Senufo Senara

The Senufo Senara is a people group of 40,000 with approximately 50 Christians.  They are located primarily in Southwestern Burkina Faso.  Their religion is African traditional religion mixed with Islam.  There are some churches located in several of the Senufo villages, however, these churches do not appear to be reaching out to the Senufo people and there are many villages still without a gospel witness.  Work needs to be done in evangelism, but also in training and discipling those who are already believers.

Challenges in reaching the Senufo Senara:

• Remote villages.
• Lack of accessibility during rainy season (May-October) because of unpaved roads.
• Lack of resources in their language, although many speak Jula too.

Opportunities in reaching the Senufo Senara:

• Discipling and training new believers to reach out to other Senara people.
• Evangelizing in areas where many have never heard the gospel before.

Senufo Senara

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Western Karaboro

The Western Karaboro is a people group of 16,000 with no known Christians.  They live in 16 villages throughout southwestern Burkina Faso.  Five of those villages have populations exceeding 1,000.  Their language has two dialects, Syer and Tenyer, but most also speak Jula.  Their primary religions are Islam and African traditional religion. 

Challenges in reaching the Western Karaboro:

• The roads are not paved so during rainy season travel is difficult and in some areas impossible.
• There are no known gospel resources in their language dialects.
• Animism controls the lives of the W. Karaboro so spiritual oppression will be encountered.

Opportunities in reaching the Western Karaboro:

• There are Christians among a nearby people group the Eastern Karaboro, however, the dialect differences pose difficulties in communication among the 2 groups.  If the Christians among the Eastern Karaboro could be mobilized to reach the Western Karaboro, there is great potential to make a significant evangelistic impact.

Western Karaboro

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