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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Soninke of United States

The Soninke of United States, numbering approximately 5,200 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a West African Mnade-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Mali, southern Mauritania, eastern Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Soninke is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Soninke
Primary Language(s): Soninke (snk)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 5,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047663
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Soninke
Language Family: Mande

100%
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Soninke Speakers

Media Resources in Soninke:

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Bible Resources in Soninke:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Soninke 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 Soninke:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
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 Soninke of United States

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

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.

Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will use their faith and their church community as a testimony to the watching world and grow His Church.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Soninke Across Countries (ROP3 - 109413) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SoninkePG047663SoninkeUnited States5,200Engaged yet UnreachedSoninkeSunni Islam
SoninkePG014264SoninkeSenegal635,000Engaged yet UnreachedSoninkeFolk Islam
SoninkePG013589SoninkeMauritania151,000Engaged yet UnreachedSoninkeFolk Islam
SoninkePG013569SoninkeMali2,295,000Engaged yet UnreachedSoninkeSunni Islam
SoninkePG013474SoninkeGuinea-Bissau11,500Engaged yet UnreachedSoninkeFolk Islam
SoninkePG013244SoninkeGambia204,000Engaged yet UnreachedSoninkeFolk Islam
SoninkePG013128SoninkeCote d’Ivoire241,000Engaged yet UnreachedSoninkeSunni Islam

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