People group profile · PG012390
The Dogon of Burkina Faso
The Dogon of Burkina Faso, numbering about 18,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Dogon tribe indigenous to the Bandiagara Escarpment of Mali.
They are a diaspora people in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is African Traditional Religion, and they primarily speak Toro So Dogon.
Fast facts
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Population
- 18,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Gur
- Primary language
- Toro So Dogon (dts)
- Primary religion
- African Traditional Religion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dogon are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dogon
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
African Traditional Religion · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Toro So Dogon · Dogon family
100% speak Toro So Dogon
Gospel resources in Toro So Dogon
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1995 Bible Society of Mali · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dogon
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
Dogon, Toro So in other countries
The same people (ROP3 115024) is reported in 1 other country.
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