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The Hadiyya of Ethiopia

The Hadiyya of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 2,285,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a southern Ethiopian people descended from the wider historical Hadiya complex, whose present homeland centers on Hadiya Zone and whose Hadiyyisa language is Highland East Cushitic. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Hadiyya is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Horn of Africa Peoples
Country: Ethiopia
People Cluster: Sidama
Primary Language(s): Hadiyya (hdy)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,285,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011591
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Pray for the Hadiyya of Ethiopia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

75%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hadiyya
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

95%
%
Hadiyya Speakers

Media Resources in Hadiyya:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Hadiyya:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1992 Bible Society of Ethiopia✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Hadiyya bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hadiyya 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 Hadiyya:
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 Hadiyya of Ethiopia

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

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!

Hadiyya Across Countries (ROP3 - 103629) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HadiyyaPG011591HadiyyaEthiopia2,285,000No Longer UnreachedHadiyyaProtestantism

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