Sereer of Gambia (PGID: PG042196)

The Sereer of Gambia

The Sereer of Gambia, numbering approximately 66,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a matrilineal people whose ancestors fled forced Islamization in 11th-century Takrur to found the Sine and Saloum kingdoms, ruled by kings titled Maad a Sinig and Maad Saloum, resisting further Islamization through the 19th-century jihad era. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Serer is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Sereer

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Gambia
People Cluster: Atlantic
Primary Language(s): Serer (srr)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 66,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042196
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

78%

Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Serer
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%

Serer-Sine Speakers

Media Resources in Serer:

Films:

Title	Link
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Serer:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
1987 Bible Society of Senegal	✓	✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Serer bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Sereer are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Sereer:

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Sereer of Gambia

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many who are far from God will receive the good news of salvation with joy and have peace with God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
Ephesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Sereer Across Countries (ROP3 - 108862) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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2 people groups

Photo	People Group ID	Name ▲	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
	PG042183	Sereer	Senegal	2,565,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Serer	Sunni Islam
	PG042196	Sereer	Gambia	66,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Serer	Folk Islam

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