People group profile · PG013413
The Kpelle of Guinea
The Kpelle of Guinea, numbering about 606,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Manding-speaking people who today live in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
They are an indigenous people in the Mande people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Guinea Kpelle.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guinea
- Population
- 606,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Mande
- Primary language
- Guinea Kpelle (gkp)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kpelle 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 Kpelle
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
34% adherents
Primary language
Guinea Kpelle · Mande family
100% speak Guinea Kpelle
Gospel resources in Guinea Kpelle
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kpelle, Guinea)
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kpelle
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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