People group profile · PG013041
The Bakwe of Côte d’Ivoire
The Bakwe of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 21,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Côte d'Ivoire, Southern and West Central departments, Sassandra, Soubre, San Pedro prefectures.
They are an indigenous people in the Pygmy people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Bakwé.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 21,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Pygmy
- Primary language
- Bakwé (bjw)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bakwe are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bakwe
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Bakwé · Kru family
100% speak Bakwé
Gospel resources in Bakwé
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Bakwe)
Bibles
- 2018 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bakwe
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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