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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kasena of Ghana

The Kasena of Ghana, numbering approximately 198,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an indigenous community of Ghana They are an Indigenous people, with Kasena as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Kasem.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ghana
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Kasem (xsm)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 198,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013342
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Pray for the Kasena of Ghana

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

54%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kasem
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kasem Speakers

Media Resources in Kasem:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Kasem:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓✓
2003 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kasem bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kasena 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 Kasena:
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 Kasena of Ghana

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!
readPsalm 34:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be grounded in the Word, always trusting in the Lord's provision for their needs.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Kasena Across Countries (ROP3 - 104705) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KasenaPG012410KasenaBurkina Faso256,000Unengaged and UnreachedKasemAnimism
KasenaPG013342KasenaGhana198,000Engaged yet UnreachedKasemAnimism

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