People group profile · PG014282
The Krim of Sierra Leone
The Krim of Sierra Leone, numbering about 22,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a nearly extinct people of Sierra Leone's coast whose Kim language, related to Bom and Sherbro in the Mel branch of Niger-Congo, survives only in elderly speakers' memories, all now bilingual in Mende after Mande expansion pushed them to the coast.
They are an indigenous people in the Atlantic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Mende (Sierra Leone).
Fast facts
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Population
- 22,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Atlantic
- Primary language
- Mende (Sierra Leone) (men)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Location
- Southern province: northeast Bonthe district, 13 villages west of Waanje river (Bom dialect); southeast Bonthe district, villages around Kwako lake, mostly in Nyandehun and Tamuke (Kim dialect)
Where they live
Gospel status
The Krim are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Krim
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
50% adherents
Primary language
Mende (Sierra Leone) · Mande family
100% speak Mende (Sierra Leone)
Gospel resources in Mende (Sierra Leone)
- Bible available, published 1993
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mende)
Bibles
- 2002 Bible Society in Sierra Leone · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Krim
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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