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The Konkomba of Ghana

The Konkomba of Ghana, numbering approximately 848,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Oti River people of northern Ghana who call themselves Bikpakpaam, traditionally organized in patrilineal clans and lineages rather than centralized chiefdoms. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Konkomba is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ghana
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Konkomba (xon)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 848,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013344
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Pray for the Konkomba of Ghana

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

55%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Konkomba
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Konkomba Speakers

Media Resources in Konkomba:

Films:
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2 films

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Bible Resources in Konkomba:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
2009, 2014 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. ✓ ✓ ✓
1984 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. ✓ ✓
2014 Bible Society of Ghana ✓ ✓

3 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Konkomba 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 Konkomba:
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 Konkomba of Ghana

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
readPsalm 9:9-10

Pray that God will help those who are oppressed and without hope to hear the good news of Jesus and trust in Him, for He has never forsaken those who seek Him.

For my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples.
readLuke 2:30

Pray that the lost will see the salvation of God, and that they will trust in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Konkomba Across Countries (ROP3 - 101435) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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2 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Konkomba PG013344 Konkomba Ghana 848,000 No Longer Unreached Konkomba Ethnoreligion
Konkomba PG014381 Konkomba Togo 120,000 Engaged yet Unreached Konkomba Ethnoreligion

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