People group profile · PG013095
The Konyanke of Côte d’Ivoire
The Konyanke of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 270,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Malinke ethnic group indigenous to the West African nation of Guinea.
They are a diaspora people in the Malinke people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Konyanka Maninka.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 270,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Malinke
- Primary language
- Konyanka Maninka (mku)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- 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 Konyanke 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 Konyanke
- 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
Folk Islam · Islam
60% adherents
Primary language
Konyanka Maninka · Mande family
100% speak Konyanka Maninka
Gospel resources in Konyanka Maninka
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Maninka, Konyanka)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Konyanke
- 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.
Maninka, Konyanka in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105207) is reported in 1 other country.
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