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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Jidda-Abu of Nigeria

The Jidda-Abu of Nigeria, numbering approximately 13,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Bu (Kaduna State) is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Bu (Kaduna State) (jid)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 13,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013877
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

40%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bu (Kaduna State)
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Bu (Niger-Congo) Speakers

Media Resources in Bu (Kaduna State):

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Bible Resources in Bu (Kaduna State):

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Jidda-Abu 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 Jidda-Abu:
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 Jidda-Abu of Nigeria

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
readMatthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

The LORD bless you and keep you.
readNumbers 6:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Jidda-Abu Across Countries (ROP3 - 104265) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Jidda-AbuPG013877Jidda-AbuNigeria13,000No Longer UnreachedBu (Kaduna State)Neo-Pentecostalism

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