People group profile · PG014306
The Ashanti of Togo
The Ashanti of Togo, numbering about 95,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Akan, one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa, indigenous to the present-day countries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
They are a diaspora people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is African Traditional Religion, and they primarily speak Akan.
Fast facts
- Country
- Togo
- Population
- 95,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Guinean
- Primary language
- Akan (aka)
- Primary religion
- African Traditional Religion
- 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 Ashanti 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 Ashanti
- 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
African Traditional Religion · Ethnoreligion
44% adherents
Primary language
Akan · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Akan
Gospel resources in Akan
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Fante)
- JESUS (Asante Twi)
- JESUS (Twi)
- JESUS (Fante)
- JESUS (Asante Twi)
- JESUS (Twi)
- Magdalena (Twi)
- Magdalena (Asante Twi)
Bibles
- 1964 Bible Society of Ghana · audio
- 1964 Bible Society of Ghana · video, audio
- 1982 Bible Society of Ghana · audio
- 2012 Bible Society of Ghana · video, audio, text
- Asante-Twi Bible With Deutero-Canons · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ashanti
- 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.
Akan in other countries
The same people (ROP3 100179) is reported in 5 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashanti | Ghana | 5,545,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Ashanti | Cote d’Ivoire | 449,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Ashanti | Liberia | 63,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Ashanti | United Kingdom | 28,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Akan | Canada | 27,000 | No Longer Unreached |
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