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The Kilba of Nigeria

The Kilba of Nigeria, numbering approximately 506,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Chadic hill people of Nigeria's Hong LGA in Adamawa State, whose oral tradition traces migration through the Mandara Hills, historically organized into clan-based mountain communities each ruled by its own Tel kera ma, or king of the mountain. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Huba is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Huba (hbb)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 506,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013915
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Pray for the Kilba of Nigeria

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

82%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Huba
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Nya Huba Speakers

Media Resources in Huba:

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Bible Resources in Huba:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kilba are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kilba:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kilba of Nigeria

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
readDeuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and suffer for their faith, they will sing for joy and be glad in their hearts because the Lord has compassion on them.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Kilba Across Countries (ROP3 - 104999) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KilbaPG013915KilbaNigeria506,000Engaged yet UnreachedHubaEthnoreligion

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