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The Yasa of Equatorial Guinea

The Yasa of Equatorial Guinea, numbering approximately 3,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu coastal fishing people known as Iyasa or Yassa across Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, numbering only around 3,000 speakers of a language with numerous dialects, for which an official alphabet was adopted in Cameroon in 1979. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Iyasa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Equatorial Guinea
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Iyasa (yko)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 3,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013172
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Iyasa
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

57%
%
Iyasa Speakers

Media Resources in Iyasa:

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Bible Resources in Iyasa:

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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

Next steps for the Yasa:
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Pray specifically for the Yasa of Equatorial Guinea

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Yasa Across Countries (ROP3 - 110993) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
YasaPG013172YasaEquatorial Guinea3,300Unengaged and UnreachedIyasaProtestantism
YasaPG012812YasaCameroon3,100No Longer UnreachedIyasaRoman Catholicism

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