People group profile · PG012430
The Senara Senufo of Burkina Faso
The Senara Senufo of Burkina Faso, numbering about 69,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Gur-speaking Senufo subgroup of western Burkina Faso, part of a wider Senufo dispersal tied to the medieval trade town of Kong, organized around occupational castes and the Poro and Sandogo initiatory societies renowned for wood sculpture.
They are an indigenous people in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Senara Sénoufo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Population
- 69,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Gur
- Primary language
- Senara Sénoufo (seq)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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 Senara Senufo 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 Senara Senufo
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
65% adherents
Primary language
Senara Sénoufo · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Senara Sénoufo
Gospel resources in Senara Sénoufo
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Senara Senufo
- 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.
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