Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire is in West Africa on the coast. The country is made up of four natural regions: the coastal region, the equatorial forest region, the cultivated forest region, and the northern savanna region. Abidjan is the mecca center for most of Côte d’Ivoire. Due to its strong economy during the 20th century, many immigrants from impoverished countries to the north of Côte d’Ivoire migrated there. Because of this, Côte d’Ivoire had one of the highest population growth rates in the world. Immigrants make up about one-fourth of the total population. However, more than half of the population lives in urban areas. In the wake of the civil war that began in 2002, thousands of people have fled the country and hundreds of thousands more were internally displaced.

Côte d’Ivoire’s population is relatively young, with about two-fifths under age 15. In the 1990s there was a great revival that gripped Côte d’Ivoire. But with the war that France had, the Christian President was ousted and replaced with a Muslim one. Since then, there has been an influx of Islam in Côte d’Ivoire. There are 107 people groups in Côte d’Ivoire with currently 33 Unreached People Groups still needing to be reached. God is moving throughout Côte d’Ivoire and is raising up men and women to take the Gospel to their own.  Our Live School students from Côte d’Ivoire are actually going into other West and Central African nations to make disciples.  They are eager to share the Gospel and it's saving grace!