People group profile · PG013344
The Konkomba of Ghana
The Konkomba of Ghana, numbering about 846,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ghana.
They are an indigenous people in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Konkomba.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 846,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Gur
- Primary language
- Konkomba (xon)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- Northern region: Yendi municipal district, Guerin, east border area; many scattered groups
Where they live
Gospel status
The Konkomba 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 Konkomba
- 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
55% adherents
Primary language
Konkomba · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Konkomba
Gospel resources in Konkomba
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1984 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · audio, text
- 2009, 2014 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
- 2014 Bible Society of Ghana · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Konkomba
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- 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.
Konkomba in other countries
The same people (ROP3 101435) is reported in 1 other country.
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