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.

Or check out the Tiagbamrin Aizi bible at Bible.com

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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

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
readJohn 11:25

Pray for the many who have never heard about or understood the importance of what Jesus did for them, asking God to make a way for them to hear that the perfect Son of Man suffered, died, and rose again so that they might be saved.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
readMatthew 10:14-15

Pray for God to raise up and send out believers to share the gospel with those in this people group who do not yet follow Christ. Pray that they will be welcomed with open arms so that the people they share with will hear and receive the good news with joy.

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

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