Prototype rebuild by the IMB Innovation Team. The official site is peoplegroups.org.

People group profile · PG014457

The Wachi of Togo

The Wachi of Togo, numbering about 957,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Togo.

They are an indigenous people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Waci Gbe.

Pray for the WachiPrint profile

AI-generated illustration representing the Wachi people
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Wachi

Fast facts

Country
Togo
Population
957,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Guinean
Primary language
Waci Gbe (wci)
Primary religion
Animism
Strategic Progress Index
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
Less than 2%
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Pioneer Unreached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Wachi 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 Wachi

  • 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

Waci Gbe · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Waci Gbe

Gospel resources in Waci Gbe

  • Bible available, published -
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Wachi

  1. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  2. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  3. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  4. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.

Download a prayer guide

Wachi in other countries

The same people (ROP3 110602) is reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
WachiBenin317,000Engaged yet Unreached

Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.