The Aizi of Cote d’Ivoire

The Aizi of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 35,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a lagoon people of southern Côte d’Ivoire living around the Ébrié Lagoon and comprising communities with three distinct Aizi languages. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Tiagbamrin Aizi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Tiagbamrin Aizi (ahi)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 35,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG023154
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tiagbamrin Aizi
Language Family: Kru

50%
%
Aizi, Tiagbamrin Speakers

Media Resources in Tiagbamrin Aizi:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Tiagbamrin Aizi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aizi 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 Aizi:
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 Aizi of Cote d’Ivoire

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot... indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
readPsalm 16:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and face hardship, they will remember that God is their portion and cup and that He has a beautiful inheritance for them.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Aizi, Tiagbamrin Across Countries (ROP3 - 100168) reported in the following countries:

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