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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dorze of Ethiopia

The Dorze of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 65,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Omotic-speaking highland people of southern Ethiopia known for intensive agriculture, weaving traditions, distinctive bamboo architecture, and long association with the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition. They mostly adhere to Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity and Dorze is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Horn of Africa Peoples
Country: Ethiopia
People Cluster: Omotic
Primary Language(s): Dorze (doz)
Primary Religion(s): Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity
Population: 65,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011571
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Tewahedo Orthodox Christi… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dorze
Language Family: Ta-Ne-Omotic

60%
%
Dorze Speakers

Media Resources in Dorze:

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Bible Resources in Dorze:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

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Pray specifically for the Dorze of Ethiopia

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
readMatthew 6:10

Pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and that people will seek His kingdom and righteousness above all else, trusting in His provision.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Dorze Across Countries (ROP3 - 102718) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DorzePG011571DorzeEthiopia65,000Unengaged and UnreachedDorzeTewahedo Orthodox Christianity

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