• PEOPLE NAME: BALE OF ETHIOPIA

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Kacipo-Bale Suri - (koe)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Non-Evangelical Protestantism

Country: Ethiopia

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Population: 4,000

Global Population: 4,000


PEID: 12137

ROP: 100844

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Bale of Ethiopia, numbering 4,000, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ethiopia. Their primary language is Kacipo-Bale Suri. The primary religion practiced by the Bale is Non-Evangelical Protestantism, a collection of denominations typically more focused on issues of social justice than personal salvation.


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