People group profile · PG013047
The Bete of Côte d’Ivoire
The Bete of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 329,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Côte d'Ivoire.
They are an indigenous people in the Kru people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Gagnoa Bété.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 329,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Kru
- Primary language
- Gagnoa Bété (btg)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bete are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Bete
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Gagnoa Bété · Kru family
100% speak Gagnoa Bété
Gospel resources in Gagnoa Bété
- Bible available, published 2024
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bete
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- 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.
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