People group profile · PG013257
The Akposo of Ghana
The Akposo of Ghana, numbering about 11,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Ghana-Togo Mountain-language people concentrated mostly across the border in Togo, whose ancestors are traditionally traced to Apesokubi before spreading eastward, marked by the annual Ovazu harvest festival.
They are an indigenous people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Neo-Pentecostalism, and they primarily speak Ikposo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 11,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Guinean
- Primary language
- Ikposo (kpo)
- Primary religion
- Neo-Pentecostalism
- 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 Akposo 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Akposo
- 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
Neo-Pentecostalism · Christianity
Primary language
Ikposo · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ikposo
Gospel resources in Ikposo
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Akposo)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Akposo
- 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.
Akposo in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105294) is reported in 1 other country.
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