People group profile · PG013105
The Ligbi of Côte d’Ivoire
The Ligbi of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 9,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mande trading people related to the Dioula who moved from western Ghana into Cote d'Ivoire's Bondoukou area within the historic Kingdom of Gyaman, dealing in kola nuts and gold, though largely Islamized while keeping ancestral mask rites.
They are an indigenous people in the Mande people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Ligbi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 9,600
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Mande
- Primary language
- Ligbi (lig)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ligbi are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ligbi
- 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
Primary language
Ligbi · Mande family
100% speak Ligbi
Gospel resources in Ligbi
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ligbi
- 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.
Ligbi in other countries
The same people (ROP3 100952) is reported in 1 other country.
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