The Bago of Togo

The Bago of Togo, numbering approximately 13,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous Gur community of central Togo associated with the neighboring Bago and Koussountou communities in Tchamba Prefecture. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Bago-Kusuntu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Bago-Kusuntu (bqg)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 13,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014317
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

79%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bago-Kusuntu
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Bago-Kusuntu Speakers

Media Resources in Bago-Kusuntu:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Bago-Kusuntu:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Bago-Kusuntu bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Bago:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Bago of Togo

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
readMatthew 16:16

Pray that many will see clearly that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and put their trust in Him.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
readJames 1:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will ask God for wisdom when they lack it, trusting that He will generously give it to them.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Bago Across Countries (ROP3 - 100753) reported in the following countries:

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