People group profile · PG013363
The Losso of Ghana
The Losso of Ghana, numbering about 8,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Doufelgou District of northern Togo.
They are a diaspora people in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Nawdm.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 8,600
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Gur
- Primary language
- Nawdm (nmz)
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Losso 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 Losso
- 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
70% adherents
Primary language
Nawdm · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Nawdm
Gospel resources in Nawdm
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Nawdm)
Bibles
- Wycliffe Suisse, Bienne, Suisse, 2013 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Losso
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Losso in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105867) is reported in 1 other country.
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