322FonGhana18,000No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion
FonPG014343FonTogo96,000No Longer UnreachedFonAfrican Traditional Religion

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