People group profile · PG014295
The Southern Kissi of Sierra Leone
The Southern Kissi of Sierra Leone, numbering about 152,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Mande-speaking people of the forested Sierra Leone-Guinea-Liberia borderlands, historically renowned for carving small soapstone nomoli figures believed to house ancestral spirits and used in shrines and farm fields for protection and good harvests.
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 Southern Kisi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Population
- 152,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Atlantic
- Primary language
- Southern Kisi (kss)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Southern Kissi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Southern Kissi
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Southern Kisi · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Southern Kisi
Gospel resources in Southern Kisi
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kisi, Southern)
Bibles
- 1991 Bible Society in Liberia · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Southern Kissi
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Southern Kissi in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Kissi | Liberia | 242,000 | No Longer Unreached |
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