People group profile · PG012402
The Gurma of Burkina Faso
The Gurma of Burkina Faso, numbering about 1,250,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an agrarian Gur-speaking people centered on Fada N'Gourma in eastern Burkina Faso, tracing migration from the Gambaga escarpment alongside the related Mossi and Konkomba, farming sorghum and millet under a symbolic Gurma-Naba chieftaincy.
They are an indigenous people in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Gourmanchéma.
Fast facts
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Population
- 1,250,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Gur
- Primary language
- Gourmanchéma (gux)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gurma are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gurma
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
43% adherents
Primary language
Gourmanchéma · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Gourmanchéma
Gospel resources in Gourmanchéma
- Bible available, published 2005
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Gourmanchema)
Bibles
- 2003 Alliance Biblique du Burkina Faso · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gurma
- 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.
- 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.
Gurma in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103587) is reported in 5 other countries.
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