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The Ewe of Togo

The Ewe of Togo, numbering approximately 2,080,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Ewe ethnolinguistic community of southern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa. They speak Éwé, a Gbe language, and trace their heritage to the historic Ewe settlements between the Volta and Mono river systems. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ewe is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Ewe (ewe)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,080,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014342
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Pray for the Ewe of Togo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

87%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ewe
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Éwé Speakers

Media Resources in Ewe:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ewe:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
Ghana - 2010 Bible Society of Ghana ✓ ✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ewe bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ewe 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 Ewe:
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 Ewe of Togo

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
readPsalm 25:5

Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Ewe Across Countries (ROP3 - 102974) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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8 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Ewe PG013318 Ewe Ghana 3,115,000 No Longer Unreached Ewe Ethnoreligion
Ewe PG014342 Ewe Togo 2,080,000 No Longer Unreached Ewe Protestantism
Ewe PG013779 Ewe Nigeria 705,000 No Longer Unreached Ewe Ethnoreligion
Ewe PG012317 Ewe Benin 103,000 Unengaged and Unreached Ewe Ethnoreligion
Ewe PG012395 Ewe Burkina Faso 48,500 Engaged yet Unreached Ewe Ethnoreligion
Ewe PG013487 Ewe Liberia 29,500 No Longer Unreached Ewe Roman Catholicism
Ewe PG013074 Ewe Cote d’Ivoire 21,000 No Longer Unreached Ewe Folk Islam
Ewe PG050366 Ewe United States 3,400 No Longer Unreached Ewe Ethnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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