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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fulfulde Masina of Burkina Faso

The Fulfulde Masina of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to the Senegambia region and widely disbursed in Sahara, Sahel, and West Africa and can also be known as Masina. They are an Diaspora people, in the Fulani / Fulbe people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Folk. They primarily speak Fulfulde, Maasina.

Fula Masina in Mali photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Erik Laursen, New Covenant Missions

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-saharan Africa Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Fulani / Fulbe
Primary Language(s): Fulfulde, Maasina (ffm)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Folk
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012397

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Islam - Folk
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Islam - Folk Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fulfulde, Maasina
Language Family: Niger-Congo

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Fulfulde, Maasina Speakers

Media Resources in Fulfulde, Maasina:

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Next steps for the Fulfulde Masina

The Fulfulde Masina are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Fulfulde Masina

The Fulfulde Masina 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.

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

Next steps for the Fulfulde Masina

The Fulfulde Masina 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Fulfulde Masina of Burkina Faso

"...And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
readLuke 8:8

Pray that the seeds of truth will take root in the hearts of those who are far from Jesus and that He will lead them from darkness to light.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

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

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Fulani, Maasina reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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