People group profile · PG013050
The Birifor of Côte d’Ivoire
The Birifor of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 8,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Birifor people of northern Cote d'Ivoire closely related to the Lobi, sharing a Miiwo-Birifor language split across a population of roughly 200,000 spanning Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast.
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 Southern Birifor.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 8,900
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Gur
- Primary language
- Southern Birifor (biv)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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 Birifor 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 Birifor
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
85% adherents
Primary language
Southern Birifor · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Southern Birifor
Gospel resources in Southern Birifor
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Birifor, Southern)
Bibles
- 2006 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Birifor
- 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.
Birifor in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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