People group profile · PG014313
The Ahlon of Togo
The Ahlon of Togo, numbering about 10,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small ethnic group primarily residing in southwestern Togo.
They are an indigenous people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Igo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Togo
- Population
- 10,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Guinean
- Primary language
- Igo (ahl)
- 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
- Also known as
- Bogo, Ahlon
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Location
- Plateaux Region
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ahlon 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 Ahlon
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Igo · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Igo
Gospel resources in Igo
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1999 Comite de Traduction · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ahlon
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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