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People group profile · PG013284

The Bulisa of Ghana

The Bulisa of Ghana, numbering about 254,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ghana, Upper East region; Northern region: White Volta river area.

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 Buli (Ghana).

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Fast facts

Country
Ghana
Population
254,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Gur
Primary language
Buli (Ghana) (bwu)
Primary religion
Animism
Strategic Progress Index ?
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
2% or Greater but Less than 5%
GSEC ?
2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
Lostness priority ?
Minimally Reached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa
Location
Upper East region; Northern region: White Volta river area

Where they live

Gospel status

The Bulisa are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Bulisa

  • 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

52% adherents

Primary language

Buli (Ghana) · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Buli (Ghana)

Gospel resources in Buli (Ghana)

  • Bible available, published 2016
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Bulisa

  1. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  3. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  4. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.

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