People group profile · PG013098
The Koyaka Jula of Côte d’Ivoire
The Koyaka Jula of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 112,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cote d'Ivoire.
They are an indigenous people in the Malinke-Jula people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Koyaga.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 112,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Malinke-Jula
- Primary language
- Koyaga (kga)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Koyaka Jula 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, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Koyaka Jula
- 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
Folk Islam · Islam
95% adherents
Primary language
Koyaga · Mande family
100% speak Koyaga
Gospel resources in Koyaga
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (N'Ghlawa)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Koyaka Jula
- 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.
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