About the Beng

Country: Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa

Language Spoken: Beng

Population: 17,000

# of Beng villages: 20

Religions: traditional religions/animism- 50%, Muslim- 47%, Catholic- 2%

% evangelicals: 1%

# of mosques: 12

# of churches (speaking of groups of believers, not of buildings): 2

Estimate of how many have heard the Gospel: 22%

Literacy rate: <5%

Scripture available: portions only (Genesis, Exodus, 1 Gospel)