People group profile · PG014387
The Kposo of Togo
The Kposo of Togo, numbering about 309,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of the prominent ethnic groups in Central 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 Ikposo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Togo
- Population
- 309,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Guinean
- Primary language
- Ikposo (kpo)
- 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
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Location
- primarily in the mountains of the Akposo District of the Plateau region, west of Atakpame and across the border in Ghana
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kposo 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 Kposo
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Ikposo · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ikposo
Gospel resources in Ikposo
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Akposo)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kposo
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Akposo in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105294) is reported in 1 other country.
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