People group profile · PG050630
The Kono of Guinea
The Kono of Guinea, numbering about 123,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a community of subsistence farmers descended from Mali-Guinean migrants who settled in Guinea in the sixteenth century.
They are an indigenous people in the Mande people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Kono (Guinea).
Fast facts
- Country
- Guinea
- Population
- 123,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Mande
- Primary language
- Kono (Guinea) (knu)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Location
- Nzérékoré region: Lola prefecture, east of Morissimandougou to Cote d’Ivoire border
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kono are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Kono
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Kono (Guinea) · Mande family
100% speak Kono (Guinea)
Gospel resources in Kono (Guinea)
- Bible not available
- 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 Kono
- 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.
- 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.
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