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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bete of Nigeria

The Bete of Nigeria, numbering approximately 7,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Nigeria, Taraba state, Takum LGA, Bete town, foot of Bete mountain, south of Wukari They are an Indigenous people, with Bete-Jukun as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Kru people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Jukun Takum is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Jukun Takum (jbu)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 7,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013684
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

90%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jukun Takum
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Jukun Takum Speakers

Media Resources in Jukun Takum:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Jukun Takum:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Jukun Takum bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bete are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Bete:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Bete of Nigeria

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Bete Across Countries (ROP3 - 101297) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
BetePG013684BeteNigeria7,000No Longer UnreachedJukun TakumProtestantism

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